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Pramod Sawant

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{{short description|Indian politician}}
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{{Infobox officeholder
| name = Pramod Sawant
| image = Dr. Pramod Sawant.jpg
| caption = Sawant in 2019
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1973|4|24|df=y}}
| birth_place = [[Goa]], [[India]]
| office = 13th [[Chief Minister of Goa]]
| term_start = 19 March 2019
| predecessor = [[Manohar Parrikar]]
| governor = [[Mridula Sinha]] [[Satya Pal Malik]] [[Bhagat Singh Koshyari]] [[P. S. Sreedharan Pillai]]
| deputy = [[Sudin Dhavalikar]] [[Vijai Sardesai]] [[Manohar Ajgaonkar]] [[Chandrakant Kavlekar]]
| office1 = [[Speaker of the Goa Legislative Assembly]]
| termstart1 = 22 March 2017
| term_end1 = 18 March 2019
| predecessor1 = [[Anant Shet]]
| successor1 = [[Rajesh Patnekar]]
| office2 = Member of the [[Goa Legislative Assembly]]
| termstart2 = 2012
| term_end2 =
| predecessor2 =
| successor2 =
| constituency2 = [[Sanquelim (Goa Assembly constituency)|Sanquelim]]
| party = [[Bharatiya Janata Party]]
| otherparty = [[National Democratic Alliance]]
| spouse = Sulakshana Sawant
| children =
| nationality = Indian
}}

'''Pramod Sawant''' (born 24 April 1973) is an Indian politician who is the 13th and current [[Chief Minister of Goa]].<ref>Murari Shetye. "[https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/goa-speaker-pramod-sawant-succeeds-parrikar-as-cm/articleshow/68473049.cms Goa speaker Pramod Sawant succeeds Parrikar as CM]" ''The Times of India''. 19 March 2019.</ref><ref>{{cite news |last1=Gupta |first1=Saurabh |editor1-last=Jacob |editor1-first=Jimmy |title=Pramod Sawant, Goa's New Chief Minister, Is An Ayurveda Practitioner. He is famous for being the worst chief minister of Goa, totally being irresponsible during the Covid 19 pandemic H|url=https://www.ndtv.com/india-news/pramod-sawant-goas-next-chief-minister-is-an-ayurveda-practitioner-2009473 |work=NDTV |date=19 March 2019}}</ref>
Sawant represents the [[Sanquelim (Goa Assembly constituency)|Sanquelim constituency]] in the [[Goa Legislative Assembly]] and is a member of the [[Bharatiya Janata Party]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://goaassembly.gov.in/member-of-assembly.php |title=Archived copy |access-date=2017-07-17 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170724183143/http://goaassembly.gov.in/member-of-assembly.php |archive-date=2017-07-24 |url-status=dead }}</ref>

He is an [[Ayurveda]] [[Medical practitioner]] by profession.<ref name="myneta.info">{{cite web|url=http://myneta.info/goa2017/candidate.php?candidate_id=35|title=Pramod Pandurang Sawant(Bharatiya Janata Party(BJP)):Constituency- SANQUELIM(NORTH GOA) - Affidavit Information of Candidate|website=myneta.info}}</ref>
He was serving as the speaker of the Goa assembly before being sworn in as Chief Minister, after the death of the sitting chief minister [[Manohar Parrikar]].

==Early life and education==
Sawant was born on 24 April 1973 to Pandurang and Padmini Sawant.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.navhindtimes.in/cm-to-lay-corner-stone-for-sankhali-bus-stand-today/|title=CM to lay corner stone for Sankhali bus stand today|work=[[The Navhind Times]]}}</ref><ref>[http://www.goavidhansabha.gov.in/uploads/members/148_profile_PSawant-12.pdf ]{{dead link|date=March 2019}}</ref> He obtained a [[Bachelor of Ayurveda, Medicine and Surgery]] degree from the Ganga Education Society's Ayurvedic Medical College in [[Kolhapur]] and a [[postgraduate education|postgraduate degree]] of [[Master of Social Work]] from the [[Tilak Maharashtra University]] at [[Pune]].<ref name="myneta.info"/>

