All India Konkani Parishad

The All India Konkani Parishad is a national conference held in India. It is meant to support the Konkani people and Konkani language, and conducts various activities to achieve that goal, aided by local authorities[1]

History

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The Konkani Parishad was launched when India's struggle for freedom was at its peak. The organisation was founded by the late Madhav Manjunath Shanbhague of Kumta, Karnataka, on 8 July 1939. It shifted to Goa, the homeland of Konkani, in 1961 when the territory was liberated from Portuguese rulers. At present, it functions from Goa as the national apex body to which 16 regional/local associations are affiliated and works for the development of Konkani language, literature, culture, education, etc. across the country.

The Konkani Parishad had set the following objectives before it in 1939

  • To bring about unity among the Konkani speaking people of various regions
  • To remove indifference of Konkanis towards their mother tongue and promote their love for the language
  • To strive for standardisation of the Konkani language
  • To promote use of Devanagari as the natural, common script for Konkani
  • To work for the development and spread of Konkani literature and culture.

During the past 75 years, the Parishad relentlessly worked, mostly through its national conferences for achieving its objectives. It has so far organized 29 biennial sessions and 22 biennial Konkani literary Conferences apart from innumerable other programmes at the national level.

These conferences were always graced by linguists like Dr. Suniti Kumar Chatterjee and Dr. S.M. Katre, and intellectuals like Kakasaheb Kalelkar and prominent litterateurs of various languages of the country.

The Parishad has always been in the forefront in fighting for the issues daunting the Konkani language. It identified and deliberated on the various problems related to the development of the language and prepared strategies for solving them. The following resolutions passed during the conferences throw light on the various issues agitating the minds of the Konkanies from time to time.

  1. Inclusion of Konkani programmes in all India Radio and Doordarshan
  2. Introduction of Konkani in school and college education and preparation of Konkani textbooks
  3. Making Konkani available books in public libraries
  4. Establishment of Konkani Bhasha Mandals in various states
  5. Getting advertisements for Konkani periodicals
  6. Recognition of the language by Sahitya Akademi, New Delhi
  7. Inclusion of Konkani in the 8th schedule of the country's constitution
  8. Official language status for Konkani in Goa
  9. Statehood for Goa
  10. Establishment of state academies for Konkani in Goa, Karnataka, Kerala and Maharashtra

These resolutions were persistently followed up and, by and large, their purposes were achieved. The major issues which exercised the minds of the people at the Parishad's meets were satisfactorily settled when Konkani was recognised as an independent language by Sahitya Akademi, New Delhi in 1976 and the language attained the status of official language in Goa in 1987. The crowning glory came when Konkani was included in the 8th Schedule of the country's constitution in 1992.

These landmarks in the history of Konkani language were followed by establishment of Konkani Academies in Goa, Karnataka and recently in Kerala. The progress achieved in teaching Konkani from primary school level to post-graduate level in the colleges and its increased use in administration and mass media is also due to the direct and indirect efforts of the Parishad.

Sessions

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Brief details of the sessions of the Parishad are as below:[2]

