Goa, the Glossary
Goa is a state on the southwestern coast of India within the Konkan region, geographically separated from the Deccan highlands by the Western Ghats.[1]
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Abbé Faria
Abbé Faria, or Abbé) (born José Custódio de Faria; 31 May 1756 – 20 September 1819), was a Luso-Goan Catholic priest who was one of the pioneers of the scientific study of hypnotism, following on from the work of Franz Mesmer. Unlike Mesmer, who claimed that hypnosis was mediated by "animal magnetism", Faria understood that it worked purely by the power of suggestion.
Abhira people
The Abhiras were a legendary people mentioned in ancient Indian epics and scriptures as early as the Vedas.
Acheulean
Acheulean (also Acheulian and Mode II), from the French after the type site of Saint-Acheul, is an archaeological industry of stone tool manufacture characterized by the distinctive oval and pear-shaped "hand axes" associated with Homo erectus and derived species such as Homo heidelbergensis.
Afonso de Albuquerque
Afonso de Albuquerque, 1st Duke of Goa (– 16 December 1515), was a Portuguese general, admiral, and statesman.
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Air Arabia
Air Arabia (العربية للطيران al-ʿArabiyya Lit-Ṭayarān) is an Emirati low-cost airline with its head office in the A1 Building Sharjah Freight Center, Sharjah International Airport, United Arab Emirates (UAE).
Air India
Air India is the flag carrier airline of India.
All India Football Federation (AIFF) is the governing body of football, futsal and beach soccer in India.
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All India Radio
All India Radio (AIR), also known as Akashvani, is an Indian state-owned public radio broadcaster founded by the Government of India, owned by the Ministry of Information and Broadcasting and one of Prasar Bharati's two divisions.
Alluvium
Alluvium is loose clay, silt, sand, or gravel that has been deposited by running water in a stream bed, on a floodplain, in an alluvial fan or beach, or in similar settings.
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Amchem Noxib
Amchem Noxib (English translation: Our Luck) is a 1963 Indian Konkani-language film directed by A. Salam and produced by Frank Fernand.
Amplitude modulation
Amplitude modulation (AM) is a modulation technique used in electronic communication, most commonly for transmitting messages with a radio wave.
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Anjuna
Anjuna is a village located on the coast of North Goa, India.
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Anmod
Anmod is a village in Karnataka state of India at the Goa-Karnataka border.
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Annexation of Goa
The Annexation of Goa was the process in which the Republic of India annexed the Portuguese State of India, the then Portuguese Indian territories of Goa, Daman and Diu, starting with the armed action carried out by the Indian Armed Forces in December 1961.
Arabian Sea
The Arabian Sea (हिन्दी|Hindī: सिंधु सागर, baḥr al-ʿarab) is a region of sea in the northern Indian Ocean, bounded on the west by the Arabian Peninsula, Gulf of Aden and Guardafui Channel, on the northwest by Gulf of Oman and Iran, on the north by Pakistan, on the east by India, and on the southeast by the Laccadive Sea and the Maldives, on the southwest by Somalia.
Araveedu
Araveedu is a village on the banks of Kushavathi river in Annamayya district in the Indian state of Andhra Pradesh.
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Archaeological Museum and Portrait Gallery
Archaeological Museum and Portrait Gallery was set up in 1964, NS reorganised in 1981–82.
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Architecture
Architecture is the art and technique of designing and building, as distinguished from the skills associated with construction.
Areca
Areca is a genus of 51 species of palms in the family Arecaceae, found in humid tropical forests from the islands of the Philippines, Malaysia and India, across Southeast Asia to Melanesia.
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Arunachal Pradesh
Arunachal Pradesh is a state in northeast India. Goa and Arunachal Pradesh are 1987 establishments in India, states and territories established in 1987 and states and union territories of India.
Ashoka
Ashoka, also known as Asoka or Aśoka (– 232 BCE), and popularly known as Ashoka the Great, was Emperor of Magadha in the Indian subcontinent from until 232 BCE, and the third ruler from the Mauryan dynasty.
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Asia
Asia is the largest continent in the world by both land area and population.
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Association football, more commonly known as football or soccer, is a team sport played between two teams of 11 players each, who primarily use their feet to propel a ball around a rectangular field called a pitch.
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Auto rickshaw
An auto rickshaw is a motorized version of the pulled rickshaw or cycle rickshaw.
Badami
Badami, formerly known as Vātāpi (Sanskrit: from āpi, ‘friend, ally’; ‘having the wind (vāta) as an ally’; Kannada script: ವಾತಾಪಿ), is a town and headquarters of a taluk by the same name, in the Bagalkot district of Karnataka, India.
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Baga, Goa
Baga a seaside town in Bardez, Goa, India.
Bahmani Sultanate
The Bahmani Sultanate (سلطاننشین بهمنی) was a late medieval empire that ruled the Deccan Plateau in India.
Bambolim
Bambolim is a neighborhood located in the southeastern part of the city of Panaji, the capital of the Indian state of Goa.
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Bangalore
Bangalore, officially Bengaluru (ISO: Beṁgaḷūru), is the capital and largest city of the southern Indian state of Karnataka.
Bardez taluka
Bardez or Bardes (IPA) is a ''taluka'' of the North Goa district in the Indian state of Goa.
Basilica of Bom Jesus
The Basilica of Bom Jesus (Basílica do Bom Jesus; Konkani: Borea Jezuchi Bajilika) is a Catholic basilica located in Goa, in the Konkan region of India.
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Bebinca
Bebinca or bebinka, (Konkani; bibik) is a layer cake of Indo-Portuguese cuisine in former Estado da Índia Portuguesa Goa, India.
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Belgaum
Belgaum (Kannada ISO: Bēḷagāma), officially known as Belagavi (also Belgaon), is a city in the Indian state of Karnataka located in its northern part along the Western Ghats.
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Bhagwan Mahaveer Sanctuary and Mollem National Park
Bhagwan Mahaveer Sanctuary and Mollem National Park is a protected area located in the Western Ghats of West India, in Dharbandora taluk, Goa State, along the eastern border with Karnataka.
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Bhajan
Bhajan refers to any devotional song with a religious theme or spiritual ideas, specifically among Dharmic religions, in any language.
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Bharat Sanchar Nigam Limited
Bharat Sanchar Nigam Limited (abbreviated as BSNL) is an Indian central public sector undertaking under the ownership of Department of Telecommunications, which is part of the Ministry of Communications, Government of India with its headquarters in New Delhi, India.
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Bharatiya Janata Party
The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) is a political party in India and one of the two major Indian political parties alongside the Indian National Congress.
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Bharti Airtel
Bharti Airtel Limited, commonly known as Airtel, is an Indian multinational telecommunications services company based in New Delhi. It operates in 18 countries across South Asia and Africa, as well as the Channel Islands. Currently, Airtel provides 5G, 4G and LTE Advanced services throughout India. Currently offered services include fixed-line broadband, and voice services depending upon the country of operation.
Bhojas of Goa
Bhojas of Goa were a dynasty that ruled Goa, parts of Konkan, and some parts of Karnataka from at least the 3rd century AD to the 6th century.
Bhuierantlo Munis
Bhuierantlo Munis (Cave Man) is a 1977 Indian Konkani-language drama film.
Bicholim
Bicholim (Konkani: Dicholi; IPA), is a small town and a municipal council in North Goa district in the state of Goa, India.
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Bijapur
Bijapur (officially Vijayapura) is the district headquarters of Bijapur district of the Karnataka state of India.
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Biodiversity hotspot
A biodiversity hotspot is a biogeographic region with significant levels of biodiversity that is threatened by human habitation.
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BITS Pilani
The Birla Institute of Technology & Science, Pilani (BITS Pilani) is a deemed university in Pilani, Rajasthan, India.
Bombay High Court
The High Court of Bombay is the high court of the states of Maharashtra and Goa in India, and the union territory of Dadra and Nagar Haveli and Daman and Diu.
Bondla Wildlife Sanctuary
Bondla Wildlife Sanctuary is located in northeastern Goa, India in Ponda taluka.
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Brahmanand Sankhwalkar
Brahmanand Sagoon Kamat Sankhwalkar (born 6 March 1954) is an Indian former footballer and a captain of the Indian team from 1983 to 1986, who played as a goalkeeper.
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British Raj
The British Raj (from Hindustani, 'reign', 'rule' or 'government') was the rule of the British Crown on the Indian subcontinent,.
