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The '''All India Konkani Parishad''' is a national conference held in India. It is meant to support the [[Konkani people]] and [[Konkani language]], and conducts various activities to achieve that goal, aided by local authorities<ref>{{Cite web|last=admin|date=2018-09-24|title=All India Konkani Parishad|url=http://dol.goa.gov.in/all-india-kokani-parishad|access-date=2021-01-29|website=dol.goa.gov.in|language=en}}</ref>

==History==
The Konkani Parishad was launched when India's struggle for freedom was at its peak. The organisation was founded by the late Madhav Manjunath Shanbhague of Kumta, Karnataka, on 8 July 1939. It shifted to Goa, the homeland of Konkani, in 1961 when the territory was liberated from Portuguese rulers. At present, it functions from Goa as the national apex body to which 16 regional/local associations are affiliated and works for the development of Konkani language, literature, culture, education, etc. across the country.

The Konkani Parishad had set the following objectives before it in 1939

* To bring about unity among the Konkani speaking people of various regions
* To remove indifference of Konkanis towards their mother tongue and promote their love for the language
* To strive for standardisation of the Konkani language
* To promote use of Devanagari as the natural, common script for Konkani
* To work for the development and spread of Konkani literature and culture.

During the past 75 years, the Parishad relentlessly worked, mostly through its national conferences for achieving its objectives. It has so far organized 29 biennial sessions and 22 biennial Konkani literary Conferences apart from innumerable other programmes at the national level.

These conferences were always graced by linguists like Dr. Suniti Kumar Chatterjee and Dr. S.M. Katre, and intellectuals like Kakasaheb Kalelkar and prominent litterateurs of various languages of the country.

The Parishad has always been in the forefront in fighting for the issues daunting the Konkani language. It identified and deliberated on the various problems related to the development of the language and prepared strategies for solving them. The following resolutions passed during the conferences throw light on the various issues agitating the minds of the Konkanies from time to time.

# Inclusion of Konkani programmes in all India Radio and Doordarshan
# Introduction of Konkani in school and college education and preparation of Konkani textbooks
# Making Konkani available books in public libraries
# Establishment of Konkani Bhasha Mandals in various states
# Getting advertisements for Konkani periodicals
# Recognition of the language by Sahitya Akademi, New Delhi
# Inclusion of Konkani in the 8th schedule of the country's constitution
# Official language status for Konkani in Goa
# Statehood for Goa
# Establishment of state academies for Konkani in Goa, Karnataka, Kerala and Maharashtra

These resolutions were persistently followed up and, by and large, their purposes were achieved. The major issues which exercised the minds of the people at the Parishad's meets were satisfactorily settled when Konkani was recognised as an independent language by Sahitya Akademi, New Delhi in 1976 and the language attained the status of official language in Goa in 1987. The crowning glory came when Konkani was included in the 8th Schedule of the country's constitution in 1992.

These landmarks in the history of Konkani language were followed by establishment of Konkani Academies in Goa, Karnataka and recently in Kerala. The progress achieved in teaching Konkani from primary school level to post-graduate level in the colleges and its increased use in administration and mass media is also due to the direct and indirect efforts of the Parishad.

==Sessions==
Brief details of the sessions of the Parishad are as below:<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.konkaniparishad.org/|title=अखिल भारतीय कोंकणी परिशद|website=www.konkaniparishad.org}}</ref>

{|class="wikitable"
! Adhiveshan
||dates
||Reception Committee Chairman
||President
||Inaugurated
|-

