(MENAFN- IANS) New Delhi, Dec 19 (IANS) Goan history“accounts for over 40 rebellions against Portuguese rule”. In 1946, 14 Goan leaders were deported to Portugal and Angola.“Between February 1954 and ...

Kerala Governor Rajendra Vishwanath Arlekar emphasizes the importance of educating the new generation about historical events ...

Panaji: CM Pramod Sawant on Wednesday said that a wrong version of history is being presented before the children today that the Portuguese ruled all of Goa for 450 years, when they only ruled four of ...

Panaji: It was Sep 1974. The scars of Estado da India left in 1961 had not yet been healed. The then president of Portugal, Mario Soares, wrote a letter to his counterpart in India, Indira Gandhi, to ...

LOUTOLIM, India – Age sits lightly on the sprawling, 4-centuries-old Figueiredo Mansion. The home is a lived-in repository of memories tracing to the days when the west coast Indian state of Goa was a ...

Goa Liberation Day, observed annually on December 19, marks a pivotal moment in India’s history when the nation freed Goa from 451 years of Portuguese colonial rule. As the coastal state celebrates ...

2006-03-19 04:00:00 PDT Diu, India-- I had never known that the island of Diu, the old Portuguese colonial outpost, was haunted by ghosts until three Indian schoolboys took me on an informal tour of ...

The western coastal region of India holds Goa famous for both its white sandy beaches and Hispanic colonial past as well as its vivid local culture. History conceals a significant yet little-known ...

Goa is known as India’s beach escape and as a partying hot spot, fueled in part by its minuscule alcohol excise taxes in comparison to the rest of the country, in addition to legal gambling at casino ...