Bruno Coutinho (born 6 October 1969) is an Indian former football player.
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BSNL Mobile
BSNL Mobile is an Indian state-owned telecommunication company of the Government of India.
Buddhism
Buddhism, also known as Buddha Dharma and Dharmavinaya, is an Indian religion and philosophical tradition based on teachings attributed to the Buddha, a wandering teacher who lived in the 6th or 5th century BCE.
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Butterfly Beach
Butterfly Beach may refer to;.
Cabo de Rama Fort
Praça do Cabo de Rama is a medieval hillfort on the coast of Canacona, Goa.
Calangute
Calangute is a town in the North Goa district of the Indian state of Goa.
Canacona
Canacona is a city and a municipal council in the district of South Goa, Goa state, India.
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Candolim
Candolim is a census town in North Goa and is located in the Bardez taluka in the state of Goa, India.
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Carnival
Carnival or Shrovetide is a festive season that occurs at the close of the Christian pre-Lenten period, consisting of Quinquagesima or Shrove Sunday, Shrove Monday, and Shrove Tuesday or Mardi Gras.
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Cashew
Cashew is the common name of a tropical evergreen tree Anacardium occidentale, in the family Anacardiaceae.
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Catholic-Hierarchy.org
Catholic-Hierarchy.org is an online database of bishops and dioceses of the Latin Church and the 23 Eastern Catholic Churches that are in full communion with Rome.
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Cavelossim
Cavelossim is a village in South Goa district in the state of Goa, India.
Chapora Fort
Chapora Fort (Devanagari: शापोरा), located in Bardez, Goa, rises high above the Chapora River.
Chapora River
Chapora River is a river in northern Goa, India.
Chaudi
Chaudi is a town in the South Goa district of the state of Goa, India, It is located approximately two kilometres from the city of Canacona.
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Chili pepper
Chili peppers, also spelled chile or chilli, are varieties of the berry-fruit of plants from the genus Capsicum, which are members of the nightshade family Solanaceae, cultivated for their pungency.
Chorão (island)
Chorão, also known as Choddnnem (pronounced choddne the letter m is silent) or Chodan, is an island along the Mandovi River near Tiswadi, Goa, India.
Chorizo
Chorizo (from Spanish; Portuguese chouriço) is a type of pork sausage originating from the Iberian Peninsula.
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Christianity
Christianity is an Abrahamic monotheistic religion based on the life and teachings of Jesus Christ.
Christians
A Christian is a person who follows or adheres to Christianity, a monotheistic Abrahamic religion based on the life and teachings of Jesus Christ.
Christmas
Christmas is an annual festival commemorating the birth of Jesus Christ, observed primarily on December 25 as a religious and cultural celebration among billions of people around the world.
Churchill Brothers FC Goa
Churchill Brothers Football Club Goa (simply known as Churchill Brothers) is an Indian professional football club based in Margao, Goa, that competes in the I-League, alongside Goa Professional League.
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Chutu dynasty
The Chutu dynasty (IAST: Cuṭu) ruled parts of the Deccan region of South India between first and third centuries CE, with its capital at Banavasi in present-day Karnataka state.
Cinema of India
The Cinema of India, consisting of motion pictures made by the Indian film industry, has had a large effect on world cinema since the second half of the 20th century.
Climax Lawrence
Climax Lourenco Lawrence (born 16 January 1979) is a retired Indian professional football midfielder.
CNN
Cable News Network (CNN) is a multinational news channel and website operating from Midtown Atlanta, Georgia, U.S. Founded in 1980 by American media proprietor Ted Turner and Reese Schonfeld as a 24-hour cable news channel, and presently owned by the Manhattan-based media conglomerate Warner Bros. Discovery (WBD), CNN was the first television channel to provide 24-hour news coverage and the first all-news television channel in the United States.
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Coconut
The coconut tree (Cocos nucifera) is a member of the palm tree family (Arecaceae) and the only living species of the genus Cocos.
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Coconut oil
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Colva
Colva (Colvá) is a coastal village situated in the Salcete ''taluka'', in South Goa district, of Goa state on the west coast of the Indian subcontinent.
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Commerce
Commerce is the large-scale organized system of activities, functions, procedures and institutions that directly or indirectly contribute to the smooth, unhindered distribution and transfer of goods and services on a substantial scale and at the right time, place, quantity, quality and price through various channels from the original producers to the final consumers within local, regional, national or international economies.
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Conquerors: How Portugal Forged the First Global Empire
Conquerors: How Portugal Forged the First Global Empire is a 2015 history book by historian Roger Crowley.
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Conspiracy of the Pintos
Conspiracy of the Pintos, also known as the Pinto Revolt or the Pinto Conspiracy, and in Portuguese as A Conjuração dos Pintos, was a rebellion against Portuguese rule in Goa in 1787.
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Corjuem Fort
Fort Assunção or Corjuem Fort is a fortress situated from the village of Aldona on the river island of Corjuem, Goa.
Corridinho
The corridinho is a form of Portuguese folk dance, namely in the Algarve region.
Cotigao Wildlife Sanctuary
The Cotigao Wildlife Sanctuary is located in Canacona Taluka, South Goa district, of Goa, India, established in 1968.
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Cristiano Ronaldo
Cristiano Ronaldo dos Santos Aveiro (born 5 February 1985) is a Portuguese professional footballer who plays as a forward for and captains both Saudi Pro League club Al Nassr and the Portugal national team.
Culture of Portugal
The culture of Portugal is a very rich result of a complex flow of many different civilizations during the past millennia.
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Cuncolim
Cuncolim is a town in South Goa district in the state of Goa, India.
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Curchorem
Curchorem (Kudchade) is a City and municipal council in the South Goa district of Goa, India.
Curry
Curry is a dish with a sauce or gravy seasoned with spices, mainly associated with South Asian cuisine.
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Dabolim
Dabolim is a village, with a total population of around 6700, in Mormugão, Goa, India.
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Dabolim Airport
Dabolim Airport is an international airport serving Panaji, the capital of the state of Goa, India.
Dadra and Nagar Haveli and Daman and Diu
Dadra and Nagar Haveli and Daman and Diu is a union territory in India. Goa and Dadra and Nagar Haveli and Daman and Diu are former Portuguese colonies, India–Portugal relations and states and union territories of India.
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Daman and Diu
Daman and Diu was a union territory in northwestern India. Goa and Daman and Diu are 1987 establishments in India, city-states, former Portuguese colonies, India–Portugal relations and states and territories established in 1987.
DD Free Dish
DD Free Dish (formerly known as DD Direct Plus) is an Indian free-to-air satellite television provider owned and operated by Public Service Broadcaster Prasar Bharati.
Deccan Plateau
The Deccan is a large plateau and region of the Indian subcontinent located between the Western Ghats and the Eastern Ghats, and is loosely defined as the peninsular region between these ranges that is south of the Narmada River.
Deciduous
In the fields of horticulture and botany, the term deciduous means "falling off at maturity" and "tending to fall off", in reference to trees and shrubs that seasonally shed leaves, usually in the autumn; to the shedding of petals, after flowering; and to the shedding of ripe fruit.
Deknni
Deknni (also spelled dekni, dekṇi, dekhṇi) is a semi classical Goan dance form.
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Delhi Sultanate
The Delhi Sultanate or the Sultanate of Delhi was a late medieval empire primarily based in Delhi that stretched over large parts of the Indian subcontinent, for 320 years (1206–1526).
Dempo
Dempo Mining Corporation Limited is a prominent mining company from the western Indian state of Goa.
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Dempo SC
Dempo Sports Club, commonly referred as Dempo, is an Indian professional football club based in Panaji, Goa.
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Dentistry
Dentistry, also known as dental medicine and oral medicine, is the branch of medicine focused on the teeth, gums, and mouth.
Devanagari
Devanagari (देवनागरी) is an Indic script used in the northern Indian subcontinent.
Dharbandora taluka
Dharbandora is a ''taluka'' of Goa state, India, with an estimated population of 30,000 to 40,000.
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Dilip Sardesai
Dilip Narayan Sardesai (8 August 1940 – 2 July 2007) was an Indian international cricketer.
Diploma
A diploma is a document awarded by an educational institution (such as a college or university) testifying the recipient has graduated by successfully completing their courses of studies.
