Aguada jail, Kakodkar had begun a fast against the harassment meted out by the Portuguese authority to the freedom fighters. Gandhiji had made a note of this in his paper Harijan. The Portuguese replied that Kakodkar was not fasting. Gandhiji is supposed to have sent a man, who was a relative of Kakodkar, to verify this. His relative verified that although Kakodkar was not taking any food from the jail, he was getting food from outside. A shocked Gandhi tendered an apology to the Portuguese through the Harijan. Other activities Kakodkar was the president of the Goa Konkani Akademi from 1984-1996. Death Purushottam Kakodkar died on 2 May 1998 in Delhi at the age of 85. Family His son Anil Kakodkar is former chairman of the Atomic Energy Commission of India. References 1913 births 1998 deaths Scholars from Goa India MPs 1971–1977 Goa liberation activists Nominated members of the Rajya Sabha Lok Sabha members from Goa People from Panaji United Goans Party politicians