Panaji. Social activism and philanthropy Shashikala Kakodkar also assisted the Goa Football Association in reviving the Bandodkar Gold Trophy. Kakodkar was a patron of many social and religious organisations. In 2006, she participated in the Marathi Bachao Aandolan movement during the tenure of Luizinho Faleiro as Goa's Education Minister against making English a compulsory language at the primary level. Kakodkar was also the convener of the Bharatiya Bhasha Suraksha Manch which subsequently became the Goa Suraksha Manch. Awards and honours Shashikala Kakodkar received an honorary doctorate by her alma mater, the Karnatak University of Dharwad, in 2014. Death Kakodkar died on 28 October 2016 at the Bandodkar House in Altinho, Panaji after a prolonged illness. The Government of Goa declared a two-day state mourning in her honour. She was cremated on 29 October 2016 at the St. Inez crematorium in Panaji with full state honours. References Chief Ministers of Goa Women in Goa politics Women chief ministers of Indian states 1935 births Maharashtrawadi Gomantak Party politicians People from Panaji 2016 deaths 20th-century Indian women politicians 20th-century Indian politicians Chief ministers from Maharashtrawadi Gomantak Party 21st-century Indian women politicians Indian women philanthropists 21st-century Indian politicians Indian academic administrators Women academic administrators Scholars from Goa Hindu nationalists Daman and Diu politicians Women members of the Goa Legislative Assembly 20th-century Indian philanthropists Indian Hindus Karnatak University alumni 20th-century women philanthropists