Also known as asparagus pea or goa bean, the winged bean is a native of Papua New Guinea, and is fairly common on Southeast Asian and British tables. |
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Maybe they are the sort who will escape to goa and fall into drug addiction when their military service is over? |
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Far-flung destinations like Goa, Cuba and Egypt are now threatening the Canaries as the most popular winter destinations for Mancunians. |
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Old Goa remained the colony's capital until I759, when the Mandovi River silted up. |
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For how can one articulate in Anglo-Saxon with a jewelled mandible that was fashioned by the ancient Konkan goldsmiths of Goa? |
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The majority of the cabin crew and restaurant staff are from Goa, a place renowned for its friendliness and hospitality. |
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Because Goa has no garbage collection, the detritus of tourism is often simply dumped at sea. |
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Unless the BJP has a change of heart after its Goa conclave, the Prime Minister must expect unmitigated hostility from the main Opposition party. |
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The sea breezes, the tropical languor, that old susegad, had conspired to make Goa an oriental fleshpot. |
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Not far away, and altogether more appealing, is the abandoned Portuguese city of Old Goa, now a dramatic collection of cathedrals and basilicas. |
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Here you will have an opportunity to discuss and suggest ways and means to avoid road accidents in Goa and other road-related problems. |
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Check in at the exclusive Leela Goa Hotel, which straddles a narrow spit of land between the Sal River and the Arabian Sea in Mobor. |
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Though he was a Bombay boy, it was Goa and its sun-kissed beaches that stole his heart. |
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We thank the Directorate of Health Services, Government of Goa, which has collaborated with the project from its inception. |
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All Goa Odia Association organized this special event to promote and publicize Odia culture outside Odisha. |
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He upheld customary usages and institutions in Goa, reduced anti-Hindu discrimination, promoted education and tolerance, and abolished the colour bar. |
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The city of Old Goa was once said to rival Lisbon in its magnificence. |
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Since 1999, however, the Goa state government has ceaselessly tried its best to denotify the sanctuaries and open them up to commercial interests, particularly to the mining lobby. |
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The Corporation has a chain of 14 hotels in prime locations of Goa. |
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In Goa, according to Pooja, it was one big party during the shoot. |
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Many visiting tourists to Goa enjoy fishing from the beach, but unless you visit the quieter areas you will almost certainly be frustrated by the number of bathers! |
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Caju feni is the liquor make from pressed cashew apples in Goa. |
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He was reacting to a statement made by Sardinha earlier in his speech that he would meet the people only once a month at the South Goa collectorate. |
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I had come here more than a few decades ago to participate in the Goa Liberation Struggle, which saw the sun set on this last enclave of colonial rule in India. |
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Curious Indians have traipsed up the hill to gape at the hippies, hoping to see some of the open air free love that once drew busloads of voyeurs to the beaches of Goa. |
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Some had joined Rasul Khan when the Portuguese were forced to flee Goa in May 1510, others during the recent siege. |
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In November 1515, he decided to return to Goa, but he fell increasingly ill during the journey and died in the harbour of Goa. |
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In April 1511, Alfonso de Albuquerque set sail from Goa to Malacca with a force of some 1200 men and seventeen or eighteen ships. |
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The Dutch eventually realized the importance of Goa in breaking up the Portuguese empire in Asia. |
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The letter arrived at the same time that Xavier's body was being displayed in Goa. |
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Huyghen sailed for Goa on 8 April 1583, arriving five months later via Madeira, Guinea, the Cape, Madagascar and Mozambique. |
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On 21 September the ships arrived in Goa and one month later in Calicut, the city of the Zamorin. |
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He sailed from Lisbon, Portugal in March 1578 and arrived in Goa, a Portuguese Colony, the following September. |
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For six years, Cruz remained in Hindustan, probably in Goa, Chaul and Kochi, as his Order had established a settlement there. |
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Goa has the highest GDP per capita among all Indian states, that is two and a half times that of the country. |
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In ancient literature, Goa was known by many names, such as Gomanchala, Gopakapattana, Gopakapattam, Gopakapuri, Govapuri, Govem, and Gomantak. |
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Rock art engravings found in Goa exhibit the earliest traces of human life in India. |
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In the 3rd century BC, Goa was part of the Maurya Empire, ruled by the Buddhist emperor, Ashoka of Magadha. |
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Over the next few centuries, Goa was successively ruled by the Kadambas as the feudatories of the Chalukyas of Kalyani. |
