Pandurang Purushottam Shirodkar
Pandurang Purushottam Shirodkar was a freedom fighter and first speaker of Goa Assembly. He was born in Indian state of Goa, studied Law in Portuguese India and worked as an editor with Navashakti daily in Mumbai. Later he participated actively in Goa's struggle for freedom, was in exile in Africa and Portugal for many years. He has been a member of the Indian National Congress and was a prominent figure in the Maharashtrawadi Gomantak Party.
Shirodkar authored many books in Marathi, Konkani, English and Portuguese, he also translated Bal Gangadhar Tilak's Shrimadbhagwadgeetarahasya into Portuguese.Refrefence