Vittal Karmali
Official portrait in 1963
Minister of Law, Education and Public health
Government of Goa, Daman and Diu
In office
20 December 1963  1967
GovernorM. R. Sachdev
Chief MinisterDayanand Bandodkar
Member of Goa, Daman and Diu Legislative Assembly
In office
11 December 1963  1967
Preceded byconstituency established
Succeeded byAbdul Razak
ConstituencyCurchorem
In office
1967  2 September 1967
Preceded byPundalik Naik
Succeeded byKrishnanath Naik
ConstituencySiroda
Majority4,571
Personal details
Born
Vittal Subrai Kamali
Died(1967-09-02)2 September 1967
Goa, India
NationalityIndian
Political partyMaharashtrawadi Gomantak Party (1963–September 1967)
OccupationPolitician
CabinetMinister
CommitteesPublic accounts
Portfolio
  • Information
  • Education
  • Public health
Nicknames
  • V.S. Karmali
  • Shrirang Karmali[1]

Vittal Subraya Karmali (unknown – 2 September 1967), alternatively spelled as Vithal Subrai Karmali, also known as V.S. Karmali or Shrirang Karmali, was an Indian politician. He was a former member of the Goa, Daman and Diu Legislative Assembly, representing the Curchorem Assembly constituency from 1963 to 1967 and Siroda Assembly constituency from 1967 to September 1967. He also served as the cabinet minister in the first Dayanand Bandodkar ministry.[2][3][4][5]

Career

Karmali contested in the 1963 Goa, Daman and Diu Legislative Assembly election from the Curchorem Assembly constituency on the Maharashtrawadi Gomantak Party (MGP) ticket and emerged victorious. He served for four years from 1963 to 1967. Karmali was made the cabinet minister in the first Dayanand Bandodkar ministry and was allotted Law, Education and Public health as portfolios.

He then successfully contested in the 1967 Goa, Daman and Diu Legislative Assembly election from Siroda Assembly constituency on the MGP ticket and defeated United Goans (Sequiera Group) candidate, J. F. S. Fernandes by a margin of 3277 votes. He served for few months from 1967 until his death in September 1967, following this a by-election was held in the constituency in 1968.[6]

Death

Karmali died on 2 September 1967, he was remembered for his role in setting up large number of primary schools in Goa as the then education minister in Dayanand Bandodkar's ministry.[7]

Positions held

  • Chairman of the Public Account Committee

References

  1. Terminology, India Standing Commission for Scientific and Technical (December 1, 1965). "Praśāsana-sabdāvalī, Aṅgrezī-Hindī" via Google Books.
  2. "Goa Legislative Assembly". www.goavidhansabha.gov.in. Retrieved 2022-11-21.
  3. Grover, Verinder; Arora, Ranjana (1996). Encyclopaedia of India and Her States: Union Territories, Andaman & Nicobar Islands, Chandigarh, Dadra & Nagar Haveli, Delhi, Goa, Daman and Diu, Lakshadweep and Pondicherry. Deep & Deep. ISBN 978-81-7100-730-1.
  4. Aggarwal, Jatendra M. (1963). Indian Foreign Affairs.
  5. Asian Recorder. K. K. Thomas at Recorder Press. 1964.
  6. "Printout". www.goavidhansabha.gov.in. Retrieved 2022-12-01.
  7. New Era. Publications Unit, Department of Information, Government of Goa, Daman, and Diu. 1967.
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