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Nilesh Naik

1970 births1990s protests1995 deaths1995 murders in India20th-century Hindus
20th-century Indian people20th-century farmersActivists from GoaEnvironmental killingsFarmworkersGoan peopleIndian HindusIndian environmentalistsIndian farmersMartyrsMass shootings in IndiaPeople from North Goa districtPeople shot dead by law enforcement officers in IndiaYouth activists

Nilesh Mohan Naik (22 May 1970 – 23 January 1995) was an Indian environmental activist and farmworker belonging to the scheduled tribe community. He was shot to death during the Nylon 6,6 agitation at Keri plateau, Ponda. He is popularly known as Goa's first environmental martyr.

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