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Discontinued and intermittent National Film Awards
The National Film Awards are presented every year by Directorate of Film Festivals, the organization set up by Ministry of Information and Broadcasting, India, to felicitate the best of Indian Cinema for the year.
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Dish TV
DishTV India (stylised as dishtv) is an Indian Subscription based satellite television provider based in Noida, Uttar Pradesh with Yes Bank as its biggest stakeholder.
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District magistrate
The district magistrate, also known as the district collector or deputy commissioner, is a career civil servant who serves as the executive head of a district's administration in India.
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Diwali
Diwali (Deepavali, IAST: Dīpāvalī) is the Hindu festival of lights, with variations celebrated in other Indian religions.
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Doha
Doha (ad-Dawḥa or ad-Dūḥa) is the capital city and main financial hub of Qatar.
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Dona Paula
Dona Paula is a neighborhood and tourist destination in the city of Panaji, Goa, India.
Doordarshan
Doordarshan (abbreviated as DD) is an Indian state-owned public television broadcaster founded by the Government of India, owned by the Ministry of Information and Broadcasting and one of Prasar Bharati's two divisions.
Dravidian architecture
Dravidian architecture, or the Southern Indian temple style, is an architectural idiom in Hindu temple architecture that emerged from Southern India, reaching its final form by the sixteenth century.
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Dravidian peoples
The Dravidian peoples are an ethnolinguistic supraethnicity composed of many distinct ethnolinguistic groups native to South Asia (predominantly India).
Dubai
Dubai (translit) is the most populous city in the United Arab Emirates (UAE) and the capital of the Emirate of Dubai, the most populated of the country's seven emirates.
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Dudhsagar Falls
() is a four-tiered waterfall on the Mandovi River in the Indian state of Goa.
Dulpod
Dulpod is a Goan dance song with quick rhythm and themes from everyday Goan life.
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Easter
Easter, also called Pascha (Aramaic, Greek, Latin) or Resurrection Sunday, is a Christian festival and cultural holiday commemorating the resurrection of Jesus from the dead, described in the New Testament as having occurred on the third day of his burial following his crucifixion by the Romans at Calvary.
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Eastern culture
Eastern culture, also known as Eastern civilization and historically as Oriental culture, is an umbrella term for the diverse cultural heritages of social norms, ethical values, traditional customs, belief systems, political systems, artifacts and technologies of the Eastern world.
Eggs as food
Humans and their hominid relatives have consumed eggs for millions of years.
Eleventh Finance Commission
The Eleventh Finance Commission of India was appointed by the President on 3 July 1998 for the period 2000-2005.
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Engineering
Engineering is the practice of using natural science, mathematics, and the engineering design process to solve technical problems, increase efficiency and productivity, and improve systems.
English language
English is a West Germanic language in the Indo-European language family, whose speakers, called Anglophones, originated in early medieval England on the island of Great Britain.
Fado
Fado ("destiny, fate") is a music genre which can be traced to the 1820s in Lisbon, Portugal but probably has much earlier origins.
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FC Goa
Goa Cartoon Heroes is an Indian professional football club based in Margao, Goa, that competes in the Indian Super League (ISL), the top flight of Indian football.
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Female
An organism's sex is female (symbol: ♀) if it produces the ovum (egg cell), the type of gamete (sex cell) that fuses with the male gamete (sperm cell) during sexual reproduction.
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Feni (liquor)
Feni (fénnim, often misspelt as fenno or fenny) is a spiritous liquor type originating in Goa, India.
Ferry
A ferry is a boat that transports passengers, and occasionally vehicles and cargo, across a body of water.
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Film
A film (British English) also called a movie (American English), motion picture, moving picture, picture, photoplay or (slang) flick is a work of visual art that simulates experiences and otherwise communicates ideas, stories, perceptions, feelings, beauty, or atmosphere through the use of moving images.
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Flame-throated bulbul
The flame-throated bulbul (Rubigula gularis) is a member of the bulbul family of passerine birds and the state bird of Goa.
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Fontainhas (quarter)
Fontainhas (or Bairro das Fontainhas, in Portuguese) is an old Latin Quarter in Panjim, capital city of the state of Goa, India.
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Fort Aguada
Fort Aguada is a well-preserved seventeenth-century Portuguese-era fort, along with a lighthouse, standing in Goa, India, on Sinquerim Beach, overlooking the Arabian Sea.
Fort Tiracol
Fort Santíssima Trindade (Fortaleza da Santíssima Trindade in Portuguese) also known as Fort Tiracol, is a Portuguese era fort near the village of Tiracol, in the North Goa district of Goa, India.
Francis Xavier
Francis Xavier, SJ (born Francisco de Jasso y Azpilicueta; Latin: Franciscus Xaverius; Basque: Frantzisko Xabierkoa; French: François Xavier; Spanish: Francisco Javier; Portuguese: Francisco Xavier; 7 April 15063 December 1552), venerated as Saint Francis Xavier, was born in Navarre, Spain Catholic missionary and saint who co-founded the Society of Jesus and, as a representative of the Portuguese Empire, led the first Christian mission to Japan.
French Revolution
The French Revolution was a period of political and societal change in France that began with the Estates General of 1789, and ended with the coup of 18 Brumaire in November 1799 and the formation of the French Consulate.
Frequency modulation
Frequency modulation (FM) is the encoding of information in a carrier wave by varying the instantaneous frequency of the wave.
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Fugdi
Fugdi is a folk dance performed by the womenfolk of some communities of Konkanies in the Konkan coastal region of Goa and Maharashtra states during the Hindu religious festivals like Ganesh Chaturthi and Vrata or towards the end of other dances like Dhalo.
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Ganesh Chaturthi
Ganesh Chaturthi (ISO), also known as Vinayaka Chaturthi or Vinayaka Chavithi or Vinayagar Chaturthi, is a Hindu festival that tributes Hindu deity Ganesha.
Garcinia indica
Garcinia indica, a plant in the mangosteen family (Clusiaceae), commonly known as kokum, is a fruit-bearing tree that has culinary, pharmaceutical, and industrial uses.
Gaur
The gaur (Bos gaurus) is a bovine native to South Asia and Southeast Asia, and has been listed as Vulnerable on the IUCN Red List since 1986.
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Gneiss
Gneiss is a common and widely distributed type of metamorphic rock.
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Go First
Go First, founded as GoAir, was an Indian low-cost airline based in Mumbai, Maharashtra.
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Goa Board of Secondary and Higher Secondary Education
The Goa Board of Secondary and Higher Secondary Education (GBSHSE) is a corporate statutory body established by the state legislature through the enactment of the "Goa, Daman and Diu Secondary and Higher Secondary Education Board Act, 1975" (Act No. 13 of 1975) on 27 May 1975.
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Goa Civil Code
The Goa Civil Code, also called the Goa Family Law, is the set of civil laws that governs the residents of the Indian state of Goa.
Goa cricket team
The Goa cricket team is first-class cricket team based in Goa, India, has competed in the Ranji Trophy since the 1985–86 season.
Goa Engineering College
Goa Engineering College or Goa College of Engineering (abbreviated and colloquially referred to as GEC) is a public college in Goa, India, offering courses in engineering disciplines and affiliated to Goa University.
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The Goa Football Association (GFA) is the governing body of football in Goa within the jurisdiction of the Republic of India.
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The Goa Football League is a ladder-based football competition in the Indian state of Goa, organised by the Goa Football Association as part of the state leagues.
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The Goa football team is an Indian football team representing the state of Goa in Indian state football competitions including the Santosh Trophy.
Goa Inquisition
The Goa Inquisition (Inquisição de Goa) was an extension of the Portuguese Inquisition in Portuguese India.
Goa Institute of Management
The Goa Institute of Management (abbreviated as GIM-Goa) is an Indian autonomous business school located North Goa district in the state of Goa.
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Goa Legislative Assembly
The Goa Legislative Assembly is the unicameral legislature of the state of Goa in India.
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Goa Medical College
Goa Medical College (GMC) is a public medical college and hospital located in Goa, India.
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Goa Science Centre
The Goa Science Centre is a science museum, located on New Marine Highway, Miramar, Panjim.
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Goa State Museum
Goa State Museum, also known as the State Archaeology Museum, Panaji, is a museum in Goa, India.
Goa Today
Goa Today is a monthly magazine published from Panjim (Panaji), the state-capital of Goa, India, since 1966, featuring news, literature and local issues.
