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Gomanta was a kingdom mentioned in the epic Mahabharata.It was an extension of the kingdom of Yadavas at Dwaraka.It is identified to be the Goa state of India, situated in the western coast.
Gomantak Maratha Samaj is a Hindu community found in the Indian state of Goa. [1] They are known as Nutan Maratha Samaj in the Sindhudurg district of Maharashtra and Naik Maratha Samaj in Maharashtra , Uttara Kannada district of Karnataka , also Telangana respectively.
Dayanand Bandodkar of the Maharashtrawadi Gomantak Party was elected as the first Chief Minister of Goa, Daman and Diu. He attempted to merge Goa with Maharashtra by importing Marathi immigrants from the neighbouring state (Goa's population increased by almost 35% in the 1960s due to heavy immigration of Marathi people), but his plans were ...
Maharashtrawadi Gomantak Party (abbr. MGP) is a political party in India.It was Goa's first ruling party after the end of Portuguese rule in Goa in 1961.. The party has its base amongst non-Brahmin Hindu migrants from Maharashtra and their descendants, a group that made up a large section of the poorer residents in Goa during Portuguese rule in Goa and whose numbers increased after 1961 by ...
The Navhind Times is an English language newspaper in Goa. [2] Founded in 1963 and based in Panaji, the capital of Goa, [3] it is the largest selling newspaper, amongst the three locally published English newspapers in the state. The other two being O Heraldo (The Herald) and Gomantak Times successively. [4] [5]
Sudin alias Ramkrishna Madhav Dhavalikar is an Indian politician, and a senior leader of the Maharashtrawadi Gomantak Party (MGP). He is a six-term member of the Goa Legislative Assembly , representing the Marcaim constituency [ 3 ] and former deputy Chief Minister of Goa.
Due to negative propaganda from the Maharashtrawadi Gomantak Party, Marathi was made the official language of Goa following the Annexation of Goa in 1961. Konkani received official recognition only in February 1987, when the Indian government recognized Konkani as the official language of Goa.
These include Goa News Network (GNN) (Konkani), GOA365 (English /Konkani), Prudent (Konkani), CCR TV (A catholic Religious Channel in English/Konkani) RDXGOA TV(Konkani\English), In Goa News (Marathi\English), Goa Newsline (Konkani), Goa Plus and HCN (English), DBTV a children's educational channel among others. In Goa 24x7 is the only 24-hour ...