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Goan literature is the literature pertaining to the state of Goa in India. Goan Literature Goa has a population of around 1.4 million and an area of 3,700 sq. kilometres (1,430 sq. miles).
Father Thomas Stephens, an English Jesuit living in Goa, "wrote the first Konkani grammar book and an epic 11,000-line Marathi poem, now regarded as a classic." [1]Eunice de Souza, herself a prominent poet in English, writes: [2] "Joseph Furtado, who wrote in English and in Portuguese was one of the first poets to use what we now call “Indian English.” “Fortune teller, memsahib!/Tell ...
The history of Goa dates back to prehistoric times, though the present-day state of Goa was only established as recently as 1987. [1] In spite of being India's smallest state by area , Goa's rich history is both long and diverse.
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.
This is a list of fiction writers from the region of Goa, a former Portuguese colony on the west coast of India, and writers from the Goan diaspora. Goans have written in as many as 13 different languages, according to critic Peter Nazareth .
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Gopakapattana was a pleasant commercial city, well connected with Old Goa and a trading hub for over 300 years. In the 1320s it was looted by Khalji general Malik Kafur. The Kadambas went back to Chandor, but returned to Gopakapattana when Muhammad bin Tughluq overcame Chandor. [7] Kadambas of Goa. Anonymous. Circa 1240-1310 CE.
The history of the Inquisition, as it is exercised at Goa written in French, by the ingenious Monsieur Dellon, who laboured five years under those severities ; with an account of his deliverance ; translated into English, Henry Wharton (1689) (Large file, University of Michigan Archives)