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Cuncolim Revolt
The Cuncolim Massacre or Cuncolim Revolt was an incident that involved the massacre and mutilation of Christian priests and civilians by Hindu chieftains in the Portuguese Goa village of Cuncolim on Monday, 15 July 1583. Five Jesuit priests along with one Portuguese civilian and 14 Goan Catholics were killed in the incident. The local Portuguese garrison retaliated by executing the village chieftains involved, and destroying the economic infrastructure of Cuncolim.India's First Revolt Against foreign Rule in 1583


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Christianization Of Goa
The indigenous population of the erstwhile Portuguese colony of Goa, Daman and Diu underwent Christianisation following the Portuguese conquest of Goa in 1510. The converts in the ''Velhas Conquistas'' (Old Conquests) to Roman Catholicism were then granted full Portuguese citizenship. Almost all present-day Goan Catholics are descendants of these native converts, they constitute the largest Indian Christian community of Goa state and account for 25 percent of the population. Many Christianity in Maharashtra#Kokani Catholics/Bārdeskars, Kudali, Mangalorean Catholics, Mangalorean & Karwari Catholics in present-day Carnataca, Karnataka and Maharashtra are also of Goan descent due to migration in the 16th and 17th centuries. Korlai Portuguese Creole, Korlai and Bombay East Indian Catholics of the Konkan division, and the Indo-Portuguese, Damanese of Damaon, Diu & Silvassa have had Goan admixture and interactions in the Portuguese Bombay territory, which was ruled from the capital i ...
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Dominican Order
The Order of Preachers ( la, Ordo Praedicatorum) abbreviated OP, also known as the Dominicans, is a Catholic mendicant order of Pontifical Right for men founded in Toulouse, France, by the Spanish priest, saint and mystic Dominic of Caleruega. It was approved by Pope Honorius III via the papal bull '' Religiosam vitam'' on 22 December 1216. Members of the order, who are referred to as ''Dominicans'', generally carry the letters ''OP'' after their names, standing for ''Ordinis Praedicatorum'', meaning ''of the Order of Preachers''. Membership in the order includes friars, nuns, active sisters, and lay or secular Dominicans (formerly known as tertiaries). More recently there has been a growing number of associates of the religious sisters who are unrelated to the tertiaries. Founded to preach the Gospel and to oppose heresy, the teaching activity of the order and its scholastic organisation placed the Preachers in the forefront of the intellectual life of the M ...
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Velim, Goa
Velim (), ( Konkani: ''Velle''), formerly Velliapura, is a large village situated in Salcete, neighbouring Quepem ''taluka'' and falls under South Goa district, in the Indian coastal state of Goa. It has access to the Arabian Sea via the Sal river that flows through it and shares its borders with neighbouring villages/cities of Assolna, Ambelim and Cuncolim. The village consists of 22 hamlets or subdivisions that have been put together into 9 wards. As of 2020, the village has a total population of about 8600 residents residing in 2568 households. It is also a part of Velim Assembly constituency. Etymology The word "Velim" derives from two words, ''"Vell"'' which translates to "shore" and ''"halli"'' which means "village", put together to form Velim, also known as village with a seashore. Geography Velim is located at . It has an average elevation of . Demographics The village had a population of 5,955 residents of which 2,805 were males and 3,150 are females, ma ...
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Assolna
Assolna ( '' Konkani'':असोळणें or Osollonne) is a village, considered a town for census purposes, in the Salcete sub-district of South Goa district, in the state of Goa, India. It is known for restaurants, ferry, the small traditional market, and local institutions. The river Sal flows through this town. Geography Assolna is located at . It has an average elevation of . Assolna is 11 km from Margao, the main South Goa district headquarters town. It is 13.9 km away from Quepem and Curtorim village is 22.1 km away. In its environs are Chinchinim (4.6 km away), Velim (3 km), Ambelim (3 km), Cuncolim (2.4 km), and Cavelossim. Assolna nestles between these villages. It is locally administered by a village panchayat, whose building was inaugurated in October 1984. Population As per the 2011 Census, it had a population of 3410 persons, in 891 homes. There were 1669 men and 1741 women. Its literate population was 2923 persons. Etymology Folklore traces the other na ...
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Shett
Shett (also spelt as Shet) ( knn, शेट, kn, ಶೇಟ್) is a surname and title of the Daivajna subcaste of Konkani people, residing along the coast of the Konkan region in western India. It is also an honorific used by them in Goa, Damaon, Konkan division of Maharashtra, and Kanara subregion of Karnataka. Etymology The word ''Shett'' is derived from the Sanskrit word (Devanagari: ) or (, ‘superior’), Prakritised as (), and then () or () in modern Indo-Aryan dialects. The guilds of the traders, merchants, bankers as well as moneylenders (''mahjana''), administrators of various institutions and their employees in ancient Goa, like other parts in India, were called as , and the head of these guilds were called as or , which would mean 'His Excellency'. Usage Various Romanised versions found during the colonial period include ''Chatim, Xete, Xetim, Xatim, Chati, Sette'' etc. Alternatively it is also spelled as ''Shet, Sait,'' or ''Shetty'' nowadays. Before th ...
