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The PIN system was introduced on 15 August 1972 by Shriram Bhikaji Velankar, an additional secretary in the Government of India's Ministry of Communications. [1] [2] [3] The system was introduced to simplify the manual sorting and delivery of mail by eliminating confusion over incorrect addresses, similar place names, and different languages used by the public.
Goa State Central Library; Goa University Library, Taleigao; Goa Chambers of Commerce and Industry Library, Near Azad Maidan, Panjim; Goa Engineering College Library, Farmagudi, Ponda; Goa Legislative Assembly Library, Alto-Porvorim; Gomantak Marathi Academy, Porvorim; Institute Menezes Braganza Library, Panjim; Kala Academy Library, Panjim
This is a list of cities and towns in Goa. Goa / ˈ ɡ oʊ. ə / ⓘ is a state located in the south-western region of India; It is India's smallest state by area and the fourth smallest by population. Goa is one of India's richest states with a GDP per capita two and a half times that of the country. [1]
South Goa is divided into five subdivisions — Ponda, Mormugao (Vasco da Gama), Margao, Quepem, and Dharbandora; and seven talukas — Ponda, Mormugao, Salcete , Quepem, and Canacona , Sanguem, and Dharbandora. (Ponda taluka shifted from North Goa to South Goa in January 2015). [1]
The city was renamed from Panjim in English to Panaji, its present official name in the 1980s.The Portuguese name is Pangim.The city had been renamed Nova Goa (Portuguese for "New Goa") when it officially replaced the city of Goa (now Old Goa) as the capital of Portuguese India, though the Viceroy had already moved there in 1759.
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1999 Goa Legislative Assembly election : Panaji [17] Party Candidate Votes % ±% BJP: Manohar Parrikar: 5,396 : 51.50% : 7.88 : INC: Prabhu Keshav Laximidhar 2,647 25.26% New: Goa Rajiv Congress Party: Furtado Surendra Cristovan 1,315 12.55% New: Independent: Gonsalves Joao Baptista Floriano 573 5.58% New: MGP: Nunes Vero Luis Joao 350 3.41% ...
Participants join in a workshop on book publishing at the Central Library, Panjim. The library was first housed in the first floor of the Police Building in Panjim (Panaji), Goa's state capital. Since 2011, the library has shifted to its new premises in the Pato locality of Panjim, near the main bus stand.