Goa University
Goa University is a public state research university headquartered in the city of Panaji, in the Indian state of Goa.
Goa, Daman and Diu
Goa, Daman and Diu was a union territory of the Republic of India established in 1961 following the annexation of Portuguese India, with Maj Gen K P Candeth as its first Military Governor. Goa and Goa, Daman and Diu are India–Portugal relations.
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Goan Catholics
Goan Catholics (Goenchem Katholik) are an ethno-religious community of Indian Christians adhering to the Latin Rite of the Catholic Church from the Goa state, in the southern part of the Konkan region along the west coast of India.
Goan cuisine
Goan cuisine consists of regional foods popular in Goa, an Indian state located along India's west coast on the shore of the Arabian Sea.
Goanet
Goanet is a mailing list related to the state of Goa, located on the western coast of India.
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Goans
Goans (गोंयकार, Romi Konkani:, Goeses) is the demonym used to describe the people native to Goa, India, who form an ethno-linguistic group resulting from the assimilation of Indo-Aryan, Dravidian, Indo-Portuguese, Austro-Asiatic ethnic and/or linguistic ancestries.
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Gomant Vibhushan
Gomant Vibhushan Award is the highest civilian honour of the State of Goa.
Gopakapattana
Gopakapattana or Gopakpatna (also known as, in Sanskrit, in Konkani, in Marathi, in Kannada) was a prosperous ancient port city in the west coastal Indian state of Goa, that served as capital under the reign of different Hindu dynasties extending from 100 BC to 1469 AD which ruled ancient Goa (which included Modern Goa and South Konkan).
Government of Goa
The Government of Goa is a state government created by the Constitution of India and has executive, legislative and judicial authority of the state of Goa.
Government of India
The Government of India (IAST: Bhārat Sarkār, legally the Union Government or Union of India and colloquially known as the Central Government) is the central executive authority of the Republic of India, a federal republic located in South Asia, consisting of 28 states and eight union territories.
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Government Polytechnic, Panaji
Government Polytechnic, Panaji is a polytechnic in the state of Goa, India.
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Gudi Padwa
Gudi Padwa is a spring festival marking the start of the lunisolar new year for Marathi and Konkani Hindus.
Gyan Vani
Gyan Vani is an educational FM radio station in several cities of India.
HAL Aerospace Museum
HAL Aerospace Museum is India's first aerospace museum located at Hindustan Aeronautics Limited premises, in Bangalore.
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Harihara I
Harihara I, also called Hakka and Vira Harihara I, was the founder of the Vijayanagara Empire, in present-day Karnataka, India, which he ruled from 1336 to 1356 CE.
Hawaii
Hawaii (Hawaii) is an island state of the United States, in the Pacific Ocean about southwest of the U.S. mainland.
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Hemadpanti architecture
Hemadpanti Sculpture (also spelled as Hemadpanthi) is an architectural style, named after its founder, the prime minister Hemadpant (1259-1274 CE) of the court of Seuna Yadavas of Devagiri.
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Hindi
Modern Standard Hindi (आधुनिक मानक हिन्दी, Ādhunik Mānak Hindī), commonly referred to as Hindi, is the standardised variety of the Hindustani language written in Devanagari script.
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Hinduism
Hinduism is an Indian religion or dharma, a religious and universal order by which its followers abide.
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Hindus
Hindus (also known as Sanātanīs) are people who religiously adhere to Hinduism, also known by its endonym Sanātana Dharma.
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Hong Kong Observatory
The Hong Kong Observatory is a weather forecast agency of the government of Hong Kong.
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Hubli
Hubli (officially Hubballi) is a city in the Indian state of Karnataka.
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Human Development Index
The Human Development Index (HDI) is a statistical composite index of life expectancy, education (mean years of schooling completed and expected years of schooling upon entering the education system), and per capita income indicators, which is used to rank countries into four tiers of human development.
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Human sex ratio
The human sex ratio is the ratio of males to females in a population in the context of anthropology and demography.
I-League
The I-League is the men's second-tier of the Indian football league system.
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Idea Cellular
Idea Cellular was an Indian telecommunications company based at Mumbai, Maharashtra.
India
India, officially the Republic of India (ISO), is a country in South Asia.
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India national cricket team
The India men's national cricket team represents India in men's international cricket.
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Indian Air Force Museum, Palam
The Indian Air Force Museum Palam, is the museum of the Indian Air Force (IAF), and is located at the Palam Air Force Station in Delhi Cantonment, New Delhi, India.
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Indian Certificate of Secondary Education
The Indian Certificate of Secondary Education (ICSE) is an examination conducted by the Council for the Indian School Certificate Examinations, a private board designed to provide an examination in a course of general education, in accordance with the recommendations of the New Education Policy 2020 (India), through the medium of English.
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Indian classical music
Indian Classical Music is the classical music of the Indian Subcontinent.
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Indian independence movement
The Indian Independence Movement was a series of historic events in South Asia with the ultimate aim of ending British colonial rule.
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Indian National Congress
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Indian peers and baronets
Following the final collapse of the Mughal Empire in 1857 and the proclamation of the British Indian Empire, the British continued to maintain and recognise many of the old Mughal and Hindu styles and titles, introducing a compound honours system which awarded those titles along with British noble and aristocratic titles and knighthoods.
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Indian Premier League
The Indian Premier League (IPL), also known as the TATA IPL for sponsorship reasons, is a men's Twenty20 (T20) cricket league held annually in India.
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IndiGo
InterGlobe Aviation Limited, doing business as IndiGo, is an Indian low-cost airline headquartered in Gurgaon, Haryana, India.
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Indigo 91.9 FM
Indigo 91.9 FM is India's first and longest running international radio network operating in Bangalore and Goa.
Indira Gandhi National Open University
Indira Gandhi National Open University, known as IGNOU, is a public distance learning university located in New Delhi, India.
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Indo-Aryan peoples
Indo-Aryan peoples are a diverse collection of peoples speaking Indo-Aryan languages in the Indian subcontinent.
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Indo-Portuguese creoles
Indo-Portuguese creoles are the several Portuguese creoles spoken in the erstwhile Portuguese Indian settlements, Cochin Portuguese Creole, Fort Bassein, Goa and Damaon, Portuguese Ceylon etc; in present-day India and Sri Lanka.
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INS Hansa
INS Hansa, is an Indian naval air station located near Dabolim in Goa, India.
International Film Festival of India
The International Film Festival of India (IFFI), founded in 1952, is one of the film festivals in Asia.
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Islam
Islam (al-Islām) is an Abrahamic monotheistic religion centered on the Quran and the teachings of Muhammad, the religion's founder.
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Islamic architecture
Islamic architecture comprises the architectural styles of buildings associated with Islam.
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Jainism in Goa
Jainism flourished in Goa during the rule of Kadamba dynasty of Karnataka.
Jasmine
Jasmine (botanical name: Jasminum) is a genus of shrubs and vines in the olive family of Oleaceae.
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Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium (Margao)
Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium (also known as Fatorda Stadium) is a multi-purpose stadium in Margao, Goa, India.
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Jio
Reliance Jio Infocomm Limited (d/b/a Jio) is an Indian telecommunications company and a subsidiary of Jio Platforms, headquartered in Navi Mumbai, Maharashtra.
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Jitendra Abhisheki
Ganesh Balawant Nawathe, better known as Pandit Jitendra Abhisheki (21 September 1929 – 7 November 1998), was an Indian vocalist, composer and scholar of Indian classical, semi-classical, and devotional music.
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Joint-use airport
A joint-use airport is an aerodrome that is used for both military aviation and civil aviation.
Joseph Vaz
Joseph Vaz, CO (Konkani: San Zuze Vaza; São José Vaz; ಪವಿತ್ರಾ ಯೋಸೆಫ್ ವಾಸ್ ಸಂತರು Pavitra Yoseph Vaz Santaru; புனித சூசை வாஸ் முனிவர் Punitha Sūsai Vas Munivar; ශාන්ත ජුසේ වාස් මුනිතුමා, ශ්රී ලංකාවේ අපෝස්තුළුවරයාණන් Santha Juse Vas Munithuma, Sri Lankawe Aposthuluvaraya) (21 April 165116 January 1711) was an Oratorian priest and missionary in Sri Lanka (Ceylon), originally from Sancoale in Portuguese India.
