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{{Infobox officeholder<br />
| name = Dayanand Bandodkar<br />
| image = Dayanand Bandodkar.jpg<br />
| alt = Dayanand Bandodkar<br />
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| image_upright = 0.45<br />
| other_names = <br />
| occupation = Indian politician<br />
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| birth_date = {{start-date|12 March 1911}}<br />
| death_date = {{Death-date|12 August 1973}}<br />
| office = [[List of Chief Ministers of Goa|1st Chief Minister of Goa]]<br />
| governor = <br />
| term_start = 1963<br />
| term_end = 1973<br />
| successor = [[Shashikala Kakodkar]]<br />
| party = [[Maharashtrawadi Gomantak Party|MGP]]<br />
}}<br />
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'''Dayanand Balkrishna Bandodkar''' (12 March 1911 – 12 August 1973) and popularly known as '''Bhausaheb Bandodkar'''<ref><br />
{{Cite news<br />
|url=http://www.uniindia.com/parrikar-pays-tributes-to-bhausaheb-bandodkar/states/news/1317408.html<br />
|title=Parrikar pays tributes to Bhausaheb Bandodkar<br />
|date=Aug 12, 2018<br />
|work=United News of India<br />
}}</ref> was the first [[Chief Minister of Goa]], in the territory of [[Goa, Damaon& Diu]]. Born in [[Pernem]] to a [[Marathi people|Marathi]] immigrant family from [[Tuljapur]]<ref>{{cite book<br />
|title=Goa's Man of Destiny<br />
|first=D. B.<br />
|last=Karnik<br />
|page=3-4<br />
|year=1994}}</ref> he became a wealthy mine owner following the [[Annexation of Goa]]. He sought to merge the territory with the state of [[Maharashtra]]. He swept the polls in 1963, 1967 and in 1972 while representing the [[Maharashtrawadi Gomantak Party]] (MGP)<ref>{{Cite news |url=https://www.itsgoa.com/remembering-dayanand-bandodkar-first-cm-of-goa/<br />
|title=Remembering Dayanand Bandodkar - first CM of Goa<br />
|date=2016-08-12<br />
|access-date=2018-12-12<br />
|language=en-US<br />
}}</ref> and remained in power until his death in 1973.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.goanews.com/pastcm.htm |title=Assemblywise Chief Ministers of Goa |date=2003-01-20 |accessdate=2007-01-14 |work=Goa News |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20061107065300/http://www.goanews.com/pastcm.htm |archivedate=2006-11-07 |url-status=dead }}</ref><br />
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His proposal however to merge with Maharashtra was met with stiff opposition from the native [[Goans]]. [[Indira Gandhi]], the then [[Prime Minister of India]] then offered him two options:<ref>{{cite web |url=http://goacentral.com/Goahistory/Historyofgoa.htm |title=History of Goa |accessdate=2007-01-14 |work=Goa Central |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070111164348/http://goacentral.com/Goahistory/Historyofgoa.htm |archive-date=11 January 2007 |url-status=dead }}</ref><br />
#To retain Goa's current status as a [[Union Territory]]<br />
#To merge Goa into the neighboring state of Maharashtra and the other erstwhile Portuguese enclaves of [[Daman and Diu]] into the neighbouring state of [[Gujarat]]<br />
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A law to conduct opinion poll to decide the issue of merger or otherwise of Goa, Daman and Diu with Maharashtra/Gujarat was passed by both the houses of the [[Parliament of India|Indian Parliament]], the [[Lok Sabha]] (on 1 December 1966), and the [[Rajya Sabha]] (on 7 December 1966 and the same received the assent of the [[President of India]], [[Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan]] on 16 December 1966. An [[Goa Opinion Poll|opinion poll was subsequently held]] on 16 January 1967 to decide the fate of the union territory which voted to retain its status as separate from Maharashtra by 34,021 votes.<ref name="Express">{{cite news<br />
|url=https://indianexpress.com/article/explained/what-is-goas-opinion-poll-day-asmitai-dis-5543720/<br />
|title=What is Goa's 'Opinion Poll Day'?<br />
|last1=Pereira<br />
|first1=Aaron<br />
|publisher=[[Indian Express]]<br />
|date=18 January 2019}}</ref><br />
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Bandodkar died in office on 12 August 1973 at age 62 and was succeeded by his daughter [[Shashikala Kakodkar]]. Three years after his death his son married the actress [[Leena Chandavarkar]]. He died at the age of 25 years on 7 November 1976.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.targetgoa.com/PRAJAL-SAKHARDANDE/-nbsp-Siddharth-Bandodkar-passed-away-too-soon/1633 |title=Archived copy |accessdate=2015-04-22 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://archive.today/20150422203102/http://www.targetgoa.com/PRAJAL-SAKHARDANDE/-nbsp-Siddharth-Bandodkar-passed-away-too-soon/1633 |archivedate=2015-04-22 }}</ref><br />
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==Tenures==<br />
#20 December 1963 – 2 December 1966 (3 years)<br />
#5 April 1967 – 23 March 1972 (5 years)<br />
#23 March 1972 – 12 August 1973 (1.5 years)<br />
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==See also==<br />
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*[[Chief Minister of Goa]]<br />
*[[Goa Opinion Poll]]<br />
*[[Shashikala Kakodkar]]<br />
*[[Leena Chandavarkar]]<br />
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