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Evágrio Jorge
Evágrio Fransisco Jorge (6 March 1925 – 20 August 1978) was an Indian freedom fighter and journalist. Early life Evágrio Fransisco Jorge was born on 6 March 1925 in Carmona, Salcete, Portuguese Goa, to Tito Manuel Jorge and Moi Sinha Rodrigues. He completed his 7th year of Lyceum education. Goa liberation movement When Ram Manohar Lohia visited Goa in June 1946, Jorge visited Lohia at the home of Julião Menezes and published the news of Lohia's arrival on the ''O Heraldo'' newspaper on 12 June. This triggered the civil disobedience movement that is today known as Goa Revolution Day. Later, Jorge went to visit Lohia in Bombay, accompanied by Purushottam Kakodkar. While there, they got to know that the then Prime Minister of India, Jawaharlal Nehru, was passing through the city. They thus met him and requested him for Goa's freedom. They then received encouragement from Nehru. In the 1940s, Jorge led a political party, ''Liga Regional'' (the Regional League). He was a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Carmona, Goa
Carmona is a village in the state of Goa, India. Located in the Salcette taluka of the South Goa district. It shares a border with Orlim village in the North, Cavelossim village in the South whilst the river Sal runs along its Eastern edge from North to South and the Arabian Sea The Arabian Sea () is a region of sea in the northern Indian Ocean, bounded on the west by the Arabian Peninsula, Gulf of Aden and Guardafui Channel, on the northwest by Gulf of Oman and Iran, on the north by Pakistan, on the east by India, and ... to its West. The village of Carmona is sub-divided into wards (Vaddos) which includes Xiro, Fondo, Ratmadem, Kirbhat, Olavado, Choqui, Tamdeg, Batti, Batti Viegas, Xhetmalem, Jorge, Ankur Luis, Igreja, DeMello, Gavona, Alemao and Zalor. Religion Ancient Temples Source: * Mahadeva * Ague-Betall * Purusha * Uddio Churches & Chapels * Our Lady of Succour Church, Carmona - Built in 1607, originally part of the Jesuit Novitiate House which is ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Belgaum
Belgaum (Kannada ISO 15919, ISO: ''Bēḷagāma'', ), officially known as Belagavi (also Belgaon), is a city in the Indian state of Karnataka located near its northern western border in the Western Ghats. It is the administrative headquarters of the eponymous Belagavi division and Belagavi district. The Government of Karnataka has proposed making Belgaum the second capital of Karnataka alongside Bangalore, hence a second state administrative building Suvarna Vidhana Soudha was inaugurated on 11 October 2012. Belgaum has been selected in first phase out of 20 cities, as one of the hundred Indian cities to be developed as a smart city under India's flagship Smart Cities Mission. History Belgaum was founded in late 12th century AD by the Ratta dynasty, who shifted from nearby Saundatti. A Ratta official named Bichiraja built Kamal Basadi, a Jain temple, dedicated to Neminatha in 1204, which came to be called Kamalabasti. Pillars found inside Belgaum fort have Kannada inscripti ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
All India Radio
All India Radio (AIR), also known as Akashvani (), is India's state-owned public broadcasting, public radio broadcaster. Founded in 1936, it operates under the Ministry of Information and Broadcasting (India), Ministry of Information and Broadcasting and is one of the two divisions of Prasar Bharati. Headquartered at the ''Akashvani Bhavan'' in New Delhi, it houses the Drama Section, FM Section, and National Service. It also serves as the home of the Indian television station Doordarshan Kendra. All India Radio is the largest radio network in the world in terms of the number of languages broadcast, the socioeconomic diversity it serves, and the scale of its broadcasting organisation. AIR's domestic service includes 420 stations nationwide, covering nearly 92% of India's geographic area and 99.19% of its population, with programming available in 23 languages and 179 dialects. History Akashvani When the Indian State Broadcasting Service (ISBS) was renamed to All India Radio ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Konkani Language
