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'''Gomantak Lok Pox'''<ref>[https://www.outlookindia.com/website/story/the-matanhy-saldanha-i-knew/280358 The Matanhy Saldanha I Knew]. Outlook Magazine. 2012</ref> (GLP; in [[English language|English]]: Goa People's Party; in [[portuguese language|portuguese]]: ''Partido Popular de Goa'') was a [[political party]] in the [[India]]n state of [[Goa]]. The last general secretary of the party was [[Mathany Saldanha]].<br />
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The GLP is the name given to a historical political grouping that was in struggle for the liberation of Portuguese India. The party, however, has three distinct historical moments: the first, which runs from 1835 to 1855;<ref name="Saldanha">Saldanha, Gabriel.<br />
[https://archive.org/stream/in.ernet.dli.2015.32055/2015.32055.Historia-De-Goa--Vol-1_djvu.txt História de Goa (Política e Arqueologia)]. Asian Educational Services. Nova Delhi, 1990.</ref> The second, from 1948 to 1962;<ref>Mascarenhas, Lambert. [http://goacom.com/goa-s-freedom-movement/ Goa's Freedom Movement] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170806075715/http://goacom.com/goa-s-freedom-movement/ |date=6 August 2017 }}. GOACOM</ref><ref>Souza, Teotonio R. de. Essays in Goan History Concept Publishing Company. Nova Delhi. 1983. pg 183</ref><ref>Sakshena, R.N.. Goa: Into the Mainstream. Abhinav Publications, 1974. pg 97</ref> The third from 1970 to 2002.<br />
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Between 1948 and 1961 he had George Vaz as secretary-general; Between 1961 and 1962 its representative in [[Conference of Nationalist Organizations of the Portuguese Colonies|CONCP]] was [[Aquino de Bragança]].<br />
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In the late 1970s, [[Mathany Saldanha]] established the "Gomantak Lok Pox"<ref>Timble, Prabhakar. [http://www.goanews.com/blogs_disp.php?bpid=375 Not in Mathany's name...]. Goa's Oldest Online News Portal. 08 May 2012</ref> party.<br />
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In the state assembly elections 1999, Saldanha was the sole candidate of the party. Saldanha stood in the constituency Cortalim and got 1 728 votes (9.81%). In 2002, GLP merged with [[United Goans Democratic Party]]. Saldanha was the general secretary of UGDP.<br />
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==External links==<br />
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20030903195148/http://www.goainformation.org/html/modules.php?name=Sections&sop=viewarticle&artid=82 Matanhy Saldanha]<br />
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