==Early political career==
Sawant started his electoral career when he Contested the 2008 [[Pale, Goa|Pale]] Constituency by-election on [[Bharatiya Janta Party]] ticket and lost to [[Pratap Prabhakar Gauns]] of [[Indian National Congress]].<ref>{{cite web|url= https://www.goavidhansabha.gov.in/member_profile.php?mem_id=79&ass_id=5 |title=Goa Vidhansabha Member Profile |website=goavidhansabha.gov.in }} {{cite web|url= https://www.heraldgoa.in/details.php?n_id=50962 |title=Development work of Shri Pratap Gauns|website=herald.in}}</ref> He contested the [[2012 Goa Legislative Assembly election|2012 assembly election]] from [[Sanquelim (Goa Assembly constituency)|Sanquelim constituency]]. He won the constituency by 14,255 (66.02%) votes defeating [[Pratap Prabhakar Gauns]] of the [[Indian National Congress]]. He also served as the spokesperson of the Goa unit of the [[Bharatiya Janata Party]] for a brief period of time.<ref>{{cite news |url =http://m.goanews.com/news_details.php?id=6904|title =Wives of 2 MLAs get prominent positions in BJP's new Executive|date =20 February 2016|website =goanews.com|access-date =5 September 2020}}</ref> Later in [[2017 Goa Legislative Assembly election|2017]] he was re-elected to the [[Goa Legislative Assembly]] from the same constituency defeating Dharmesh Saglani of the [[Indian National Congress]] with 10,058 (43.04%) votes. On 22 March 2017, he was elected as the Speaker of the [[Goa Legislative Assembly]].<ref>{{cite news |url =https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/other-states/pramod-sawant-elected-as-speaker-of-goa-assembly/article17574792.ece|title =Pramod Sawant elected as Speaker of Goa Assembly|date =22 March 2017|website =thehindu.com|author =Prakash Kamat|access-date =5 September 2020}}</ref>

== Chief Minister of Goa==
After the demise of [[Manohar Parrikar]], the seat of the Chief Minister of Goa fell vacant. Pramod Sawant was elected by the Legislative Assembly afterwards and later he was sworn in as the 13th Chief Minister of Goa on 19 March 2019.<ref name ="ITabout" >{{cite news |url =https://www.indiatoday.in/india/story/all-you-need-to-know-about-goa-cm-pramod-sawant-1481382-2019-03-19|title =From Ayurveda {{sic|prac|tioner|nolink=y}} to Goa CM: All you need to know about Pramod Sawant|publisher =India Today|date=March 19, 2019|access-date =September 5, 2020}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://m.economictimes.com/hindi/news/5-unknown-facts-about-goa-new-cm-pramod-sawant/articleshow/68480248.cms|title= जानिए गोवा के नए CM प्रमोद सावंत के बारे में 5 बड़ी बातें|website= Economic Times|language=hi |access-date=2019-03-19}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.livehindustan.com/national/story-pramod-sawant-to-be-goa-chief-minister-2452877.html|title= प्रमोद सावंत बने गोवा के नए CM, दो उप-मुख्यमंत्रियों ने भी ली शपथ|website= Hindustan|language=hi |access-date=2019-03-19}}</ref>

==Personal life==
Sawant is a [[Maratha (caste)|Maratha]] by caste.<ref name ="ITabout" /> Sawant is married to Sulakshana,<ref>[http://www.goanews.com/news_disp.php?newsid=6904&catid=197 Wives of 2 MLAs get prominent positions in BJP’s new Executive]</ref> who is a teacher of [[chemistry]]<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.jagranjosh.com/general-knowledge/pramod-sawant-1552908121-1|title=Pramod Sawant: 10 Interesting facts about CM of Goa|date=March 19, 2019|website=Jagranjosh.com}}</ref> at the Shri Shantadurga Higher Secondary School in [[Bicholim]]. She is also a leader of the Bharatiya Janata Party and currently the President<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.heraldgoa.in/Goa/Goa/BJP-women%E2%80%99s-wing-demands-33-seats/100089.html|title=BJP women's wing demands 33% seats|website=oHeraldo}}</ref> of the [[Goa]] unit of the BJP Mahila Morcha.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/goa/bjp-mahila-morcha-chief-no-woman-eligible-to-be-candidate/articleshow/56545769.cms|title=BJP Mahila Morcha chief: No woman eligible to be candidate - Times of India|website=The Times of India}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://englishnews.thegoan.net/story.php?id=14038|title=BJP Mahila eyes Porvorim seat in 2017 Assembly polls|website=The Goan}}</ref>

== See also ==
* [[Pramod Sawant ministry]]

== References ==
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{{Chief Ministers of Goa}}
{{Current Indian chief ministers}}
{{Bharatiya Janata Party}}
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Dayanand Bandodkar

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{{Infobox officeholder
| name = Dayanand Bandodkar
| image = Dayanand Bandodkar.jpg
| alt = Dayanand Bandodkar
| caption =
| image_upright = 0.45
| other_names =
| occupation = Indian politician
| birth_place =
| death_place =
| birth_date = {{start-date|12 March 1911}}
| death_date = {{Death-date|12 August 1973}}
| office = [[List of Chief Ministers of Goa|1st Chief Minister of Goa]]
| governor =
| term_start = 1963
| term_end = 1973
| successor = [[Shashikala Kakodkar]]
| party = [[Maharashtrawadi Gomantak Party|MGP]]
}}