Konkani, (Devanagari: , Konkani in the Roman script, Romi: , Kannada script, Kannada: , Koleluttu: , Nastaliq: ; IAST: , ) formerly Concani or Concanese, is an Indo-Aryan languages, 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 of India, scheduled languages mentioned in the Indian Constitution, and the official language of the Indian state of Goa. It is also spoken in Karnataka, Maharashtra, Kerala, Gujarat as well as Damaon, Diu & Silvassa. Konkani is a member of the Indo-Aryan languages#Southern Zone, Southern Indo-Aryan language group. It retains elements of Vedic Sanskrit, Vedic structures and shows similarities with both Indo-Aryan languages#Western Zone, Western and Indo-Aryan languages#Eastern Zone, Eastern Indo-Aryan languages. The first Konkani inscription is dated 1187 AD. There are many Konkani dialects spoken along and beyond the Konkan region, from Damaon ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
OHeraldo
''O Heraldo'' is a century-old English-language broadsheet daily newspaper published in Panaji, the capital of the Indian state of Goa. History ''O Heraldo'' was established as the first daily Portuguese newspaper on 21 May 1900 by Aleixo Clemente Messias Gomes in Goa. After a ten-year period in Lisbon, Messias Gomes undertook major expansions and modernisations of the paper's operations in 1919. It was later transformed into an English daily in 1983, by which time it had become the longest-running Portuguese-language Portuguese ( or ) is a Western Romance language of the Indo-European language family originating from the Iberian Peninsula of Europe. It is the official language of Angola, Brazil, Cape Verde, Guinea-Bissau, Mozambique, Portugal and São Tom ... newspaper outside of Portugal and Brazil.Paul Melo e Castro (trans.), ''Lengthening Shadows'', 2 vols (Saligão: Goa, 1556, 2016), I p. 16. The newspaper currently has two supplements – the daily four-page ''H ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Times Of India
''The Times of India'' (''TOI'') is an Indian English-language daily newspaper and digital news media owned and managed by the Times Group. It is the List of newspapers in India by circulation, third-largest newspaper in India by circulation and List of newspapers by circulation, largest selling English-language daily in the world. It is the oldest English-language newspaper in India, and the second-oldest Indian newspaper still in circulation, with its first edition published in 1838. It is nicknamed as "The Old Lady of Bori Bunder", and is a newspaper of record. Near the beginning of the 20th century, Lord Curzon, the Viceroy of India, called ''TOI'' "the leading paper in Asia". In 1991, the BBC ranked ''TOI'' among the world's six best newspapers. It is owned and published by Bennett, Coleman & Co. Ltd. (BCCL), which is owned by the Sahu Jain family. In the Brand Trust Report India study 2019, ''TOI'' was rated as the most trusted English newspaper in India. In a 2021 surve ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Peter Alvares
Peter Augustus Alvares (1908–1975) was an Indian politician. He was the first Member of Parliament from North Goa Lok Sabha constituency (then Panjim), after liberation of Goa from Portuguese rule in 1962. He served as president of All India Railwaymen's Federation from 1968 to 1973 and was its general secretary from 1957 to 1968. Early life Peter Augustus Alvares was born on 31 March 1908 in Parra, Bardez, Goa. Goa liberation movement Alvares encouraged many volunteers in Bombay to work in hiding from Goa for its freedom. From 1953 onwards, Alvares was the president of the National Congress (Goa) (NCG). Alvares was a member of the Praja Socialist Party. He helped organise the ''satyagraha'' on 15 August 1954, assembling three groups of about 15 satygrahis each who marched to three different parts on the border of Goa. In June 1957, Alvares was part of a delegation of 11 Goans chosen for consultation by then Prime Minister of India, Jawaharlal Nehru. Others included Arma ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rama Hegde
Rama Krishna Hegde (29 April 1912 - ?) was an Indian freedom fighter and physician from Goa, India. Life Early life Rama Krishna Hegde was born on 29 April 1912 in Madgaon to Krishna Rama Hegde. He studied medicine at the Escola Médico-Cirúrgica de Goa. During his youth, he was active in socio-political activities and wore a Gandhi cap. Goa liberation movement He protested against the kidnapping of a girl from Cuncolim with the intention of forcefully baptizing her. He was one of the main organisers of the Sanghatna Samiti, later the Gomantak Congress. He participated in the civil disobedience movement from 19 June 1946, after the events of Goa Revolution Day. At the first conclave of the National Congress (Goa) (NCG), held at Londa, Karnataka, Londa on 17 and 18 August 1946, Hegde was elected as its first president. He then offered ''satyagraha'' on 18 October 1946 at Madgaon. While addressing the audience in Marathi, he was arrested for instigating the public against the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pundalik Gaitonde
