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Goa Opinion Poll 1967
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Goa
Opinion Poll
1967
RESULTS
Favouring merger
Merger of Goa: 43.50
Similarities between culture and traditions of Hindus in
both the states.
The belief that Konkani is a dialect of Marathi and that Marathi is the mother tongue of all Goans.
Goa Opinion Poll was a referendum held on
to decide the political future of the Union Territory of Goa, Daman and Diu.
Union territory status: 54.20
16th January
1967
Goa was too small to administer itself and its effective administration would only be possible as a part of a larger state.
Strong historical and cultural ties with Maharashtra.
2000
1995
Leaders who helped Goa retain its uniqueness
Purshotam Kakodkar played an important role in convincing PM Indira Gandhi to have the opinion Poll.
Father Of the Opinion Poll
Dr. Jack Sequeira
Milestones
First rank in Health Services & Infrastructure Development.
In 1987 Goa got full fledged statehood and Konkani was included in the 8th schedule of the Constitution.
If Goa was merged Goan culture would be subsumed in Marathi culture and disappear.
Konkani is an independent language and not a dialect of Marathi. It was underdeveloped due to the suppression of the language.
Goa would be reduced from a beautiful state to a 'Backwater district of Maharashtra.'
Goa had an identity of its own. Goan culture was a mix of East and the west having been under Portuguese occupation for nearly 450 years.
Ranked as the best among the small states in India
Second Rank in Education & E-Governance
The two leaves symbol of UGP.
Anti - Merger
Political Parties
Congress party supporting the anti merger movement.