Kaavi art
Kaavi art (Devanagari:कावि कला) is a form of murals found in Konkan region especially in temples of Goa, parts of coastal Maharashtra and Karnataka.
Kadamba dynasty
The Kadambas were an ancient royal family from modern Karnataka, India, that ruled northern Karnataka and the Konkan from Banavasi in present-day Uttara Kannada district in India.
Kadamba Transport Corporation
Kadamba Transport Corporation (Konkani: कदंब येरादारी म्हामंडळ) abbreviated as KTC is a Government of Goa road transport undertaking.
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Kadambas of Goa
The Kadambas of Goa were a dynasty during the Late Classical period on the Indian subcontinent, who ruled Goa from the 10th to the 14th century CE.
Kalaburagi
Kalaburagi, formerly known as Gulbarga, is a city in the Indian state of Karnataka.
Kalachuri dynasty
The Kalachuris of Mahismati, or the Early Kalachuris, was an early medieval Indian dynasty that ruled present-day Maharashtra, as well as parts of mainland Gujarat and southern Madhya Pradesh.
Kannada
Kannada (ಕನ್ನಡ), formerly also known as Canarese, is a Dravidian language spoken predominantly by the people of Karnataka in southwestern India, with minorities in all neighbouring states.
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Karnataka
Karnataka (ISO), also known colloquially as Karunāḍu, is a state in the southwestern region of India. Goa and Karnataka are states and union territories of India.
Karwar
Karwar is a seaside city, ''taluka'', and administrative headquarters of Uttara Kannada district lying at the mouth of the Kali river on the Kanara coast of Karnataka state, India.
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Köppen climate classification
The Köppen climate classification is one of the most widely used climate classification systems.
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Kerala
Kerala (/), called Keralam in Malayalam, is a state on the Malabar Coast of India. Goa and Kerala are states and union territories of India.
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Kesarbai Kerkar
Kesarbai Kerkar (13 July 1892 – 16 September 1977) was an Indian classical vocalist of the Jaipur-Atrauli gharana.
Khatkhate
Khatkhate (खटखटें) is a well-known last name in Saraswat Brahmin (GSB) community hailing from Konkan province of Maharashtra state and the coastal region of Goa in India.
Kirtan
Indian harmoniums and ''tabla'' drums (a common and popular pairing), in Kenya (1960s) Kirtana (कीर्तन), also rendered as Kirtan or Keertan, is a Sanskrit word that means "narrating, reciting, telling, describing" of an idea or story, specifically in Indian religions.
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Kishori Amonkar
Kishori Amonkar (10 April 1932 – 3 April 2017) was an Indian classical vocalist, belonging to the Jaipur ''gharana'', or a community of musicians sharing a distinctive musical style.
Kolhapur
Kolhapur is a city on the banks of the Panchganga River in the southern part of the Indian state of Maharashtra.
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Konkan
The Konkan is a stretch of land by the western coast of India, bound by the river Daman Ganga at Damaon in the north, to Anjediva Island next to Karwar town in the south; with the Arabian Sea to the west and the Deccan plateau to the east.
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Konkan Railway zone
The Konkan Railway (abbreviated KR) is one of the 19 railway zones in India with its headquarters at CBD Belapur in Navi Mumbai, Maharashtra, India.
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Konkani cinema
Konkani cinema is an Indian film industry, where films are made in the Konkani language, which is spoken mainly in the Indian states of Goa, Maharashtra and Karnataka and to a smaller extent in Kerala.
Konkani in the Roman script
Konkani in the Roman script, commonly known as Roman Konkani or Romi Konknni refers to the writing of the Konkani language in the Roman script.
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Konkani language
Konkani (Devanagari: sc, Romi: sc, Kannada: sc, Malayalam: sc, Perso-Arabic: sc, IAST) is an Indo-Aryan language spoken by the Konkani people, primarily in the Konkan region, along the western coast of India.
Kuwait
Kuwait, officially the State of Kuwait, is a country in West Asia.
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Laterite
Laterite is a soil type rich in iron and aluminium and is commonly considered to have formed in hot and wet tropical areas.
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Law
Law is a set of rules that are created and are enforceable by social or governmental institutions to regulate behavior, with its precise definition a matter of longstanding debate.
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Legislature
A legislature is a deliberative assembly with the legal authority to make laws for a political entity such as a country, nation or city.
Liberal arts education
Liberal arts education (from Latin 'free' and 'art or principled practice') is the traditional academic course in Western higher education.
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List of districts in India
A district (zila), also known as revenue district is an administrative division of an Indian state or territory.
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List of districts of Goa
The Indian state of Goa is divided into two districts: North Goa and South Goa.
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List of Indian states and union territories by GDP per capita
This is a list of Indian states and union territories by NSDP per capita.
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List of Indian states and union territories by Human Development Index
This article lists the Human Development Index (HDI) rating of the States and union territories of India.
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List of states and union territories of India by population
India is a union consisting of 28 states and 8 union territories.
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List of states of the Portuguese Empire
This is a list of territories of the Portuguese Empire (Império Português), that at various times were officially called "states" (estados).
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List of World Heritage Sites in India
The United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) designates World Heritage Sites of outstanding universal value to cultural or natural heritage which have been nominated by countries which are signatories to the UNESCO World Heritage Convention, established in 1972.
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Literacy
Literacy is the ability to read and write.
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Literature
Literature is any collection of written work, but it is also used more narrowly for writings specifically considered to be an art form, especially novels, plays, and poems.
Loam
Loam (in geology and soil science) is soil composed mostly of sand (particle size >), silt (particle size >), and a smaller amount of clay (particle size These proportions can vary to a degree, however, and result in different types of loam soils: sandy loam, silty loam, clay loam, sandy clay loam, silty clay loam, and loam.
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Lok Sabha
The Lok Sabha, also known as the House of the People, is the lower house of India's bicameral Parliament, with the upper house being the Rajya Sabha.
Loyola High School (Goa)
Loyola High School is a private Catholic primary and secondary school for boys, located in the heart of Margao in the South Goa district of Goa, India.
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Lusofonia Games
The Lusofonia Games (Jogos da Lusofonia) is a multinational multi-sport event organized by the ACOLOP, which involves athletes coming from Lusophone (Portuguese-speaking) countries.
Magadha
Magadha also called the Kingdom of Magadha or the Magadha Empire, was a kingdom and empire, and one of the sixteen lit during the Second Urbanization period, based in southern Bihar in the eastern Ganges Plain, in Ancient India.
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Mahabharata
The Mahābhārata (महाभारतम्) is one of the two major Smriti texts and Sanskrit epics of ancient India revered in Hinduism, the other being the Rāmāyaṇa.
Mahadev Temple, Tambdi Surla
Mahadeva Temple, Tambdi Surla is a 13th-century Shaivite temple in the Kadamba style dedicated to Lord Shiva, one of the main deities in Hinduism, and is an active place of Hindu worship.
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Maharashtra
Maharashtra (ISO: Mahārāṣṭra) is a state in the western peninsular region of India occupying a substantial portion of the Deccan Plateau. Goa and Maharashtra are states and union territories of India.
Maharashtrawadi Gomantak Party
Maharashtrawadi Gomantak Party (MGP) is a political party in India.
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Mailing list
A mailing list is a collection of names and addresses used by an individual or an organization to send material to multiple recipients.
Majorda
Majorda is a village in Salcete, Goa.
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Male
Male (symbol: ♂) is the sex of an organism that produces the gamete (sex cell) known as sperm, which fuses with the larger female gamete, or ovum, in the process of fertilisation.
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Malkheda
Malkheda originally known as Manyakheta (IAST: Mānyakheṭa, Prakrit: "Mannakheḍa"), and also known as Malkhed,Village code.
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Mando (music)
Mando (Mannddô) is a musical form that evolved during the 19th and 20th centuries among the Goan Catholics.
Mandovi River
The Mandovi (IPA) or Mahadayi (IPA), formerly known as the Rio de Goa, is a river described as the lifeline of the Indian state of Goa.
Mangalore
Mangalore, officially known as Mangalururomanized: Maikala)-->, is a major industrial port city in the Indian state of Karnataka and on the west coast of India. It is located between the Laccadive Sea and the Western Ghats about west of Bangalore, the state capital, 14 km north of Karnataka–Kerala border and 297 km south of Goa. Goa and Mangalore are former Portuguese colonies.
