Narayan Srinivasa Fugro
Speaker of the Goa, Daman & Diu Legislative Assembly
In office
1972–1980
Preceded byGopal Appa Kamat
Succeeded byFroilano Machado
Member of the Goa, Daman & Diu Legislative Assembly
In office
1967–1980
Preceded byMamdali Jiwani
Succeeded byShamjibhai Bhika Solanki
ConstituencyDiu
Personal details
Born(1932-03-02)2 March 1932
Marcela, Goa, Portuguese India
Died1 September 2009(2009-09-01) (aged 77)

Narayan Srinivasa Fugro (March 2, 1932 – September 1, 2009) was an Indian politician.[1][2] He served as the Speaker of the Legislative Assembly of Goa, Daman and Diu between February 24, 1972, and January 20, 1980.[1][3][2][4]

He was the son of Shriniwas Krishna and Radhabai.[1] Fugro became a municipal councilor in Diu in 1959.[1] In 1967 he became the president of the Amichand Rupchand Charitable Dispensary Trust in Diu.[1]

He was elected as an independent candidate from the Diu seat in the first Legislative Assembly election in 1967, with 1,552 votes (23.60% of the votes in the constituency).[5] In April 1971, he voted against a motion to include Konkani language in the Eight Scheduled of the Constitution of India.[6] He retained the Diu seat in the 1972 election, obtaining 4,598 votes (58.08%).[7] He again won the Diu seat in the 1977 election, with 5,522 votes (56.41%).[8] His candidature was supported by the Congress (I).[3] In 1979 Fugro withdrew his support to the Shashikala Kakodkar cabinet, leading to its fall and the imposition of President's Rule.[9]

He lost the Diu seat in the 1980 election, finishing in second place with 4,633 votes (43.44%).[10] The election campaign was marred with violence, as followers of Fugro's opponent went on riot in Diu. Two people were killed in the clashes.[11] Fugro again finished in second place in Diu the 1984 election, with 5,727 votes (47.15%).[12] After Daman and Diu were separated from Goa and given Union Territory status of its own, a by-election for a new Lok Sabha constituency was held on November 7, 1987.[13] Fugro finished in second place, trailing behind Gopal Kalan Tandel of the Indian National Congress.[14] Fugro had stood as an independent candidate, obtaining 9,303 votes.[13][15][14]

He died at the age of 78, after prolonged illness.[2]

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 India Who's who. INFA Publications. 1972. p. 308.
  2. 1 2 3 The Hindu. Fugro passes away
  3. 1 2 Sarto Esteves (1986). Politics and political leadership in Goa. Sterling Publishers. p. 172.
  4. ↑ C. K. Jain; India. Parliament. Lok Sabha. Secretariat (1993). The Union and State legislatures in India. Allied Publishers. p. 239. ISBN 978-81-7023-339-8.
  5. ↑ Election Commission of India. STATISTICAL REPORT ON GENERAL ELECTION, 1967 TO THE LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY OF GOA DAMAN & DIU
  6. ↑ Aureliano Fernandes (1997). Cabinet Government in Goa, 1961-1993: A Chronicled Analysis of 30 Years of Government and Politics in Goa. Maureen & Camvet Publishers. p. 49.
  7. ↑ Election Commission of India. STATISTICAL REPORT ON GENERAL ELECTION, 1972 TO THE LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY OF GOA DAMAN AND DIU
  8. ↑ Election Commission of India. STATISTICAL REPORT ON GENERAL ELECTION, 1977 TO THE LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY OF GOA
  9. ↑ A. D. Furtado (1981). Goa, Yesterday, To-day, Tomorrow: An Approach to Various Socio-economic and Political Issues in Goan Life & Re-interpretation of Historical Facts. Furtado's Enterprises. p. 138.
  10. ↑ Election Commission of India. STATISTICAL REPORT ON GENERAL ELECTION, 1980 TO THE LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY OF GOA
  11. ↑ India Today. Thomson Living Media India Limited. 1983. p. 44.
  12. ↑ Election Commission of India. STATISTICAL REPORT ON GENERAL ELECTION, 1984 TO THE LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY OF GOA
  13. 1 2 Asian Recorder, vol. 33. 1987. p. 9780.
  14. 1 2 Election Commission of India. Bye-election results 1952-95
  15. ↑ Political Events Annual. Lok Sabha Secretariat. 1989. p. 110.
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