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| name = Raghunath Tople<br />
| birth_name = Raghunath Anant Tople<br />
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| nickname = R.A. Tople<br />
| predecessor = ''Office established''<br />
| successor = [[Gopal Mayekar]]<br />
| office = [[Goa, Daman and Diu Legislative Assembly|Member of Goa, Daman and Diu Legislative Assembly]]<br />
| occupation = {{hlist|Politician|teacher|playwright}}<br />
| majority = 4,511 (52%)<br />
| termstart = 1963<br />
| termend = 1967<br />
| constituency = [[Mapusa Assembly constituency|Mapusa]]<br />
| party = [[Janata Party]] (1979)<br />
| otherparty = [[Maharashtrawadi Gomantak Party]] (1963–1967)<br />
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'''Raghunath Anant Tople''',{{efn|also spelt as '''Raghunath Ananta Tople'''<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=smh6XmmPQmsC&q=Raghunath+Tople|title=Nave Parva|date=August 17, 1980|publisher=Māhitī a va Paryaṭana Sañcālanālaya, Governmentā, Damaṇa āṇi Dīva Sarakāra|via=Google Books}}</ref>.}} also known as '''R.A. Tople''', was an Indian politician, teacher, and playwright. He was a former member of the [[Goa, Daman and Diu Legislative Assembly]] representing the [[Mapusa Assembly constituency]] from 1963 to 1967. Tople was a member of the [[Janata Party]].<br />
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Tople was among the many [[Goan]] playwrights who made significant contributions to the realm of drama and [[one-act play]]s. Many of his works were brought to life on stage by esteemed educational and cultural organizations.<ref>{{Cite book |last=Sá |first=Mario Cabral e |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=yRluAAAAMAAJ&q=Raghunath+Tople |title=Redefining Horizons: Goa, Four Decades of Freedom |date=2002 |publisher=Department of Information and Publicity, Government of Goa |language=en}}</ref> Tople, alongside Shantaram Dhond, played prominent roles as key figures within the Maharashtrawadi Aghadi centre located in [[Mapusa]], Goa.<ref name=":1">{{Cite book |last=Fernandes |first=Aureliano |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=iHpuAAAAMAAJ&q=Raghunath+Tople |title=Cabinet Government in Goa, 1961-1993: A Chronicled Analysis of 30 Years of Government and Politics in Goa |date=1997 |publisher=Maureen & Camvet Publishers |language=en |access-date=2023-08-18 |archive-date=2023-08-18 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230818123320/https://books.google.com/books?id=iHpuAAAAMAAJ&q=Raghunath+Tople |url-status=live }}</ref><br />
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==Career==<br />
Tople had first contested in the [[1963 Goa, Daman and Diu Legislative Assembly election]] on the [[Maharashtrawadi Gomantak Party]] ticket and emerged victorious with a majority of 4,511 votes.<ref name=":0">{{Cite web |title=Previous Assembly Elections Statistics |url=https://ceogoa.nic.in/appln/uil/PreviosElections.aspx |access-date=2023-08-17 |website=ceogoa.nic.in |archive-date=2023-08-01 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230801111916/https://ceogoa.nic.in/appln/uil/PreviosElections.aspx |url-status=live }}</ref><br />
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In the initial session of the [[1967 Goa, Daman and Diu Legislative Assembly election|Second Goa Assembly]], [[Dayanand Bandodkar]], who served as the [[Chief Minister of Goa]] at the time, made the decision to remove Tople, along with Ganaba Dessai, A Kadkade, and Dattatraya Deshpande, from their positions in the organizational wing of the Maharashtrawadi Gomantak Party. This action took place on the first day of the assembly's session and marked their expulsion from the party.<ref name=":1" /><br />
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Despite winning his first election, Tople didn't show interest in the subsequent three elections. Prior to contesting the [[1980 Goa, Daman and Diu Legislative Assembly election]] from the same constituency, Tople had left the Maharashtrawadi Gomantak Party to join the [[Janata Party]]. However, he lost to the [[Indian National Congress (U)]] candidate, Jairam Nevagi, by a margin of 5,783 votes.<ref name=":0" /><br />
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==Further reading==<br />
{{cite book |last=Fernandes |first=Aureliano |year=1997 |title=Cabinet Government in Goa, 1961-1993: A Chronicled Analysis of 30 Years of Government and Politics in Goa |publisher=Maureen & Camvet Publishers|pages=4–40 |place=Panjim |lccn=97906421}}<br />
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[[Category:Goan people]]<br />
[[Category:People from North Goa district]]<br />
[[Category:Maharashtrawadi Gomantak Party politicians]]<br />
[[Category:Janata Party politicians]]<br />
[[Category:Goa, Daman and Diu MLAs 1963–1967]]</div>Ajay Kumar