Mangueshi Temple
Shri Manguesh temple (Devanagari: श्री मंगेश मंदिर) is Hindu temple, located at Mangeshi Village in Priol, Ponda taluk, Goa.
Manohar International Airport
Manohar International Airport, is an international airport at Mopa in Pernem taluka, North Goa district in the state of Goa, India.
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Manohar Parrikar
Manohar Gopalkrishna Prabhu Parrikar (13 December 1955 – 17 March 2019) was an Indian politician and leader of the Bharatiya Janata Party who served as Chief Minister of Goa from 14 March 2017 until his death.
Mapusa
Mapusa (Mhapxem) is a city in North Goa, India.
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Marathi language
Marathi (मराठी) is an Indo-Aryan language predominantly spoken by Marathi people in the Indian state of Maharashtra.
Marathi people
The Marathi people (Marathi: मराठी लोक, Marāṭhī lōk) or Marathis (Marathi: मराठी, Marāṭhī) are an Indo-Aryan ethnolinguistic group who are native to Maharashtra in western India.
Margao
Margao is the commercial capital of the Indian state of Goa.
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Mauricio Afonso
Mauricio Afonso is a former Indian footballer who played as a midfielder for India in the 1984 Asian Cup.
Maurya Empire
The Maurya Empire (Ashokan Prakrit: 𑀫𑀸𑀕𑀥𑁂, Māgadhe) was a geographically extensive Iron Age historical power in South Asia based in Magadha (present day Bihar).
Mauryas of Puri
The Maurya dynasty ruled the coastal Konkan region in present-day Goa and Maharashtra states of India, between the 4th and the 7th centuries.
Metavolcanic rock is volcanic rock that shows signs of having experienced metamorphism.
Mhadei Wildlife Sanctuary
The Mhadei Wildlife Sanctuary is a 208.5-km2 (80.5-mi2) protected area in the Indian state of Goa in the Western Ghats of South India.
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Mhalsa
Mhalsa (Marathi: म्हाळसा, IAST: Mhāḷasā), also spelled as Mhalasa or Mahalasa, is a Hindu goddess.
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Mid-Day
Mid-Day (stylised as mid-day) is a morning daily Indian compact newspaper. Editions in various languages including Gujarati and English have been published out of Mumbai, Delhi, Bangalore and Pune so far. In 2011, the Delhi and Bangalore editions were closed down. In 2014, Jagran Prakashan shut down the midday Pune edition as well.
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Middle East
The Middle East (term originally coined in English Translations of this term in some of the region's major languages include: translit; translit; translit; script; translit; اوْرتاشرق; Orta Doğu.) is a geopolitical region encompassing the Arabian Peninsula, the Levant, Turkey, Egypt, Iran, and Iraq.
Miramar, Goa
Miramar is the beach area of the Goan capital of Panjim, also known as Panaji and is one of the most visited beaches of Goa.
Mizoram
Mizoram is a state in northeastern India, with Aizawl as its seat of government and largest city. Goa and Mizoram are states and territories established in 1987 and states and union territories of India.
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Mogacho Aunddo
Mogacho Aunddo (Love's Craving) is a 1950 Goan Konkani-language film.
Mogubai Kurdikar
Mogubai Kurdikar (15 July 1904 – 10 February 2001) was a renowned Indian classical vocalist of the Jaipur-Atrauli gharana.
Mollem, Goa
Mollem (pronounced mole; the alphabet m is silent) is a small village in Goa, South India on National Highway 4 near the border with Karnataka in the foothills of the Sahyadri Mountain range at the beginning of Anmod Ghat.
Monsoon
A monsoon is traditionally a seasonal reversing wind accompanied by corresponding changes in precipitation but is now used to describe seasonal changes in atmospheric circulation and precipitation associated with annual latitudinal oscillation of the Intertropical Convergence Zone (ITCZ) between its limits to the north and south of the equator.
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Mopa, Goa
Mopa is a village in Pernem, Goa in India.
Mormugao
Mormugao (Mormugão) is a seaport city situated in the eponymous Mormugao taluka (municipality) of the South district, in the Goa state, India.
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Mormugao Port
Mormugao Port is a port on the western coast of India, in the coastal state of Goa.
Mormugao taluka
Morumugao taluka is an administrative subdivision of South Goa district, Goa state, India, headquartered at Mormugao city.
Motorcycle taxi
A motorcycle taxi, or cart bike or bike taxi, is a licensed form of transport in some countries.
Mridula Sinha
Mridula Sinha (27 November 1942 – 18 November 2020) was an Indian writer and politician who served as Governor of Goa from August 2014 to October 2019.
Mumbai
Mumbai (ISO:; formerly known as Bombay) is the capital city of the Indian state of Maharashtra. Goa and Mumbai are former Portuguese colonies.
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Municipal corporation
Municipal corporation is the legal term for a local governing body, including (but not necessarily limited to) cities, counties, towns, townships, charter townships, villages, and boroughs.
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Municipal council
A municipal council is the legislative body of a municipality or local government area.
Muscat
Muscat (مَسْقَط) is the capital and most populated city in Oman. Goa and Muscat are former Portuguese colonies.
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Museum of Goa
The Museum of Goa (MOG), is a privately owned contemporary art gallery in Pilerne Industrial Estate, near Calangute, Goa, India.
Muslims
Muslims (God) are people who adhere to Islam, a monotheistic religion belonging to the Abrahamic tradition.
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Nagpur–Goa Expressway
The Nagpur–Goa Expressway, also known as the Shaktipeeth Expressway, is an approved long, six-lane access-controlled expressway, which will connect the third-largest city of Maharashtra, Nagpur, with the state of Goa.
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Nanda Lake
Nanda lake is a Ramsar site located in the Indian state of Goa.
Napoleonic Code
The Napoleonic Code, officially the Civil Code of the French (simply referred to as Code civil), is the French civil code established during the French Consulate in 1804 and still in force in France, although heavily and frequently amended since its inception.
Natak
Natak (ناٹک; lit:Drama) is a Pakistani television serial that was first aired on 3 December 2016.
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National Centre for Polar and Ocean Research
The National Centre for Polar and Ocean Research (NCPOR) is an Indian research and development institution, situated in Vasco da Gama, Goa.
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National Commission on Population
National Population Commission (राष्ट्रीय जनसंख्या आयोग) is a commission of the Indian government.
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National Geographic
National Geographic (formerly The National Geographic Magazine, sometimes branded as NAT GEO) is an American monthly magazine published by National Geographic Partners.
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National Highway 366 (India)
National Highway 366 (NH 366) is a National Highway in India.
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National Highway 66 (India)
National Highway 66, commonly referred to as NH 66 (erstwhile NH-17 and a part of NH-47), is a mostly 4 lane 1640 km (1020 miles) long busy National Highway that runs roughly north–south along the western coast of India, parallel to the Western Ghats.
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National Highway 748 (India)
National Highway 748 (NH 748) is a National Highway in India that starts from Belgaum in Karnataka and ends at Panaji in North Goa district.
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National highways of India
The national highways in India are a network of limited access roads owned by the Ministry of Road Transport and Highways.
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National Informatics Centre
The National Informatics Centre (NIC) is a premier Indian government department under the Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology (MeitY).
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National Institute of Oceanography, India
The National Institute of Oceanography, founded on 1 January 1966 as one of 38 constituent laboratories of the CSIR, is a self-governing research organisation in India that conducts scientific research and studies on the unique oceanographic features of the northern Indian Ocean.
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National Institute of Open Schooling
The National Institute of Open Schooling (NIOS), formerly National Open School is a national level board of education in India, controlled and managed by the Government of India.
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National Institute of Technology Goa
National Institute of Technology Goa (also known as NIT Goa or NITG) is an engineering institution in the Indian state of Goa.
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Nationalist Congress Party
The Nationalist Congress Party is one of the state parties in India.
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Naval Aviation Museum (Goa)
The Naval Aviation Museum is a military aviation museum located in Bogmalo, from Vasco da Gama, Goa, India focused on the history of the Indian Naval Air Arm.
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Navaratri
Navaratri is an annual Hindu festival observed in honor of the goddess Durga, an aspect of Adi Parashakti, the supreme goddess.
Netravali Wildlife Sanctuary
Netravali Wildlife Sanctuary is located in South-Eastern Goa, India.