|-
!First Adhiveshan
||
||
||
||The first session of the Parishad was held on 8 and 9 July 1939, Karwar. The conference was organised under the leadership of late Madhav Manjath Shanbhag, a leading advocate of Karwar. It was presided over by Vishwanath Pandurang Prabhu <ref name="auto">F.J.Martiris, Parishadechim Pasthis Varsam, Souvenir - 10th Adhiveshan of All India Konkani Parishad - Panaji, Goa 1974</ref>
|-
!Second Adhiveshan
||31, December, 1940, Udupi <ref name="auto"/>
||[[T. M. A. Pai]]
||Mr. Jerome Saldanha
||
|-
!Third Adhiveshan
||4,5, April, 1942, Mumbai <ref name="konkaniworld.com">{{cite web|url=http://ww1.konkaniworld.com/?subid1=1d3c3948-0f8f-11e9-aa0f-8eee52393336|title=konkaniworld.com|website=ww1.konkaniworld.com}}{{Dead link|date=June 2020 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref>
||Mr. Vaman Raghunath Varde Valavalikar aka [[Shenoi Goembab]]
||Prof. Armando Menezes, Academician & English poet
||
|-
!Fourth Adhiveshan
||1949, Mumbai <ref name="konkaniworld.com"/>
||
||Dr. Mafaldo Ubaldo Mascarenhas
||[[Anandashram Swami]]
|-
!Fifth Adhiveshan
||23,24 February 1952 Mumbai <ref name="konkaniworld.com"/>
||
||Dr. Mariano Saldanha, a scholar of international repute (He was teaching Sanskrit in Portugal)
||Rt. Rev. Valerian Cardinal Gracias, India's first Cardinal
|-
!Sixth Adhiveshan
||27,28 April 1957 Mumbai <ref name="konkaniworld.com"/>
||
||Dr.[[Sumitra Mangesh Katre]], Renowned linguist
||Acharya [[Kaka Kalelkar]] Gandhian Intellectual & Eminent Gujarati writer
|-
!Seventh Adhiveshan
||16, May, 1960, Karwar <ref name="auto1">Souvenir - 25th Adhiveshan of All India Konkani Parishad - Panaji, Goa 2006</ref>
||
||Dr. B.A.Saletore, Noted Historian
||Shrimat Dwarakanatha Teertha (Gokarna Partagali Math)
|-
!Eighth Adhiveshan
||26,27 May 1962, Madgaon (First Adhiveshan in Liberated Goa)<ref name="auto1"/>
||
||Dr.[[Manohar Rai Sardesai]], Eminent Konkani Poet
||Violet Alva, Vice President, Rajyasabha, Indian Parliament
|-
!Ninth Adhiveshan
||29,30 September 1967, Mumbai <ref name="auto1"/>
||
||[[Bakibab Borkar]], Eminent Konkani Poet
||[[Vasantrao Naik]] Chief Minister of Maharashtra
|-
!10th Adhiveshan
||9,10 February 1974 Panaji <ref>Souvenir -10th Adhiveshan of All India Konkani Parishad - Panaji, Goa 1974</ref>
||
||K.K.Pai, Chairman & MD, Syndicate Bank
||Dr. [[Suniti Kumar Chatterji]], President Sahitya Akademi
|-
!11th Adhiveshan
||21,22 February 1976, Mangalore <ref>Souvenir -11th Adhiveshan of All India Konkani Parishad - Mangalore, 1976</ref>
||K.K.Pai
||[[Chandrakant Keni]], Eminent Konkani Writer
||
|-
!12th Adhiveshan
||12. 12th Adhiveshan - 11,12, February, Kochi <ref name="auto1"/>
||
||[[Ravindra Kelekar]], Eminent Konkani Writer & Jnanpeeth Award winner
||[[A. K. Antony]] Chief Minister of Kerala
|-
!13th Adhiveshan
||12,13 April 1980, Mumbai <ref name="auto1"/>
||F.A.Martiris
||N. Purushotham Mallya, Scholar & Noted Writer
||[[Pratapsingh Raoji Rane]] Chief Minister of Goa
|-
!14th Adhiveshan
||27,28 February 1982, Panaji <ref name="auto1"/>
||
||[[V.J.P. Saldanha]] Eminent Konkani Novelist
||Dr.[[Umashankar Joshi]], President, Sahitya Akademi, New Delhi
|-
!15th Adhiveshan
||11,12,13, May, 1984, Bangalore <ref name="auto1"/>
||
||Nagesh Sonde, Noted Konkani writer
||A.N.Bannerji, Governor of Karnataka
|-
!16th Adhiveshan
||24,25 May 1986, Kochi <ref name="auto1"/>
||
||Adv. [[Uday Bhembre]] Scholar & Eminent Konkani writer
||M. Kamalam, Minister, Govt. of Kerala
