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Maharashtrawadi Gomantak Party (MGP) was Goa’s first ruling party after the end of Portuguese colonial rule in 1961. In the first elections held after India took over the former Portuguese colony it ascended to power in December 1963 and stayed on till being ousted from power by defections in early 1979.The party has its base amongst non-Brahmin Hindus a group that make up a large section of the poorer half of the Goan society and was particularly deprived during Portuguese rule in Goa.