Interesting information about the mining who's who and their interests. As for Siddhartha Bandodcar death, he died from his injuries probably after a month. A daily bulletin used to be published about his health in the Bombay Indian Express. Until this day this accident has been a secret. BC When Bandodkar's only son Siddhartha was killed after he accidentally shot himself through the spleen with a revolver -- itself an incident coated with much intrigue and mystery at that time -- his daughter, Shashikala Kakodkar, took over the mining business. And there she stayed till 1977, ruling Goa and protecting its mining families at the same time. 1 It helps to keep in mind that the mining wealth in Goa, well before crony capitalism became the flavour of the day in the rest of the country, was controlled by just four thoroughbred families -- Dempo, Salgaocar, Timblo and Chowgule. The first three, not unsurprisingly, are Saraswat Brahmins while the last comprises upper-caste early migrants from neighbouring Maharashtra. Originally traders and shopkeepers, they now controlled 60 per cent of the mining leases. The remaining 30 per cent were controlled by Sesa Goa, which -- before it was sold first to Mitsui and then to British behemoth Vedanta -- was an Italian-German company that operated here well before Goa's liberation in 1961.