|-
!17th Adhiveshan
||6,7,8 January 1989, Manipal<ref>Mogrem - Souvenir- 17th Adhiveshan of All India Konkani Parishad - Manipal, 1989</ref>
||
||[[M. V. Kamath]], Renowned Author & Veteran journalist
||[[Eduardo Faleiro]] Union Minister
|-
!18th Adhiveshan
||14,15,16 December 1990, Ramnathi, Goa<ref>Souvenir- 18th Adhiveshan of All India Konkani Parishad - Ramnathi Goa, 1990</ref>
||
||Prof. R.K.Rao, Eminent Konkani author & Translator
||[[José Pereira (Indian writer)|Dr. José Pereira]]
|-
!19th Adhiveshan
||16,17 January 1993, Madgaon, Goa<ref>Souvenir- 19th Adhiveshan of All India Konkani Parishad - Madgaon, Goa, 1993</ref>
||Dattaraj Salgaonkar
||[[J. B. Moraes]] Eminent Konkani Poet
||Ravi Naik, Chief Minister of Goa
|-
!20th Adhiveshan
||11,12 February 1995, Shirsi, Karnataka<ref>Souvenir- 20th Adhiveshan of All India Konkani Parishad - Shirsi, Karnataka, 1995</ref>
||
||Dr. Kashinath Mahale, Academician & Scholar
||R.V. Deshapande, Minister, Govt. Of Karnataka
|-
!21st Adhiveshan
||18,19 January 1997, Mumbai<ref>Souvenir- 21st Adhiveshan of All India Konkani Parishad - Mumbai, 1997</ref>
||
||Dr. William Madtha, Linguist & Academician
||
|-
!22nd Adhiveshan
||15,16,17, January 1999, Belgaum <ref>Souvenir- 22nd Adhiveshan of All India Konkani Parishad - Belgaum, 1999</ref>
||
||[[Pundalik Naik]], Eminent writer
||Umesh Katti, Minister, Govt. Of Karnataka
|-
!23rd Adhiveshan
||20, 21, April, 2002, Mangalore<ref>Souvenir- 23rd Adhiveshan of All India Konkani Parishad - Mangalore, 2002</ref>
||
||Dr. [[Tanaji Halarnkar]], scholar, columnist and editor of Konkani Encyclopaedia
||Ramanath Rai, Minister, Govt. of Karnataka
|-
!24th Adhiveshan
||13,14,15 February 2004, Kozhikode<ref>Souvenir- 24th Adhiveshan of All India Konkani Parishad - Kozhikode, 2004</ref>
||
||[[Basti Vaman Shenoy]]
||Mr. Rajagopal, Union Minister for Railways
|-
!25th Adhiveshan
||10,11,12 February 2006, Panaji, Goa<ref>Souvenir- 25th Adhiveshan of All India Konkani Parishad - Panaji, 2006</ref>
||
||Mr. Paul Moras, Konkani writer
||Inaugurated by Mr. S.C. Jamir, Governor of Goa
|-
!26th Adhiveshan
||5,6.7 February 2008, Kochi, Kerala <ref>Souvenir- 26th Adhiveshan of All India Konkani Parishad - Panaji, 2008</ref>
||
||Adv. Shantaram Naik (Member, Rajyasabha)
||Inaugurated by Mr. K.K. Pai, President, Dr. T.M.A. Pai Foundation
|-
!27th Adhiveshan
||5,6,7 February 2010, Sanquelim, Goa<ref>Souvenir- 27th Adhiveshan of All India Konkani Parishad - Panaji, 2010</ref>
||
||Dr. H. Shantaram, Academician
||Inaugurated by Mr. Ravindra Kelekar, Jnanpeeth Award-winning Konkani writer
|-
!28th Adhiveshan
||17,18 February 2012, Mumbai <ref>Souvenir- 28th Adhiveshan of All India Konkani Parishad - Panaji, 2012</ref>
||
||Mr.Arvind Bhatikar, IAS (Retd) Administrator & Author
||Inaugurated: Mr. Ramdas Bhatkal
|-
!29th Adhiveshan
||28 & 29 February, 1 March 2014, Belgaum, Karnataka<ref>Souvenir- 29th Adhiveshan of All India Konkani Parishad - Panaji, 2014</ref>
||
||Mr. Gokuldas Prabhu Eminent Konkani Writer
||Inaugurated by : Mr. R.V. Deshpande, Hon'ble Minister for Higher Education, Government of Karnataka
|-
|}

==See also==
* [[Shenoi Goembab]]
* [[Madhav Manjunath Shanbhag]]
* [[World Konkani Hall Of Fame]]

==References==
{{reflist}}

[[Category:Konkani]]
[[Category:Politics of Goa]]
[[Category:Politics of Karnataka]]
[[Category:Politics of Kerala]]
[[Category:Politics of Maharashtra]]

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