Adhiveshan dates Reception Committee Chairman President Inaugurated
First Adhiveshan The first session of the Parishad was held on 8 and 9 July 1939, Karwar. The conference was organised under the leadership of late Madhav Manjath Shanbhag, a leading advocate of Karwar. It was presided over by Vishwanath Pandurang Prabhu [3]
Second Adhiveshan 31, December, 1940, Udupi [3] T. M. A. Pai Mr. Jerome Saldanha
Third Adhiveshan 4,5, April, 1942, Mumbai [4] Mr. Vaman Raghunath Varde Valavalikar aka Shenoi Goembab Prof. Armando Menezes, Academician & English poet
Fourth Adhiveshan 1949, Mumbai [4] Dr. Mafaldo Ubaldo Mascarenhas Anandashram Swami
Fifth Adhiveshan 23,24 February 1952 Mumbai [4] Dr. Mariano Saldanha, a scholar of international repute (He was teaching Sanskrit in Portugal) Rt. Rev. Valerian Cardinal Gracias, India's first Cardinal
Sixth Adhiveshan 27,28 April 1957 Mumbai [4] Dr.Sumitra Mangesh Katre, Renowned linguist Acharya Kaka Kalelkar Gandhian Intellectual & Eminent Gujarati writer
Seventh Adhiveshan 16, May, 1960, Karwar [5] Dr. B.A.Saletore, Noted Historian Shrimat Dwarakanatha Teertha (Gokarna Partagali Math)
Eighth Adhiveshan 26,27 May 1962, Madgaon (First Adhiveshan in Liberated Goa)[5] Dr.Manohar Rai Sardesai, Eminent Konkani Poet Violet Alva, Vice President, Rajyasabha, Indian Parliament
Ninth Adhiveshan 29,30 September 1967, Mumbai [5] Bakibab Borkar, Eminent Konkani Poet Vasantrao Naik Chief Minister of Maharashtra
10th Adhiveshan 9,10 February 1974 Panaji [6] K.K.Pai, Chairman & MD, Syndicate Bank Dr. Suniti Kumar Chatterji, President Sahitya Akademi
11th Adhiveshan 21,22 February 1976, Mangalore [7] K.K.Pai Chandrakant Keni, Eminent Konkani Writer
12th Adhiveshan 12. 12th Adhiveshan - 11,12, February, Kochi [5] Ravindra Kelekar, Eminent Konkani Writer & Jnanpeeth Award winner A. K. Antony Chief Minister of Kerala
13th Adhiveshan 12,13 April 1980, Mumbai [5] F.A.Martiris N. Purushotham Mallya, Scholar & Noted Writer Pratapsingh Raoji Rane Chief Minister of Goa
14th Adhiveshan 27,28 February 1982, Panaji [5] V.J.P. Saldanha Eminent Konkani Novelist Dr.Umashankar Joshi, President, Sahitya Akademi, New Delhi
15th Adhiveshan 11,12,13, May, 1984, Bangalore [5] Nagesh Sonde, Noted Konkani writer A.N.Bannerji, Governor of Karnataka
16th Adhiveshan 24,25 May 1986, Kochi [5] Adv. Uday Bhembre Scholar & Eminent Konkani writer M. Kamalam, Minister, Govt. of Kerala
17th Adhiveshan 6,7,8 January 1989, Manipal[8] M. V. Kamath, Renowned Author & Veteran journalist Eduardo Faleiro Union Minister
18th Adhiveshan 14,15,16 December 1990, Ramnathi, Goa[9] Prof. R.K.Rao, Eminent Konkani author & Translator Dr. José Pereira
19th Adhiveshan 16,17 January 1993, Madgaon, Goa[10] Dattaraj Salgaonkar J. B. Moraes Eminent Konkani Poet Ravi Naik, Chief Minister of Goa
20th Adhiveshan 11,12 February 1995, Shirsi, Karnataka[11] Dr. Kashinath Mahale, Academician & Scholar R.V. Deshapande, Minister, Govt. Of Karnataka
21st Adhiveshan 18,19 January 1997, Mumbai[12] Dr. William Madtha, Linguist & Academician
22nd Adhiveshan 15,16,17, January 1999, Belgaum [13] Pundalik Naik, Eminent writer Umesh Katti, Minister, Govt. Of Karnataka
23rd Adhiveshan 20, 21, April, 2002, Mangalore[14] Dr. Tanaji Halarnkar, scholar, columnist and editor of Konkani Encyclopaedia Ramanath Rai, Minister, Govt. of Karnataka
24th Adhiveshan 13,14,15 February 2004, Kozhikode[15] Basti Vaman Shenoy Mr. Rajagopal, Union Minister for Railways
25th Adhiveshan 10,11,12 February 2006, Panaji, Goa[16] Mr. Paul Moras, Konkani writer Inaugurated by Mr. S.C. Jamir, Governor of Goa
26th Adhiveshan 5,6.7 February 2008, Kochi, Kerala [17] Adv. Shantaram Naik (Member, Rajyasabha) Inaugurated by Mr. K.K. Pai, President, Dr. T.M.A. Pai Foundation
27th Adhiveshan 5,6,7 February 2010, Sanquelim, Goa[18] Dr. H. Shantaram, Academician Inaugurated by Mr. Ravindra Kelekar, Jnanpeeth Award-winning Konkani writer
28th Adhiveshan 17,18 February 2012, Mumbai [19] Mr.Arvind Bhatikar, IAS (Retd) Administrator & Author Inaugurated: Mr. Ramdas Bhatkal
29th Adhiveshan 28 & 29 February, 1 March 2014, Belgaum, Karnataka[20] Mr. Gokuldas Prabhu Eminent Konkani Writer Inaugurated by : Mr. R.V. Deshpande, Hon'ble Minister for Higher Education, Government of Karnataka

See also

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References

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  1. ^ admin (24 September 2018). "All India Konkani Parishad". dol.goa.gov.in. Retrieved 29 January 2021.
  2. ^ "अखिल भारतीय कोंकणी परिशद". www.konkaniparishad.org.
  3. ^ a b F.J.Martiris, Parishadechim Pasthis Varsam, Souvenir - 10th Adhiveshan of All India Konkani Parishad - Panaji, Goa 1974
  4. ^ a b c d "konkaniworld.com". ww1.konkaniworld.com.[permanent dead link]
  5. ^ a b c d e f g h Souvenir - 25th Adhiveshan of All India Konkani Parishad - Panaji, Goa 2006
  6. ^ Souvenir -10th Adhiveshan of All India Konkani Parishad - Panaji, Goa 1974
  7. ^ Souvenir -11th Adhiveshan of All India Konkani Parishad - Mangalore, 1976
  8. ^ Mogrem - Souvenir- 17th Adhiveshan of All India Konkani Parishad - Manipal, 1989
  9. ^ Souvenir- 18th Adhiveshan of All India Konkani Parishad - Ramnathi Goa, 1990
  10. ^ Souvenir- 19th Adhiveshan of All India Konkani Parishad - Madgaon, Goa, 1993
  11. ^ Souvenir- 20th Adhiveshan of All India Konkani Parishad - Shirsi, Karnataka, 1995
  12. ^ Souvenir- 21st Adhiveshan of All India Konkani Parishad - Mumbai, 1997
  13. ^ Souvenir- 22nd Adhiveshan of All India Konkani Parishad - Belgaum, 1999
  14. ^ Souvenir- 23rd Adhiveshan of All India Konkani Parishad - Mangalore, 2002
  15. ^ Souvenir- 24th Adhiveshan of All India Konkani Parishad - Kozhikode, 2004
  16. ^ Souvenir- 25th Adhiveshan of All India Konkani Parishad - Panaji, 2006
  17. ^ Souvenir- 26th Adhiveshan of All India Konkani Parishad - Panaji, 2008
  18. ^ Souvenir- 27th Adhiveshan of All India Konkani Parishad - Panaji, 2010
  19. ^ Souvenir- 28th Adhiveshan of All India Konkani Parishad - Panaji, 2012
  20. ^ Souvenir- 29th Adhiveshan of All India Konkani Parishad - Panaji, 2014
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