Pundalik Dattatreya Gaitonde (3 July 1913 – 13 November 1992) was a surgeon from Goa and an active participant in the Goa liberation movement. Along with Antonio Colaco, Gaitonde was nominated by the President of India to the 3rd Lok Sabha in 1962 following the incorporation of Goa, Daman and Diu into India on 19 December 1961. Early life Pundalik Gaitonde was born on 3 July 1913 to Dattatreya alias Mangesh Gaitonde and Anandibai at Borim, Goa in Portuguese India. Pundalik Gaitonde's father Dattatreya hailed from Palolem in Canacona while Anandibai hailed from Borim. Pundalik Gaitonde was the third among nine siblings. His father Datatreya was a local landlord. His younger brother, Nanda, was also a participant in the Goa liberation movement. Aged five, Pundalik was initiated into education and he attended a local school. Aged eleven, the Upanayana ritual was performed. Gaitonde pursued his higher education at the Escola Primaria de Canacona at Chaudi, Canacona. Since there ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Vishwanath Lawande
Vishwanath Lawande (20 April 1923 – 15 September 1998) was an Indian freedom fighter and lawyer. He was a founder member of the Azad Gomantak Dal and played an important role in the Liberation of Dadra and Nagar Haveli. He was fondly referred to as Kaka. Early life Vishwanath Narayan Lawande was born on 20 April 1923 at Goa Velha, Tiswadi taluka, to Narayan Pandurang Lawande. He had completed his BSc and LLB degrees. He pursued his BSc in Kolhapur. While here, he interacted with Achyut Patwardhan and Mohan Ranade. He also met Ram Manohar Lohia, who greatly influenced him. In 1946, he joined the Banaras Hindu University to pursue chemical engineering. However, he left to participate in the Goa liberation movement. Role in freedom movement While studying at Kolhapur, Lawande was part of the Kolhapur Students' Union and was detained in police custody for 20 days for participating in the Quit India Movement. He organised the Rashtra Seva Dal in Kolhapur and even led it as ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gerald Pereira
Gerald Pereira (20 September 1929 – 4 March 1976) was an Indian freedom fighter, author, lawyer and trade unionist from Goa. Active in the Goa liberation movement, he founded the first trade union in Goa. He is the author of the book, ''An Outline of Pre-Portuguese History of Goa''. Early life Gerald Antonio Eustaqio de Monte Pereira was born on 20 September 1929 in Vasco da Gama, Goa to the Catholic family of Xavier Pereira, who worked for a technical firm in Bombay. While studying at the St Joseph's Institute in Vasco, he began participating in the freedom struggle after being influenced by his school teacher, Dattatraya Deshpande, who was a freedom fighter. Deshpande was arrested after he hoisted the Indian flag and distributed nationalist pamphlets in Vasco. Pereira escaped to Bombay, leaving his education incomplete. He then completed his Senior Cambridge schooling in Bombay. Goa liberation movement While in Bombay, Pereira completed his Master of Arts at St. Xavie ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nicolau Menezes
Nicolau Menezes was an Indian independence activist and teacher from Goa. Along with Vaman Sardesai and Libia Lobo, he ran an underground radio station, Voice of Freedom, that transmitted across Portuguese Goa from 1955 to 1961, advocating the cause of the Goan independence movement. Early life Nicolau Joao Menezes was from Divar and was the brother of Armando Menezes. Both brothers were teachers. He was married to Alda. Goa liberation movement Menezes lived in Bombay in hiding during the 1950s. In June 1954, the Goa Liberation Council was formed in Bombay, with Nicolau Menezes and his brother Armando Menezes as members. They published a fortnightly journal, ''Goan Tribune'', with the intention of highlighting the atrocities of the Portuguese in Goa. This was then distributed by them to political leaders from both India and of western countries. In June 1957, Menezes was part of a delegation of 11 Goans chosen for consultation by then Prime Minister of India, Jawaharlal Neh ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
