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<p><b>New page</b></p><div>{{Short description|Indian politician (1929–2012)}}<br />
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{{Infobox officeholder<br />
| name = Sulochana Katkar<br />
| image = <!--Sulochana Katkar.jpg--><br />
| caption = Sulochana Katkar<br />
| office = Nominated [[Member of the Legislative Assembly (India)|MLA]], [[Goa Legislative Assembly]]<br />
| term_start = January 1985<ref name="archive.org2">{{cite web|url=http://goaprintingpress.gov.in/downloads/8485/8485-41-SII-EOG-5.pdf |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20180524062817/http://goaprintingpress.gov.in/downloads/8485/8485-41-SII-EOG-5.pdf |archivedate=2018-05-24 |title=Official Gazette |date=24 May 2018}}</ref><br />
| term_end = November 1989<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/SE_1989/Statistical%20Report%20Goa%201989.pdf |title=Archived copy |access-date=24 May 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171025200950/http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/SE_1989/Statistical%20Report%20Goa%201989.pdf |archive-date=25 October 2017 |url-status=dead }}</ref><br />
| birth_date = {{birth year|1929}}<br />
| birth_place = [[Bandora, Goa|Bandora]], [[Ponda taluka]], [[Portuguese Goa]]<br />
| occupation = Politician<br />
| awards = <br />
| death_date = {{death date and age|2012|09|22|1929|df=yes}}<br />
| death_place = [[Margao]], Goa<br />
}}<br />
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'''Sulochana Ramakant Katkar''' (1929–2012) was an Indian politician and a member of the [[Indian National Congress]] in [[Goa]].<ref>{{Cite book |last=Fernandes |first=Aureliano |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=iHpuAAAAMAAJ&q=Sulochana+Katkar |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 |pages=107 |language=en}}</ref> She served as a nominated member of the [[Goa, Daman and Diu Legislative Assembly]] from 1984 to 1989 and was the longest-serving president of the [[Goa Pradesh Congress Committee]] (GPCC).<ref name="TOIObit">{{Cite news |date=2012-09-23 |title=Ex-Congress chief Sulochana Ramakant Katkar passes away |url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/goa/ex-congress-chief-sulochana-ramakant-katkar-passes-away/articleshow/16510281.cms |access-date=2025-02-26 |work=The Times of India}}</ref><ref>{{Cite book |last1=Loomba |first1=Ania |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=wOr5rxXE5UcC&dq=Sulochana+Katkar&pg=PA262 |title=South Asian Feminisms |last2=Lukose |first2=Ritty A. |date=2012-03-05 |publisher=Duke University Press |isbn=978-0-8223-5179-5 |pages=262 |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite book |last=Martins |first=Jośe Francisco |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=hmRuAAAAMAAJ&q=Sulochana+Katkar |title=In Search of Self-fulfilment |date=1997 |publisher=Rajhauns Vitaran |isbn=978-81-85854-79-3 |pages=259 |language=en}}</ref><br />
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== Early life and political career ==<br />
Katkar was born in [[Bandora, Goa|Bandora]] in [[Ponda taluka]], Goa. She joined the [[Indian National Congress]] in the late 1970s and worked alongside [[Purushottam Kakodkar]], R. Deshprabhu, and Praful Priolkar. She was associated with then-Prime Minister [[Indira Gandhi]] during the formation of the government in 1980.<ref name="TOIObit" /><br />
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== Legislative tenure ==<br />
In the 1980 and 1984 elections, the Goa, Daman and Diu Legislative Assembly did not have any elected female members. To address this, Chief Minister [[Pratapsingh Rane]] nominated Katkar, along with [[Phyllis Faria]] and [[Sangeeta Parab]], to the assembly for the term 1984–1989. This nomination was intended to ensure representation for women and other underrepresented groups.<ref name="TOIObit" /><br />
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== GPCC presidency ==<br />
Katkar served as the president of the Goa Pradesh Congress Committee for an extended period. During her tenure, she contributed to the party's activities and organizational work in Goa. She was known for her firm approach in maintaining party discipline and policies.<ref name="TOIObit" /><br />
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== Death and legacy ==<br />
Sulochana Katkar died on 22 September 2012 at the age of 83, in a private hospital in [[Margao]], Goa, after a brief illness.<ref>{{Cite news |date=2012-09-22 |title=Sulochana Ramakant Katkar, the former member of Goa, Daman and Diu legislative assembly and ex- president of Goa Pradesh Congress committee (GPCC) passed away Saturday evening. Katkar, 83, breathed her last at a private hospital in Margao after a brief illness. She was a nominated MLA for the term 1984 -89 |url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/sulochana-ramakant-katkar-the-former-member-of-goa-daman-and-diu-legislative-assembly-andex-president-of-goa-pradesh-congress-committee-gpcc-passed-away-saturday-evening-katkar-83-breathed-her-last-at-a-private-hospital-in-margao-after-a-brief-illness-she-was-a-nominated-mla-for-the-term1984-89/articleshow/16508627.cms |access-date=2025-02-26 |work=The Times of India |issn=0971-8257}}</ref> She had undergone backbone surgery before she died.<ref name="TOIObit" /> The GPCC honored her contributions during the 30th anniversary of Goa's statehood in 2016.<ref name="GoanHonour">{{Cite web |date=2016-06-01 |title=Cong party honours Eduardo, Katkar |url=https://www.thegoan.net//cong-party-honours-eduardo-katkar/18117.html |access-date=2025-02-26 |website=The Goan}}</ref><br />
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[[Category:1929 births]]<br />
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[[Category:20th-century Indian women politicians]]<br />
[[Category:Women members of the Goa Legislative Assembly]]<br />
[[Category:Goa MLAs 1984–1989]]</div>Birjesh Kumar