'''Dayanand Balkrishna Bandodkar''' (12 March 1911 – 12 August 1973) and popularly known as '''Bhausaheb Bandodkar'''<ref>
{{Cite news
|url=http://www.uniindia.com/parrikar-pays-tributes-to-bhausaheb-bandodkar/states/news/1317408.html
|title=Parrikar pays tributes to Bhausaheb Bandodkar
|date=Aug 12, 2018
|work=United News of India
}}</ref> was the first [[Chief Minister of Goa]], in the territory of [[Goa, Damaon& Diu]]. Born in [[Pernem]] to a [[Marathi people|Marathi]] immigrant family from [[Tuljapur]]<ref>{{cite book
|title=Goa's Man of Destiny
|first=D. B.
|last=Karnik
|page=3-4
|year=1994}}</ref> he became a wealthy mine owner following the [[Annexation of Goa]]. He sought to merge the territory with the state of [[Maharashtra]]. He swept the polls in 1963, 1967 and in 1972 while representing the [[Maharashtrawadi Gomantak Party]] (MGP)<ref>{{Cite news |url=https://www.itsgoa.com/remembering-dayanand-bandodkar-first-cm-of-goa/
|title=Remembering Dayanand Bandodkar - first CM of Goa
|date=2016-08-12
|access-date=2018-12-12
|language=en-US
}}</ref> and remained in power until his death in 1973.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.goanews.com/pastcm.htm |title=Assemblywise Chief Ministers of Goa |date=2003-01-20 |accessdate=2007-01-14 |work=Goa News |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20061107065300/http://www.goanews.com/pastcm.htm |archivedate=2006-11-07 |url-status=dead }}</ref>

His proposal however to merge with Maharashtra was met with stiff opposition from the native [[Goans]]. [[Indira Gandhi]], the then [[Prime Minister of India]] then offered him two options:<ref>{{cite web |url=http://goacentral.com/Goahistory/Historyofgoa.htm |title=History of Goa |accessdate=2007-01-14 |work=Goa Central |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070111164348/http://goacentral.com/Goahistory/Historyofgoa.htm |archive-date=11 January 2007 |url-status=dead }}</ref>
#To retain Goa's current status as a [[Union Territory]]
#To merge Goa into the neighboring state of Maharashtra and the other erstwhile Portuguese enclaves of [[Daman and Diu]] into the neighbouring state of [[Gujarat]]

A law to conduct opinion poll to decide the issue of merger or otherwise of Goa, Daman and Diu with Maharashtra/Gujarat was passed by both the houses of the [[Parliament of India|Indian Parliament]], the [[Lok Sabha]] (on 1 December 1966), and the [[Rajya Sabha]] (on 7 December 1966 and the same received the assent of the [[President of India]], [[Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan]] on 16 December 1966. An [[Goa Opinion Poll|opinion poll was subsequently held]] on 16 January 1967 to decide the fate of the union territory which voted to retain its status as separate from Maharashtra by 34,021 votes.<ref name="Express">{{cite news
|url=https://indianexpress.com/article/explained/what-is-goas-opinion-poll-day-asmitai-dis-5543720/
|title=What is Goa's 'Opinion Poll Day'?
|last1=Pereira
|first1=Aaron
|publisher=[[Indian Express]]
|date=18 January 2019}}</ref>

Bandodkar died in office on 12 August 1973 at age 62 and was succeeded by his daughter [[Shashikala Kakodkar]]. Three years after his death his son married the actress [[Leena Chandavarkar]]. He died at the age of 25 years on 7 November 1976.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.targetgoa.com/PRAJAL-SAKHARDANDE/-nbsp-Siddharth-Bandodkar-passed-away-too-soon/1633 |title=Archived copy |accessdate=2015-04-22 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://archive.today/20150422203102/http://www.targetgoa.com/PRAJAL-SAKHARDANDE/-nbsp-Siddharth-Bandodkar-passed-away-too-soon/1633 |archivedate=2015-04-22 }}</ref>

==Tenures==
#20 December 1963 – 2 December 1966 (3 years)
#5 April 1967 – 23 March 1972 (5 years)
#23 March 1972 – 12 August 1973 (1.5 years)

==See also==
{{commons category}}
*[[Chief Minister of Goa]]
*[[Goa Opinion Poll]]
*[[Shashikala Kakodkar]]
*[[Leena Chandavarkar]]

==References==
{{Reflist}}

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