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He engaged the Portuguese armada which had been sent from Goa to offer armed relief to the besieged port. |
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The port city of Vasco da Gama in Goa is named after him, as is the crater Vasco da Gama on the Moon. |
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Also in India, in Goa, crocodile worship is practised, including the annual Mannge Thapnee ceremony. |
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However, Crowther at the time was not living in Goa, nor was he a broken man, instead he was living in the rainforests of East Coast Australia. |
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Portugal sent 150,000 settlers to Angola, 80,000 to Mozambique, and 20,000 to Goa. |
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Under the government of Albuquerque, Goa was taken from the Bijapur sultanate in 1510 with the help of Hindu privateer Timoji. |
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Albuquerque began that year in Goa the first Portuguese mint in India, taking the opportunity to announce the achievement. |
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In 1542 Jesuit missionary Francis Xavier arrived in Goa at the service of king John III of Portugal, in charge of an Apostolic Nunciature. |
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The capture of Goa had been largely motivated by the desire to find a replacement for Anjediva as the first anchoring point for the armadas. |
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Thereafter Goa, with its better harbor and greater supply base, served as the first anchorage point of Portuguese armadas upon arriving in India. |
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The docks of Goa were soon producing their own carracks for the India run back to Portugal and for runs to further points east. |
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Although his name does not appear in the chronicles, it is known that he remained there eight years, in Goa, Cochin and Quilon. |
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In 1510, Afonso de Albuquerque conquered Goa in India, Ormuz in the Persian Strait, and Malacca. |
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Afonso de Albuquerque set sail in April 1511 from Goa to Malacca with a force of 1,200 men and seventeen or eighteen ships. |
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The Indian naval forces attacking Goa included an aircraft carrier, two cruisers, eight frigates and five other ships. |
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The main Portuguese factories were in Goa, Malacca, Ormuz, Ternate, and Macau. |
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The name Velha Goa should not be confused with another former Goan capital Goa Velha, lying some villages away in the south. |
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Old Goa was the second capital after Bijapur of the rule of Adil Shahi Dynasty. |
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Velha Goa was incorporated into the Republic of India after its annexation in 1961, together with the rest of Goa. |
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So he relied on surprise in the capture of Goa from the Sultanate of Bijapur. |
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Three months later, on 25 November Afonso reappeared at Goa with a renovated fleet. |
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In less than a day, they took Goa from Ismail Adil Shah and his Ottoman allies, who surrendered on 10 December. |
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Albuquerque founded at Goa the Hospital Real de Goa or Royal Hospital of Goa, by the Church of Santa Catarina. |
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In April 1511, after fortifying Goa, he gathered a force of about 900 Portuguese, 200 Hindu mercenaries and about eighteen ships. |
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On 10 September 1512, Afonso sailed from Cochin to Goa with fourteen ships carrying 1,700 soldiers. |
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Goa, being in the tropical zone and near the Arabian Sea, has a hot and humid climate for most of the year. |
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Panaji is the headquarters of North Goa district and is also the capital of Goa. |
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The seat of the Goa assembly is in Porvorim, across the Mandovi from Panaji. |
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The Western Ghats, which form most of eastern Goa, have been internationally recognised as one of the biodiversity hotspots of the world. |
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Coconut trees are ubiquitous and are present in almost all areas of Goa barring the elevated regions. |
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Numerous types of fish are also caught off the coast of Goa and in its rivers. |
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Goa is also notable for its low priced beer, wine and spirits prices due to its very low excise duty on alcohol. |
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Tourism is generally focused on the coastal areas of Goa, with decreased tourist activity inland. |
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As of 2013 Goa also stands 6th in the Top 10 Nightlife cities in the world in a National Geographic Book. |
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The state of Goa is famous for its excellent beaches, churches, and temples. |
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The Bom Jesus Cathedral, Fort Aguada and a new wax museum on Indian history, culture and heritage in Old Goa are other tourism destinations. |
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There is also the statue of the bleeding Jesus on the Crucifix at the Santa Monica Convent in Velha Goa. |
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There are many forts in Goa such as Tiracol, Chapora, Corjuem, Aguada, Reis Magos, Nanus, Mormugao, Fort Gaspar Dias and Cabo de Rama. |
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Fontainhas in Panaji has been declared a cultural quarter, showcasing the life, architecture and culture of Goa. |
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Goa also has a few museums, the two important ones being Goa State Museum and the Naval Aviation Museum. |
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Also, a place not well known to tourists is the Goa Science Centre, which is located in Miramar, Panaji. |
