Gomantak Lok Pox (GLP; in
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: Goa People's Party; in
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: ''Partido Popular de Goa'') was a
political party
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in the
India
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n state of
Goa
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. The last general secretary of the party was
Mathany Saldanha.
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;
[Saldanha, Gabriel.]
História de Goa (Política e Arqueologia)
Asian Educational Services. Nova Delhi, 1990. The second, from 1948 to 1962; The third from 1970 to 2002.
Between 1948 and 1961 he had George Vaz as secretary-general; Between 1961 and 1962 its representative in
CONCP The Conference of Nationalist Organizations of the Portuguese Colonies ( pt, Conferência das Organizações Nacionalistas das Colónias Portuguesas ''CONCP'') was an organization for coordination and cooperation between the national liberation move ...
was
Aquino de Bragança.
In the late 1970s,
Mathany Saldanha established the "Gomantak Lok Pox"
[Timble, Prabhakar]
Not in Mathany's name...
Goa's Oldest Online News Portal. 08 May 2012 party.
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
United Goans Democratic Party (UGDP) is one of two formerly dominant political parties in the Indian state of Goa. UGDP has its base amongst the Christian part of the population. It was founded in 1983 by Churchill Alemao.
In Goa, the UGDP is h ...
. Saldanha was the general secretary of UGDP.
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Matanhy Saldanha
Defunct political parties in Goa
1835 establishments in India
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