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Neymar
Neymar da Silva Santos Júnior (born 5 February 1992), also known as Neymar Júnior, is a Brazilian professional footballer who plays as an attacking midfielder for Saudi Pro League club Al Hilal and the Brazil national team.
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Nirmon
Nirmon is a 1966 Indian Konkani-language film.
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NITI Aayog
The NITI Aayog (abbreviation for National Institution for Transforming India) serves as the apex public policy think tank of the Government of India, and the nodal agency tasked with catalyzing economic development, and fostering cooperative federalism and moving away from bargaining federalism through the involvement of State Governments of India in the economic policy-making process using a bottom-up approach.
North Goa district
North Goa district is one of the two districts that constitutes the state of Goa, India.
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Novas Conquistas
The Novas Conquistas or "New Conquests" are a group of seven concelhos (municipalities) of Goa and Damaon, officially known as Portuguese India.
O Heraldo
O Heraldo is a century-old English-language broadsheet daily newspaper published in Panaji, the capital of the Indian state of Goa.
O Maria
O Maria is a Konkani language film released in 2010 in Goa, India.
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Old Goa
Old Goa (Konkani:; translation) is a historical site and city situated on the southern banks of the River Mandovi, within the Tiswadi taluka (Ilhas) of North Goa district, in the Indian state of Goa.
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Oman Air
Oman Air (الطيران العماني) is the flag carrier of Oman.
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P. S. Sreedharan Pillai
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Padre Conceicao College of Engineering
Padre Conceição College of Engineering (PCCE) is a private engineering college in Verna, Goa, India, established in 1997.
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Padri (film)
Padri (Konkani:पाद्री/ಪಾದ್ರಿ, translation: Priest) is a 2005 Konkani language film directed by Rajesh Fernandes and produced by Raymond Quadros.
Paleolithic
The Paleolithic or Palaeolithic, also called the Old Stone Age, is a period in human prehistory that is distinguished by the original development of stone tools, and which represents almost the entire period of human prehistoric technology.
Palolem Beach
Palolem Beach is situated in Canacona in southern Goa, India.
Paltadacho Munis
Paltadacho Munis or The Man Beyond the Bridge is an Indian film in Konkani directed by Laxmikant Shetgaonkar.
Panaji
Panaji (Ponnjem,; also known as Panjim) is the capital of the Indian state of Goa and the headquarters of North Goa district.
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Parliament of India
The Parliament of India (IAST) is the supreme legislative body of the Republic of India.
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Parvatibai Chowgule College
Parvatibai Chowgule College of Arts & Science is a college based in the South Goa district of Margao, on the west coast of India.
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Patriarchate of the East Indies
The Titular Patriarch of the East Indies (Patriarcha Indiarum Orientalium; Patriarchatus Indiarum Orientalium for Titular Patriarchate of the East Indies) in the Catholic hierarchy is the title of the Archbishop of Goa and Daman in India; another of his titles is the Primate of the East.
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Patron saint
A patron saint, patroness saint, patron hallow or heavenly protector is a saint who in Catholicism, Lutheranism, Anglicanism, Eastern Orthodoxy and Oriental Orthodoxy is regarded as the heavenly advocate of a nation, place, craft, activity, class, clan, family, or person.
Pernem
Pernem (Peddnne) is a town and a municipal council in North Goa district in the Indian state of Goa.
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Persian language
Persian, also known by its endonym Farsi (Fārsī|), is a Western Iranian language belonging to the Iranian branch of the Indo-Iranian subdivision of the Indo-European languages.
Petroglyph
A petroglyph is an image created by removing part of a rock surface by incising, picking, carving, or abrading, as a form of rock art.
Pharmacy
Pharmacy is the science and practice of discovering, producing, preparing, dispensing, reviewing and monitoring medications, aiming to ensure the safe, effective, and affordable use of medicines.
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Pillion
A pillion is a secondary pad, cushion, or seat behind the main seat or saddle on a horse, motorcycle, bicycle or moped.
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Ponda taluka
Ponda taluka is a subdivision of the district of north Goa, in the Indian state of Goa.
Ponda, Goa
Ponda (translit; Pondá), is a city and a municipal council in the South Goa district of Goa, India.
Pork
Pork is the culinary name for the meat of the pig (Sus domesticus).
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Portugal
Portugal, officially the Portuguese Republic, is a country located on the Iberian Peninsula in Southwestern Europe, whose territory also includes the Macaronesian archipelagos of the Azores and Madeira.
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Portuguese architecture
Portuguese architecture refers to both the architecture of Portugal's modern-day territory in Continental Portugal, the Azores and Madeira, as well as the architectural heritage/patrimony of Portuguese architects and styles throughout the world, particularly in countries formerly part of the Portuguese Empire.
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Portuguese conquest of Goa
The Portuguese conquest of Goa occurred when the governor Afonso de Albuquerque captured the city in 1510 from the Adil Shahis.
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Portuguese cuisine
The oldest known book on Portuguese cuisine, entitled Livro de Cozinha da Infanta D. Maria de Portugal, from the 16th century, describes many popular dishes of meat, fish, poultry and others.
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Portuguese discovery of the sea route to India
The Portuguese discovery of the sea route to India was the first recorded trip directly from Europe to the Indian subcontinent, via the Cape of Good Hope.
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Portuguese India
The State of India (Estado da Índia), also referred as the Portuguese State of India (Estado Português da India, EPI) or simply Portuguese India (Índia Portuguesa), was a state of the Portuguese Empire founded six years after the discovery of a sea route to the Indian subcontinent by Vasco da Gama, a subject of the Kingdom of Portugal. Goa and Portuguese India are former Portuguese colonies and India–Portugal relations.
Portuguese language
Portuguese (português or, in full, língua portuguesa) is a Western Romance language of the Indo-European language family originating from the Iberian Peninsula of Europe.
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Porvorim
Porvorim (pronounced), is the de facto legislative and executive capital of the state of Goa as both the Goa Legislative Assembly and Secretariat are functioning from the same complex in the region of Alto Porvorim in porvorim.(Alto – Portuguese word meaning high or upper).
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Pramod Sawant
Pramod Pandurang Sawant (born Pramod Panduronga Sawant; 24 April 1973) is an Indian politician and ayurveda medical practitioner, who is serving as the 11th and current Chief Minister of Goa since 2019.
President of India
The president of India (IAST) is the head of state of the Republic of India.
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President's rule
In India, President's (or Governor’s) rule is the suspension of state government and imposition of direct Union government rule in a state.
Primate (bishop)
Primate is a title or rank bestowed on some important archbishops in certain Christian churches.
Privateer
A privateer is a private person or vessel which engages in maritime warfare under a commission of war.
Professional degree
A professional degree, formerly known in the US as a first professional degree, is a degree that prepares someone to work in a particular profession, practice, or industry sector often meeting the academic requirements for licensure or accreditation.
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Public transport
Public transport (also known as public transportation, public transit, mass transit, or simply transit) is a system of transport for passengers by group travel systems available for use by the general public unlike private transport, typically managed on a schedule, operated on established routes, and that may charge a posted fee for each trip.
Pune
Pune, previously spelled in English as Poona (the official name until 1978), is a city in Maharashtra state in the Deccan plateau in Western India.
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Qatar Airways
Qatar Airways Company Q.C.S.C. (الخطوط الجوية القطرية, al-Qaṭariyya), operating as Qatar Airways, is the flag carrier of Qatar.
Quepem
Quepem (Kepem) is a town with a municipal council in South Goa district in the Indian state of Goa.
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Radio broadcasting
Radio broadcasting is the broadcasting of audio (sound), sometimes with related metadata, by radio waves to radio receivers belonging to a public audience.
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Radiocarbon dating
Radiocarbon dating (also referred to as carbon dating or carbon-14 dating) is a method for determining the age of an object containing organic material by using the properties of radiocarbon, a radioactive isotope of carbon.
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Rail transport
Rail transport (also known as train transport) is a means of transport using wheeled vehicles running in tracks, which usually consist of two parallel steel rails.
Rajya Sabha
The Rajya Sabha (lit: "States' Assembly"), also known as the Council of States, is the upper house of the bicameral Parliament of India.
Ramayana
The Ramayana (translit-std), also known as Valmiki Ramayana, as traditionally attributed to Valmiki, is a smriti text (also described as a Sanskrit epic) from ancient India, one of the two important epics of Hinduism known as the Itihasas, the other being the Mahabharata.
