Gopal Mayekar (1934 – 22 July 2021) was a writer and a leader of

Maharashtrawadi Gomantak Party Maharashtrawadi Gomantak Party ( MGP) was Goa's first ruling party after the end of Portuguese rule in Goa in 1961. In the first elections held after the Annexation of Goa by India, it ascended to power in December 1963 and stayed in power t ...

. He was a member of

9th Lok Sabha List of Members of the 9th Lok Sabha (2 December 1989 – 13 March 1991) elections in 22–26 November 1989. The Lok Sabha (House of the People) is the lower house in the Parliament of India. Twelve sitting members from Rajya Sabha were electe ...

from North

Goa Goa () is a state on the southwestern coast of India within the Konkan region, geographically separated from the Deccan highlands by the Western Ghats. It is located between the Indian states of Maharashtra to the north and Karnataka to the ...

. He served as minister in

Dayanand Bandodkar Dayanand Balkrishna Bandodkar (12 March 1911 – 12 August 1973) and popularly known as Bhausaheb Bandodkar was the first Chief Minister of Goa, in the territory of Goa, Damaon& Diu. Born in Pernem to a Marathi family who had immigrated from ...

's ministry of

Goa, Daman and Diu Goa, Daman and Diu (, ) was a union territory of the Republic of India established in 1961 following the annexation of Portuguese India, with Maj Gen K P Candeth as its first Military Governor. The Goa portion of the territory was granted ful ...

from 1967 to 1970. He received the Kala Academy Award for best poetry in 1987 for Swapnamegh. He died at the age of 87 on 22 July 2021.

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1934 births 2021 deaths Poets from Goa India MPs 1989–1991 Maharashtrawadi Gomantak Party politicians Marathi-language writers People from North Goa district Goa, Daman and Diu MLAs 1967–1972 {{Goa-politician-stub