11 Facts About Purushottam Kakodkar

Purushottam Kakodkar served as a Member of Parliament in both the Lok Sabha and Rajya Sabha.

Purushottam Kakodkar took part in the Quit India Movement and was imprisoned for it.

Purushottam Kakodkar took part in the Goa Liberation Movement and the Civil Disobedience Movement launched by Ram Manohar Lohia in Goa in 1946.

Purushottam Kakodkar was among the vocal critics of the Salazar administration in Goa.

Purushottam Kakodkar used his personal equations with the Nehru family to lobby hard for a referendum with the central leadership.

Purushottam Kakodkar served as Member of Parliament in the Lok Sabha, representing Panaji constituency in the former union territory of Goa, Daman and Diu from 1971 to 1977.

Purushottam Kakodkar was a nominated member of the Rajya Sabha from 1985 to 1991.

Kelekar stated that Purushottam Kakodkar was once responsible for Mahatma Gandhi having to apologise to the Portuguese.

Gandhiji is supposed to have sent a man, who was a relative of Purushottam Kakodkar, to verify this.

Purushottam Kakodkar's relative verified that although Kakodkar was not taking any food from the jail, he was getting food from outside.

Purushottam Kakodkar died on 2 May 1998 in Delhi at the age of 85.