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Konkani Language
Konkani () is an Indo-Aryan language spoken by the Konkani people, primarily in the Konkan region, along the western coast of India. It is one of the 22 scheduled languages mentioned in the Indian Constitution, and the official language of the Indian state of Goa. It is a minority language in Karnataka, Maharashtra, Kerala, Gujarat & Damaon, Diu & Silvassa. Konkani is a member of the Southern Indo-Aryan language group. It retains elements of Vedic structures and shows similarities with both Western and Eastern Indo-Aryan languages. The first Konkani inscription is dated 1187 A.D. There are many Konkani dialects spoken along and beyond the Konkan region, from Damaon in the north to Carwar in the south, most of which are only partially and mutually intelligible with one another due to a lack of linguistic contact and exchanges with the standard and principal forms of Konkani. It is also spoken by migrants outside of the Konkan proper; in Surat, Cochin, Mangalore, ...
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Velha Goa
Old Goa ( Konkani: ; pt, Velha Goa, translation='Old Goa') is a historical site and city situated on the southern banks of the River Mandovi, within the Tiswadi ''taluka'' (''Ilhas'') of North Goa district, in the Indian state of Goa. The city was established by the Bijapur Sultanate in the 15th century AD. After the Portuguese conquest of Goa, it served as capital of Portuguese Indian possessions, such as Mumbai/ Bombay ('' Bom Bahia'') territory and the state of Kochi/ Cochin (''Cochim''), until its abandonment in the 18th century AD due to a plague. Under Portuguese rule, it is said to have been a city of nearly 200,000 people, from whence the spice trade was carried out across the Portuguese East Indies. The deserted city has been declared a World Heritage Site by the UNESCO. Old Goa is approximately east of the current state capital of Panjim ( pt, Nova Goa, translation='New Goa'). Etymology The name "Old Goa" was first used in the 1960s in the address of the Kon ...
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Morumugão Sub-District
Morumugão Sub-District is an administrative subdivision (tehsil) of Goa, India, headquartered at Mormugao. It is the state's only ''taluka'' (tehsil) to have all four modes of transport—air, road, rail, and sea. History Morumugão was one of the first places to be conquered and incorporated into the ''Velhas Conquistas'' of the Portuguese Empire in the East. Settlements Cities Morumugão has 1 City : Morumugão- Vasco Towns Morumugão has 3 Towns : Sancoale, Cortalim, Chicalim Villages Morumugão has 10 Villages : Arossim, Cansaulim, Chicolna, Cuelim, Dabolim, Issorcim, Pale, Quelossim, São Jacinto Island, Velsao Islands Morumugão has 4 Islands : Ilha de São Jacinto, Ilha de Pequeno (or Bat Island), Ilha Grande, Ilha de São Jorge{{Geographic location, Centre=Morumugão, North=Ilhas de Goa Tiswadi ( pt, Ilhas de Goa, lit=Islands of Goa, or simply ''Ilhas'') is a sub-district in the district of North Goa, situated in the Indian coastal state of Goa. It ...
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Salcete
Salcete ( Konkani: ''Saxtti''/''Xaxtti''; pt, Salcette) is a sub-division of the district of South Goa, in the state of Goa, situated by the west coast of India. The Sal river and its backwaters dominate the landscape of Salcete. Historically, the sixty-six settlements south of the River Zuari formed the original Salcette territory. Salcete forms a part of the bigger Konkan region that stretches along the western shoreline of peninsular India. In erstwhile Portuguese Goa, the Salcette '' concelho'' (county) located in the '' Velhas Conquistas'' (Old Conquests) was co-terminous with the undivided Salcette territory (Salcete and Mormugaõ ''talukas''). In 1917, the ''concelho'' was bifurcated into the present-day ''talukas'' of Mormugao and Salcette. The contemporary Salcete ''taluka'' has been classified as a rurban area. Margao serves as the administrative headquarters of both Salcete ''taluka'' and the South Goa district. Etymology "Salcete" is the modern a ...
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Codice Casanatense Portuguese Nobleman And Christian Indian
The Ministry of Economics, Finance and Industrial and Digital Sovereignty (french: Ministère de l'Économie, des Finances et de la Souveraineté industrielle et numérique, pronounced ), informally referred to as Bercy, is one of the most important ministries in the Government of France. Its minister is one of the most prominent cabinet members after the prime minister. The name of the ministry has changed over time; it has included the terms "economics", "industry", "finance" and "employment" through history. Responsibilities The Minister of Economics and Finance oversees:(FrenchInformationon the Vie Publique database * the drafting of laws on taxation by exercising direct authority over the Tax Policy Board (''Direction de la législation fiscale'') of the General Directorate of Public Finances (''Direction générale des Finances publiques''), formerly the Department of Revenue (''Direction générale des impôts''); * national funds and financial and economic system, especia ...
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Patronage Of The Propagation Of The Christian Faith
The ''Padroado'' (, "patronage") was an arrangement between the Holy See and the Kingdom of Portugal and later the Portugal, Portuguese Republic, through a series of concordats by which the Holy See delegated the administration of the local churches and granted some theocratic privileges to Portuguese monarchs. The Portuguese ''Padroado'' dates from the beginning of the Portuguese discoveries, Portuguese maritime expansion in the mid-15th century and was confirmed by Pope Leo X in 1514. At various times the system was called ''Padroado Real'' (Royal patronage), ''Padroado Ultramarino Português'' (Portuguese Overseas Patronage) and, since 1911 (following the Portuguese Law on the Separation of Church and State), ''Padroado Português do Oriente'' (Portuguese Patronage of the East). The system was progressively dismantled throughout the 20th century. When the Empire of Brazil became independent from Portugal in 1822, in addition to the Catholic faith being confirmed as the official ...
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