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{{Short description|Indian politician}}
{{Infobox officeholder
| name =
| birth_name = Pratap Prabhakar Gauns
| image = Goa Congress Politician Pratap gauns.jpg
| caption = Pratap Gauns in 2021
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1963|08|02|df=yes}}
| birth_place = [[Goa]], India
| residence = Goa
| office1 = [[Goa Legislative Assembly|Member of Goa Legislative Assembly]]
| constituency1 = [[Pale (Goa Assembly constituency)|Pale]]
| term_start1 = 2008
| term_end1 = 2012
| party = [[Indian National Congress]]
| spouse = Geeta Pratap Gauns
| children = Dattaraj Pratap Gauns
| father = Prabhakar Y. Gauns
| website =
| footnotes =
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'''Pratap Prabhakar Gauns''' or Pratap Prabhakar Gawas (born 2 August 1963)<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.yumpu.com/en/document/read/36352635/download-member-profile-goavidhansabhagovin-welcome-to-|title=Download Member Profile. - Goavidhansabha.gov.in - Welcome to ...|website=yumpu.com}}</ref> is an Indian politician from the state of Goa. He was elected to the [[Goa Legislative Assembly]] election as a member of the [[Indian National Congress]] party in 2008. He won against BJP candidate [[Pramod Sawant]] by a margin of 1534 votes.

During his tenure in Goa Legislative Assembly, he acted as a member of the Estimates Committee, Committee on Delegations, Panel of Presiding Members, and Committee on Public Undertakings.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.yumpu.com/en/document/view/36352635/download-member-profile-goavidhansabhagovin-welcome-to-|title=download-member-profile-goavidhansabhagovin-welcome-to-|website=yumpu.com}}</ref>

==Personal life==

Pratap Prabhakar Gauns was born on 2 August 1963 to Prabhakar Y. Gauns and Parvati P. Gauns at Navelim village located in Bicholim Tehsil of North Goa district in Goa, India.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://myneta.info/goa2017/candidate.php?candidate_id=203
|title = Pratap Prabhakar Gauns(Nationalist Congress Party(NCP)):Constituency- SANQUELIM(NORTH GOA) - Affidavit Information of Candidate}}</ref> He comes from the prominent [[Maratha]] family of the Gauns.<ref>{{Cite web|url= https://www.heraldgoa.in/details.php?n_id=50962 |title=Development work of Shri Pratap Gauns|website=herald.in}}{{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 }}</ref> His family traces their roots to the Gauns clan of [[Marathas]]. Pratap has passed the Secondary School Certificate Examination from Goa Board of Secondary & Higher Education. Pratap Prabhakar Gauns is married to Geeta Pratap Gauns and the couple have two children.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.yumpu.com/en/document/view/36352635/download-member-profile-goavidhansabhagovin-welcome-to-|title=download-member-profile-goavidhansabhagovin-welcome-to-|website=yumpu.com}} {{Cite web|url= https://www.heraldgoa.in/Goa/The-Sunday-Roundtable/mla-attributes-victory-to-rane/19272 |title=Gauns attributes Victory to Rane |website=heraldgoa.in}}</ref>

==Member of Legislative Assembly==
During his tenure as a [[Member of Legislative Assembly]], he built a network of all weather roads in [[Sanquelim]],[[Pale, Goa|Pale]],[[Amona, Goa|Amona]] and [[Navelim]]. Development projects like Ravindra Bhavan [[Sanquelim]], [[Goa Institute of Management]] , Primary Health Centre [[Sanquelim]], garbage treatment plant, swimming pool [[Sanquelim]], sewage treatment plant in [[Sanquelim]] and other projects were undertaken during his tenure.<ref>{{Cite web|url= https://www.heraldgoa.in/details.php?n_id=50962 |title=Development work of Shri Pratap Gauns|website=herald.in}}</ref><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 }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url= https://issuu.com/herald-goa/docs/15_jan/2 |title=Cm Digambar Kamat allocates 100 crore to Sanquelim Constituency Development |website=herald.in}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url= https://www.dnaindia.com/india/report-iron-ore-stock-eating-into-fertile-landmass-in-goa-1591116 |title=Iron ore stock eating into fertile landmass in Goa |website=dnaindia.com}}</ref>

==Political career==
[[File:Pratapgauns.jpg|thumb|Pratap Gauns at a public hearing in [[Sanquelim]] in 2020]]
In the 2007 [[Goa Legislative Assembly]] election, his brother Gurudas Prabhakar Gauns was elected from the [[Pale (Goa Assembly constituency)|Pale]] as an Indian National Congress candidate.<ref>https://www.goavidhansabha.gov.in/uploads/members/78_promember_58_profile_GGAUNS.pdf</ref> Gurudas Prabhakar Gauns died in 2008.<ref>{{cite web| url = https://www.outlookindia.com/newswire/story/pale-by-election-sees-81-per-cent-turn-out/638676| title = Pale By-Election Sees 81 Per Cent Turn Out}} </ref> In 2008 by-elections, Pratap Prabhakar Gauns contested from [[Indian National Congress]] and was elected from the [[Pale (Goa Assembly constituency)|Pale]] against [[Bharatiya Janata Party]] candidate [[Pramod Sawant]]. The Pale constituency was abolished due to the delimitation of assembly constituencies. In 2012, Pratap Prabhakar Gauns had contested the election from [[Sanquelim (Goa Assembly constituency)|Sanquelim]] representing Indian National Congress and lost against [[Pramod Sawant]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.elections.in/goa/assembly-constituencies/2012-election-results.html|title=Goa Assembly Election Results in 2012|website=Elections in India}}</ref> In 2017, Pratap Prabhakar Gauns stood for the Assembly election from the Nationalist Congress Party and lost to BJP candidate and current Chief Minister [[Pramod Sawant]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.india.com/assembly-election-2017/goa/sanquelim/
|title = 2017 Sanquelim - Goa Assembly Election Winner, LIVE Results & Latest News: Election Dates, Polling Schedule, Election Results & Live Election Updates}}</ref>

Now, Pratap Prabhakar Gauns is active in [[Indian National Congress]] Party.

==References==
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[[Category:People from North Goa district]]
[[Category:Indian National Congress politicians from Goa]]
[[Category:Members of the Goa Legislative Assembly]]
[[Category:Goa MLAs 2007–2012]]
[[Category:1963 births]]
[[Category:Living people]]
[[Category:Political families of India]]

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