Deepak Dhavalikar

{{Short description|Indian politician}}

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{{Use Indian English|date=September 2019}}

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|office = President of Maharashtrawadi Gomantak Party

|term_start = 2007

|office1 = Member of the Goa Legislative Assembly

|term_start1 = March 2012

|term_end1 = March 2017

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|birth_name = Pandurang alias Deepak Dhavalikar

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|birth_place = Bandora, Ponda

| occupation = Politician

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|party = Maharashtrawadi Gomantak Party

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| nationality = Indian

| relatives = Sudin Dhavalikar (brother)https://www.deccanherald.com/india/goa/goa-minister-sudin-dhavalikar-hospitalised-after-complaints-of-uneasiness-2701041

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Pandurang alias Deepak Dhavalikar{{Cite web |last=Bagwaiya |first=Chaitanya |date=2022-01-03 |title=Maharashtrawadi Gomantak Party announces first list of 10 candidates |url=https://www.gomantaktimes.com/amp/story/news/elections-2022/maharashtra-gomantak-party-announces-first-list-of-10-candidates |access-date=2025-01-27 |website=Goa News on Gomantak Times |language=en}} (born 14 May 1958 in Bandora, Ponda), is an Indian politician from the state of Goa. He is a two-term member of the Goa Legislative Assembly representing the Priol constituency.{{Cite web |url=http://goaassembly.gov.in/member.php?id=57&flag=MLA |title=Council Of Ministers |access-date=29 December 2016 |archive-date=30 December 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161230001718/http://goaassembly.gov.in/member.php?id=57&flag=MLA |url-status=dead }}[http://myneta.info/goa2012/candidate.php?candidate_id=74 My Neta] He is president of MGP and has played key role in keeping the party alive in Goan politics. He was Minister in Goa Government for the period 2012–2016.

He is from the Maharashtrawadi Gomantak Party Goa's first ruling party after the end of Portuguese colonial rule in 1961.{{cite news | url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/goa/Sudin-Portugal-should-apologize-to-Goans/articleshow/50597724.cms | title=Sudin: Portugal should apologize to Goans | date=16 January 2016 | newspaper=The Times of India | accessdate=20 September 2019}} He was sacked from the Laxmikant Parsekar led government in Goa in December 2016.