• Thumbnail for Portuguese language in Goa
    religious language, there were 1,500 students learning Portuguese in Goa in 2015; totaling a number of 10,000 – 12,000 Portuguese speakers in the state...
    8 KB (1,062 words) - 07:45, 17 July 2024
  • Old Goa (Konkani: Pornnem Gõy; Adlem Gõy; Portuguese: Velha Goa, lit. ''Old Goa'') is a historical site and city situated on the southern banks of the...
    12 KB (1,038 words) - 21:14, 15 October 2023
  • Thumbnail for Portuguese India
    protectorate of Portugal in 1505. With the Portuguese conquest of Goa from the Bijapur Sultanate in 1510, Goa became the major anchorage for the Portuguese Armadas...
    80 KB (8,443 words) - 02:26, 17 July 2024
  • Thumbnail for Goa Inquisition
    The Goa Inquisition (Portuguese: Inquisição de Goa, Portuguese pronunciation: [ĩkizɨˈsɐ̃w dɨ ˈɣoɐ]) was an extension of the Portuguese Inquisition in Portuguese...
    93 KB (10,751 words) - 17:09, 8 July 2024
  • Thumbnail for Goa
    Goa (Konkani pronunciation: [ɡõːj], Portuguese: [ˈɡoɐ] ) is a state on the southwestern coast of India within the Konkan region, geographically separated...
    117 KB (11,667 words) - 10:47, 7 July 2024
  • Thumbnail for Annexation of Goa
    Annexation of Goa was the process in which the Republic of India annexed the Portuguese State of India, the then Portuguese Indian territories of Goa, Daman...
    140 KB (16,695 words) - 07:56, 17 July 2024
  • Portuguese in Goa, Daman and Diu. The language is still spoken by about 10,000 people, in 2014, an estimated 1,500 students were learning Portuguese in...
    9 KB (914 words) - 17:48, 25 June 2024
  • Thumbnail for Christianity in Goa
    Christian population of Goa are almost entirely Goan Catholics, whose ancestors converted to Christianity during the Portuguese rule in India. Christianisation...
    15 KB (1,476 words) - 20:19, 12 June 2024
  • Thumbnail for History of Goa
    which founded Old Goa on the island in 1440. The Portuguese invaded Goa in 1510, defeated the Bijapur Sultanate. The Portuguese rule lasted for about...
    88 KB (11,488 words) - 12:06, 30 May 2024
  • Thumbnail for Luso-Indian
    of Goa, the Indian government has changed the Portuguese names of many places and institutes. There is a department of Portuguese language at the Goa University...
    23 KB (2,622 words) - 19:06, 10 July 2024