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J C Almeida
Jose Conceição Almeida (6 March 1930 – 28 November 2017), better known as J. C. Almeida, was an Indian Administrative Service ( IAS) officer and the Chief Secretary of Goa, Daman, and Diu during the period when Goa was a Union territory. After Goa achieved statehood in 1987, Almeida became the first Chairman of the Goa Public Service Commission, significantly contributing to Goa's socio-economic and administrative development. Early life Jose Conceição Almeida was born on 6 March 1930 in Goa, Portuguese India. He spent his formative years in Goa, where he received his Portuguese primary education at the Instituto Abade Faria in Margão. He completed his secondary education at Liceu Nacional Afonso de Albuquerque in Pangim, Goa. In 1951, Almeida traveled to Lisbon, Portugal, to further his studies at the ''Instituto Superior de Ciências Económicas e Financeiras'' of the Technical University of Lisbon, where he pursued a degree in Economics. He graduated in 1957, openin ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Portuguese India
The State of India, also known as the Portuguese State of India or Portuguese India, was a state of the Portuguese Empire founded seven years after the discovery of the sea route to the Indian subcontinent by Vasco da Gama, a subject of the Kingdom of Portugal. The capital of Portuguese India served as the governing centre of a string of military forts and maritime ports scattered along the coasts of the Indian Ocean. The first viceroy Francisco de Almeida established his base of operations at Fort Manuel in the Malabar region, after the Kingdom of Cochin negotiated to become a protectorate of Portugal in 1505. With the Portuguese conquest of Goa from the Bijapur Sultanate in 1510, Goa became the major anchorage for the Armadas arriving in India. The capital of the viceroyalty was transferred from Cochin to Goa in 1530. From 1535, Mumbai (Bombay) was a harbour of Portuguese India, known as '' Bom Bahia'', until it was handed over, through the Marriage Treaty, dowry o ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |