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{{Short description|Indian politician (1916–unknown)}}
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{{Infobox officeholder
| name = Janardan Jagannath Shinkre
| birth_date = 24 June 1916
| birth_place = [[Siolim]], [[Bardez taluka]], [[Portuguese Goa]]
| death_date = Unknown
| image = Janardan Shinkre.jpeg
| office = [[Member of Parliament, Lok Sabha]]
| term_start = 1967
| term_end = 1971
| constituency = [[North Goa Lok Sabha constituency|Panjim]]
| predecessor = [[Peter Alvares]]
| successor = [[Purushottam Kakodkar]]<ref name="PDDoubleEngine24">{{Cite book |last=Prabhudesai |first=Sandesh |author-link=Sandesh Prabhudesai |title=Double Engine: History of Goa Lok Sabha Elections |date=March 2024 |publisher=goanews.com |isbn=9-789358-985627 |pages=17–20}}</ref>
}}

'''Janardan Jagannath Shinkre''' (24 June 1916 – unknown) was an Indian [[freedom fighter]], journalist, and politician from [[Goa]]. He served as a Member of Parliament in the [[4th Lok Sabha]], representing the [[Panaji (Lok Sabha constituency)|Panaji constituency]], and was a founding member and the first General Secretary of the [[Maharashtrawadi Gomantak Party]].

== Early life and education ==
Shinkre was born on 24 June 1916 in the village of [[Siolim]], [[Bardez]] taluka, in what was then [[Portuguese Goa]]. He completed his Marathi secondary education, followed by three years at the [[Liceu de Goa]] and the ''Curso da Escola Normal'' teacher training program.<ref name="ShirodkarWho86">{{Cite book |last=Shirodkar |first=Pandurang Purushottam |author-link=Pandurang Purushottam Shirodkar |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=ISScyAEACAAJ |title=Who's Who of Freedom Fighters, Goa, Daman, and Diu |date=1986 |publisher=Goa Gazetteer Department, Government of the Union Territory of Goa, Daman, and Diu |volume=1 |pages=321–322}}</ref><ref name="Vishwakosh1999">{{cite wikisource |editor-first1=Tanaji |editor-last1=Halarnkar |editor-link1=Tanaji Halarnkar |others= |title=Konkani Vishwakosh |trans-title=Konkani Encyclopaedia |wslink=Page:Konkani Vishwakosh - Volume 4 Released.pdf/739 |type= |edition= |series= |pages=739 |volume=4 |year=1999 |publisher=[[Goa University]] |location=Goa |language=gom |wslanguage=gom }}</ref>

== Goa liberation movement (1933–1961) ==
Shinkre's activism began in 1933 at the age of 17, when he joined the [[Indian National Congress]] as a student and participated in a clandestine flag-hoisting ceremony at Campal, [[Panaji]]. Between August 1939 and January 1948, he worked as a government primary school teacher in [[Silvassa]], Colem, and Chodan. His nationalist activities led to his dismissal from government service in 1948.<ref name="ShirodkarWho86" /><ref name="Vishwakosh1999" />

He was a prominent figure in the National Congress (Goa) (NCG) from 1948 to 1956, eventually serving as the Joint Secretary of its [[Bombay]] branch. During the [[Quit India Movement]], he operated in [[South Bombay]] and Maharashtra, facilitating the supply of funds and ammunition to revolutionaries. Following the [[satyagraha]] led by [[Ram Manohar Lohia]], he worked under Dr. Rama Hegde for the NCG and established an underground propaganda unit, the ''Comité da Secção da Propaganda'' (CSP).<ref name="ShirodkarWho86" /><ref name="Vishwakosh1999" />

In 1948, Shinkre established a branch of the [[Socialist Party (India, 1948)|Socialist Party]] at [[Dodamarg]]. In 1952, along with associates Gilbert Rebello, Frank Andrades, Pandurang Cuncolienkar, and Madhukar Dhargalkar, he founded the "Quit Goa Organisation" (QGO). He also served as the Secretary of the Goan National Conference until 1956. For his role in the liberation struggle, Shinkre was twice sentenced in absentia by Portuguese authorities and also served a period of imprisonment.<ref name="ShirodkarWho86" /><ref name="Vishwakosh1999" />

== Journalistic career and publications ==
Shinkre utilized the press to mobilize public opinion against colonial rule. After liberation, he continued his journalistic pursuits to contribute to Goan public discourse.<ref name="ShirodkarWho86" /><ref name="Vishwakosh1999" />

{| class="wikitable"
! Publication !! Type !! Period !! Language(s) !! Description
|-
| '''''Jwala''''' || Underground Bulletin || Pre-Liberation || Portuguese, English, Marathi, and Gujarati || A widely circulated clandestine bulletin for nationalist propaganda.
|-
| '''''Dipagriha''''' || Weekly Newspaper || Pre-Liberation || Marathi || Published from Bombay; dedicated to the Goan freedom struggle.
|-
| '''''Pradeep''''' || Fortnightly/Bi-weekly || Post-Liberation || Marathi || Established after 1961 to engage with post-liberation issues.
|-
| '''NCG Materials''' || Pamphlets & Booklets || Pre-Liberation || Various || Underground distribution of wall posters and works by [[T. B. Cunha]].
|}

== Post-Liberation and political career ==
Following the [[Liberation of Goa]] in 1961, Shinkre became a founding member of the [[Maharashtrawadi Gomantak Party]] (MGP) and served as its first General Secretary in 1962.<ref name="ShirodkarWho86" /><ref name="Vishwakosh1999" />

=== The Shinkre Controversy (1963) ===
In the lead-up to the first assembly elections in 1963, Shinkre became the center of a major internal rebellion within the MGP. He strongly opposed a proposed alliance with the [[Praja Socialist Party]] (PSP), which would have seen the MGP cede certain seats to PSP leaders like [[Peter Alvares]]. Shinkre was further aggrieved by the party's refusal to field his preferred candidates in constituencies like [[Ponda, Goa|Ponda]].<ref name="PDAjeeb23">{{Cite book |last=Prabhudesai |first=Sandesh |author-link=Sandesh Prabhudesai |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=SjoF0AEACAAJ |title=Ajeeb Goa's Gajab Politics |date=April 2023 |publisher=Qurate Books Private Limited |isbn=978-93-94600-69-0 |pages=254–255}}</ref>

In protest, Shinkre filed his nomination for the North Goa Lok Sabha seat as a "dummy" candidate to prevent the official MGP candidate from running unopposed if the party withdrew its support. In response, MGP leader [[Dayanand Bandodkar]] stripped Shinkre of his authority to issue party symbols (B Forms) and formally snapped ties with him on 18 November 1963. Shinkre subsequently contested the election as an independent candidate using the "Two Leaves" symbol—a symbol later associated with anti-merger sentiments. He ultimately forfeited his deposit, polling only 3,226 votes in that election.<ref name="PDAjeeb23" />

=== Later career ===
Despite the earlier rift, Shinkre remained active in Goan politics. In the [[1967 Indian general election]], he was elected to the [[Lok Sabha]] representing the [[Panaji (Lok Sabha constituency)|Panaji]] constituency<ref name="ShirodkarWho86" /><ref name="Vishwakosh1999" /> on an independent ticket, with the support of the MGP. He continued contesting as an independent candidate in both seats, North Goa and South Goa, till the 1987 elections, but never crossed beyond 2000 votes and thus lost every election.<ref name="PDDoubleEngine24" /> He later served as the vice-president of the [[Ponda, Goa|Ponda]] Municipal Council in 1972.<ref name="ShirodkarWho86" /><ref name="Vishwakosh1999" />

== References ==
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