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The tableau of Goa showcases religious harmony by focusing on the Deepastambha, the Cross and Ghode Modni followed by a chariot. |
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Goa had India's earliest educational institutions built with European support. |
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Founded circa 1542 by saint Francis Xavier, Saint Paul's College, Goa was a Jesuit school in Old Goa, which later became a college. |
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Medical education began in 1801 with the offering of regular medical courses at the Royal and Military Hospital in the old City of Goa. |
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It houses the largest hospital in Goa and continues to provide medical training to this day. |
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Most students in Goa complete their high school with English as the medium of instruction. |
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Goa Institute of Management located at Sanquelim, near Panaji is one of India's premier business schools. |
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Goa International Airport, is a civil enclave at INS Hansa, a Naval airfield located at Dabolim near Vasco da Gama. |
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More importantly, Konkani found its rightful place as the language of Goa only after Liberation. |
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A BOVINE VISITOR stops to check out sunbathers on the beach in Goa, a popular vacation spot on India's west coast. |
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Mysids and larvaceans from GOA specimens as well as ctenophors, polychaetes, and euphasiids from AI specimens occurred in trace amounts. |
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On Pinto's return to Goa, Faria sent him to Bantam, Java, to buy pepper for sale to China. |
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Between the 2nd century BC and the 6th century AD, Goa was ruled by the Bhojas of Goa. |
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From 765 to 1015, the Southern Silharas of Konkan ruled Goa as the feudatories of the Chalukyas and the Rashtrakutas. |
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The Times of India has recently started publication from Goa itself, serving the local population news directly from the state capital. |
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Konkani films have been produced in Goa, Karnataka, Maharashtra and Kerala. |
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Goa has its own state football team and league, the Goa Professional League. |
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Goa has a common family law, thus being the only Indian state to have a uniform civil code. |
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French colony Pondicherry was made a Union Territory in 1962, while India had to send armed forced to liberate the Portuguese colony Goa. |
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The six storeyed under construction building collapsed at Chavadi near Cancona in South Goa yesterday. |
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Tens of thousands of tourists visit Goa to enjoy its sun kissed beaches, which are also famous for nightlong parties. |
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In Goa, a Portuguese uniform civil code is in place, in which all religions have a common law regarding marriages, divorces and adoption. |
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Used only in the cuisine of Maharastra, Gujarat, Goa, Sindh and southern Indian states. |
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In the 18th century, the famous Maratha privateer Kanhoji Angre ruled the seas between Mumbai and Goa. |
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Daman and Diu is a union territory of India which, like Goa, was a former colonial possession of Portugal. |
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The cuisine of Goa is influenced by its Hindu origins, 400 years of Portuguese colonialism, and modern techniques. |
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Since then he has reportedly been spotted in a market in Goa, India, and on the islands of Fuerteventura and Lanzarote. |
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Ten years later, Afonso de Albuquerque conquered Goa in India, Muscat and Ormuz in the Persian Strait, and Malacca, now a state in Malaysia. |
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Malwani cuisine is a specialty of the tropical area which spans from the shore of Deogad Malwan to the southern Maharashtrian border with Goa. |
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Goa, along with Daman and Diu, was organised as a centrally administered union territory of India. |
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Goa has more than 40 estuarine, eight marine, and about 90 riverine islands. |
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Some of the oldest rocks in the Indian subcontinent are found in Goa between Molem and Anmod on Goa's border with Karnataka. |
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In 1843 the Portuguese moved the capital to Panaji from Velha Goa. |
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On 19 December 1961, the Indian Army began military operations with Operation Vijay resulting in the annexation of Goa, Daman, and Diu into the Indian union. |
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The port of Malacca became then the strategic base for Portuguese trade expansion with China and Southeast Asia, under the Portuguese rule in India with its capital at Goa. |
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Goa is a part of the coastal country known as the Konkan, which is an escarpment rising up to the Western Ghats range of mountains, which separate it from the Deccan Plateau. |
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During Afonso's absence from Malacca, Portuguese who opposed the taking of Goa had waived its possession, even writing to the King that it would be best to let it go. |
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Portuguese is still spoken by a few thousand people in the former Portuguese colonies of Goa and Daman and Diu in India, and is an official language in nine countries. |
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From around 1515, Portugal had trade exchanges with Goa in Portuguese India, consisting of 3 to 4 carracks leaving Lisbon with silver to purchase cotton and spices in India. |
