Unsung Heroes Detail

Pursottam Kakodkar was born in 1913. He participated in the underground activities during Quit India Movement (1942-45). He was associated with Mahatma Gandhi and was at the Ashram at Wardha. He founded Goa SevaSangha - a socio-political organization in 1945. He organized spinning classes forproducing Khadi cloth, conducted prayers and pravachans, Seva Dal activity andhoisting of the Indian National flag. He also distributed charkas and mobilized‘Goa SevaSangh’ volunteers and other forces for the ‘Civil Disobedience Movement’. He was tried by Territorial Military Court and was sentenced tonine years imprisonment. He was deprived of civil rights for fifteen years andwas deported to Portugal. He was released in 1956 and returned to Goa in1957. He died in 1998.

Source: The Unsung Heroes: A Tribute, Lal Bahadur Shastri National Academy of Administration