Shashikala Kakodkar

Shashikala Kakodkar
Kakodkar in 2011
2nd Chief Minister of Goa, Daman and Diu
In office
12 August 1973 – 27 April 1979
Preceded byDayanand Bandodkar
Succeeded byPresident's rule
Member of the Goa Legislative Assembly
In office
1967–1972
Preceded byGajanan Raikar
Succeeded byRhoidas Naik
ConstituencyPonda
In office
1972–1980
Preceded byC.D. Keshav
Succeeded byHarish Zantye
ConstituencyBicholim
In office
1989–1999
Preceded byconstituency established
Succeeded byPrakash Fadte
ConstituencyMaem
Personal details
Born(1935-01-07)7 January 1935
Pernem, Goa, Portuguese India
Died28 October 2016(2016-10-28) (aged 81)
Panaji, Goa, India
Political partyMaharashtrawadi Gomantak Party
Spouse
Gurudatt Kakodkar
(m. 1963)
Children3
Parent
RelativesLeena Chandavarkar (sister-in-law)
Alma mater

Shashikala Kakodkar (7 January 1935 – 28 October 2016), also known as Tai (lit.'elder sister'), was an Indian politician and a leader of the Maharashtrawadi Gomantak Party (MGP). She served as the Chief Minister of Goa, Daman and Diu on two occasions, and was the president of the MGP. She is the first and only woman to serve as the Chief Minister of Goa, Daman and Diu.