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Goa is the only state in India which has a uniform civil code. |
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Panajim And Margao are the two Municipal Corporations in Goa. |
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In Goa, envoys of the Pope were arrested and sent back to Portugal. |
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Goa has a unicameral legislature of 40 members, headed by a speaker. |
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The Portuguese naval forces comprised only three small patrol boats, one each in Goa, Daman and Diu, and the old sloop NRP Afonso de Albuquerque, based in Goa. |
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In the February 1999 issue of National Geographic Magazine, Goa was compared with the Amazon and the Congo basins for its rich tropical biodiversity. |
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Normally other states are fond of cricket but, association football is the most popular sport in Goa and is embedded in Goan culture as a result of the Portuguese influence. |
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Foxes, wild boar and migratory birds are found in the jungles of Goa. |
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The state's football powerhouses include Salgaocar Sports Club, Dempo Sports Club, Churchill Brothers, Vasco Sports Club and Sporting Clube de Goa. |
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Equally, varieties in the cuisine of Karnataka have similarities with its three neighbouring South Indian states, as well as the states of Maharashtra and Goa to its north. |
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At other places on his way, such as the island of Angediva, near Goa, and Cannanore, the Portuguese built forts, and adopted measures to secure the Portuguese supremacy. |
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Goa is visited by large numbers of international and domestic tourists each year for its beaches, places of worship and world heritage architecture. |
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One of the biggest tourist attractions in Goa is water sports. |
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From 1615, a new rule was introduced whereby return fleets from Goa were allowed to use the inner route, but return fleets from Cochin still had to use the outer route. |
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The AIFF have proposed holding of matches in five States, namely Delhi, West Bengal, Maharashtra, Karnataka and one among the States of Assam, Goa and Kerala. |
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The Portuguese soon set up trading posts in Goa, Daman, Diu and Bombay. |
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In 1614 he sailed to Malabar and Goa to fight the Moorish pirates there. |
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When news of a peace agreement between Portugal and the Netherlands reached Asia in 1663, Goa was the only remaining Portuguese city on the west coast. |
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The 1587 death of his sponsor, the Archbishop of Goa, while on a trip to Lisbon to report to the King of Portugal, meant the end of the Huyghens' appointment. |
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After enduring battles with Ottoman ships, Pinto reached Goa. |
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Soon after being freed, Pinto sailed on a Portuguese cargo ship to Goa. |
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Goa is served by almost all television channels available in India. |
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In addition to this on a holiday to Goa, you can sample the strong local spirit Feni, which is made from coconut or cashew apples and specific to the Goa region. |
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Two survivors of this embassy were still alive around 1536, when they sent letters to Malacca and Goa detailing plans for how the Portuguese could capture Canton by force. |
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Afonso then used Goa to secure the Spice trade in favor of Portugal and sell Persian horses to Vijayanagara and Hindu princes in return for their assistance. |
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The Archbishop of Goa and Daman holds title as the Patriarch of the East. |
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Portugal's new ruling authorities also recognized Goa and other Portuguese India's territories invaded by India's military forces, as Indian territories. |
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In 2004, BITS Pilani one of the premier institutes in India, inaugurated its second campus, the BITS Pilani Goa Campus, at Zuarinagar near Dabolim. |
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In 1557 the Chinese authorities allowed the Portuguese to settle in Macau, creating a warehouse in the trade of goods between China, Japan, Goa and Europe. |
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In 1535 King Tabariji was deposed and sent to Goa by the Portuguese. |
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The line run by the South Western Railway was built during the colonial era linking the port town of Vasco da Gama, Goa with Belgaum, Hubli, Karnataka via Margao. |
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Moreover, parameter confidence intervals for the WOLS GOA model widely overlapped the parameter confidence intervals for the Hecate Strait and Strait of Georgia models. |
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Yet Flor Do Mar, on the hip Morjim stretch in north Goa, is anything but. |
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In 1312, Goa came under the governance of the Delhi Sultanate. |
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On 16 December 1515, Afonso de Albuquerque died within sight of Goa. |
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Another forcible retreat from overseas territories occurred in December 1961 when Portugal refused to relinquish the territories of Goa, Daman and Diu. |
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Other historical names for Goa are Sindapur, Sandabur, and Mahassapatam. |
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Lakshadweep Islands, Kerala, Goa, Maharashtra and Gujarat are the states where diving centres are tapping the market demand by training adventure sport lovers. |
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