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The most important states were ranked as salute states, whose rulers were entitled to a given number of salute guns. By the Indian Independence Act 1947 , the British gave up their suzerainty of the states and left each of them free to choose whether to join one of the newly independent countries of India and Pakistan or to remain outside them.
A salute state was a princely state under the British Raj that had been granted a gun salute by the British Crown (as paramount ruler); i.e., the protocolary privilege for its ruler to be greeted—originally by Royal Navy ships, later also on land—with a number of cannon shots, in graduations of two salutes from three to 21, as recognition of the state's relative status.
It was held in New Delhi, India, between 23 and 29 November 1983, and was hosted by that country's Prime Minister, Indira Gandhi. The retreat was held in Goa . Discussions were held on three major topics – the American Invasion of Grenada , the occupation of Namibia by South African and Cuban troops and the nuclear rivalry between the United ...
António Brandão, Archbishop of Goa (sometime with António Pais de Sande) 1678: 1681: Viceroy: Francisco de Távora, conde de Alvor: 1681: 1686: Governor: D. Rodrigo da Costa: 1686: 1690: Governor: D. Miguel de Almeida: 1690: January 1691: Died at Goa in January 1691 Governing Council: 1. Fernando Martins Mascarenhas Lencastre 2. Fr ...
Goa is the second state in India to achieve a 100 per cent automatic telephone system with a solid network of telephone exchanges. As of September 2017, Goa had a total installed power generation capacity of 547.88 MW. Goa is also one of the few states in India to achieve 100 per cent rural electrification. [79]
Salute states were princely states, mostly in British India, whose rulers were marked out as high-ranking by the award of a gun salute, and further ranked by the number of guns Pages in category "Salute states"
The Goa Inquisition was the office of the Inquisition acting within the Indian state of Goa and the rest of the Portuguese empire in Asia. It was established in 1560, briefly suppressed from 1774 to 1778, and finally abolished in 1812.
The Imperial Crown of India weighs 920 g (2.03 lb) and is set with 6,170 diamonds, 9 emeralds, 4 rubies, and 4 sapphires. At the front is a very fine emerald weighing 32 carats (6.4 g). [4]