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Rashtrakutas
Rashtrakuta (IAST) (r. 753 – 982 CE) was a royal Indian dynasty ruling large parts of the Indian subcontinent between the 6th and 10th centuries.
Referendum
A referendum (referendums or less commonly referenda) is a direct vote by the electorate on a proposal, law, or political issue.
Registrar General and Census Commissioner of India
Registrar General and Census Commissioner of India, founded in 1961 by the Government of India Ministry of Home Affairs, for arranging, conducting and analysing the results of the demographic surveys of India including Census of India and Linguistic Survey of India.
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Reis Magos
Reis Magos is a village located on the northern bank of the Mandovi River in Bardez, Goa, opposite to the capital city of Panjim.
Reliance Communications
Reliance Communications Limited (RCOM) was an Indian mobile network provider headquartered in Navi Mumbai, Maharashtra that offered voice and 2G and 3G and 4G data services.
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Rock art
In archaeology, rock arts are human-made markings placed on natural surfaces, typically vertical stone surfaces.
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Roger Crowley
Roger Crowley (born 1951) is a British historian and author known for his books on maritime and Mediterranean history.
Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Goa and Daman
The Roman Catholic Metropolitan Archdiocese of Goa and Daman (Archidioecesis Goanae et Damanensis, Gõy ani Damanv Mha-Dhormprant, Arquidiocese de Goa e Damão) encompasses the Goa state and the Damaon territory in the Konkan region, by the west coast of India.
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Royal Challengers Bangalore
Royal Challengers Bangalore (RCB), officially known as Royal Challengers Bengaluru, are a professional cricket franchise based in Bangalore, Karnataka, competing in the Indian Premier League (IPL).
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Rubidium–strontium dating
The rubidium-strontium dating method (Rb-Sr) is a radiometric dating technique, used by scientists to determine the age of rocks and minerals from their content of specific isotopes of rubidium (87Rb) and strontium (87Sr, 86Sr).
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Saint Paul's College, Goa
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Sal River (India)
The Sal River is a river in Salcete, in the Indian state of Goa.
Salcete taluka
Salcete or Salcette (Konkani: Saxtti/Xaxtti) is a subdivision of the district of South Goa, in the state of Goa, situated by the west coast of India.
Salgaocar FC
Salgaocar Football Club (formerly Salgaocar Sporting Club) is an Indian professional football club based in Vasco, Goa.
Salim Ali Bird Sanctuary
Salim Ali Bird Sanctuary is an estuarine mangrove habitat, which is declared as the bird sanctuary, and located on western tip of the Island of Chorão along the Mandovi River, Goa, in India.
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Samir Subash Naik
Samir Subash Naik (born 8 August 1979) is an Indian football coach and former professional footballer who played as a defender for Dempo, and India.
Samosa
A samosa from the Persian word Sambosag (سنبوسگ) (Meaning triangular pastry) is a fried South Asian and Middle Eastern snack, It is a pastry with a savoury filling, mostly vegetables, spiced potatoes, onions, peas, also non-vegetarian meat, or fish.
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Sanguem
Sanguem is a city and a municipal council in South Goa district in the Indian state of Goa.
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Sanna (dish)
A sanna (सान्नां) is a spongy, steamed, and savoury unfilled dumpling originally made of red rice, black lentil and coconut in the Konkan region, by the western coast of the Indian subcontinent.
Sanquelim
Sanquelim or Sankhali is a town and municipal council in North Goa district in the Indian state of Goa.
Sarapatel
Sarapatel, or Sorpotel, is a dish of Portuguese origin now commonly cooked in the Konkan—primarily Goa, Mangalore, and Bombay—the erstwhile Estado da Índia Portuguesa colony.
Satavahana dynasty
The Satavahanas (Sādavāhana or Sātavāhana, IAST), also referred to as the Andhras (also Andhra-bhṛtyas or Andhra-jatiyas) in the Puranas, were an ancient Indian dynasty.
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Satellite dish
A satellite dish is a dish-shaped type of parabolic antenna designed to receive or transmit information by radio waves to or from a communication satellite.
Satellite television
Satellite television is a service that delivers television programming to viewers by relaying it from a communications satellite orbiting the Earth directly to the viewer's location.
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Sattari taluka
Sattari (Konkani: Sot'tori; IPA) is a ''taluka'' of North Goa district in the state of Goa, India.
São José de Areal
São José de Areal is a village in Salcete, Goa.
SC de Goa
Sporting Clube de Goa (simply known as Sporting Goa and abbreviated as SCG) is an Indian professional football club based in Panaji, Goa.
Science
Science is a strict systematic discipline that builds and organizes knowledge in the form of testable hypotheses and predictions about the world.
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Shanta Durga Temple
Shri Shantadurga Temple is a Hindu temple, belonging to the Goud Saraswat Brahman Samaj located from Panaji at the foothill of Kavalem village in Ponda Taluka, Goa, India.
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Sharada Mandir School
Sharada Mandir School is a private nursery to higher secondary co-educational school in Miramar, Panaji, Goa, India.
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Sharjah
Sharjah (ٱلشَّارقَة, Gulf Arabic: aš-Šārja) is the third-most populous city in the United Arab Emirates, after Dubai and Abu Dhabi.
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Shigmo
Shimgo, or Shishirotsava is a spring festival celebrated in the Indian state of Goa, where it is one of the major festivals of the Hindu community.
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Shikha Pandey
Squadron Leader (retired) Shikha Subas Pandey (born 12 May 1989) is an Indian cricketer and former officer in the Indian Air Force (IAF).
Shilahara
The Shilahara/Shelara Kingdom (IAST: Śilāhāra; also Shelara, Selara, Shilara, Silara) was a royal dynasty that established itself in northern and southern Konkan in 8th century CE, present-day Mumbai and Southern Maharashtra (Kolhapur) during the Rashtrakuta period.
Shri Damodar Sansthaan, Goa
Shri Damodar Temple Zambaulim or Shri Damodara Sansthaan is a Hindu temple on the bank of the Kushawati River near the village of Zambaulim 22 km from the city of Margao on the border of Quepem region (Quepem taluk) in the south of Goa.
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Sikhism
Sikhism, also known as Sikhi (ਸਿੱਖੀ,, from translit), is a monotheistic religion and philosophy, that originated in the Punjab region of India around the end of the 15th century CE.
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Sikhs
Sikhs (singular Sikh: or; sikkh) are an ethnoreligious group who adhere to Sikhism, a religion that originated in the late 15th century in the Punjab region of the Indian subcontinent, based on the revelation of Guru Nanak.
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Sikkim
Sikkim is a state in northeastern India. Goa and Sikkim are states and union territories of India.
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Silvassa
Silvassa is a city and the headquarters of the Dadra and Nagar Haveli district in Union territory of Dadra and Nagar Haveli and Daman and Diu in western India.
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Sonsogor
Sonsogor is the highest peak in the state of Goa, India, at an elevation of above sea level.
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South Goa district
South Goa district is one of two districts that together constiitue the state of Goa, India, within the region known as the Konkan.
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South Western Railway zone
The South Western Railway (SWR) is one of the 19 railway zones in India, headquartered at Hubballi in Karnataka State.
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Special economic zone
A special economic zone (SEZ) is an area in which the business and trade laws are different from the rest of the country.
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Spice
In the culinary arts, a spice is any seed, fruit, root, bark, or other plant substance in a form primarily used for flavoring or coloring food.
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SpiceJet
SpiceJet is an Indian low-cost airline headquartered in Gurgaon, Haryana.
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State Domestic Product
State Domestic Product, or SDP, is the total value of goods and services produced during any financial year within the geographical boundaries of a state.
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States and union territories of India
India is a federal union comprising 28 states and 8 union territories, for a total of 36 entities.
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Steamboat
A steamboat is a boat that is propelled primarily by steam power, typically driving propellers or paddlewheels.
Sultanate of Bijapur
The Sultanate of Bijapur was an early modern kingdom in the western Deccan and South India, ruled by the Adil Shahi or Adilshahi dynasty.
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Supreme Court of India
The Supreme Court of India (ISO: Bhārata kā Sarvōcca Nyāyālaya) is the supreme judicial authority and the highest court of the Republic of India.
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Suyash Prabhudessai
Suyash S Prabhudessai (born 6 December 1997) is an Indian cricketer from Goa who plays for Goa in domestic matches and for the Royal Challengers Bengaluru in the Indian Premier League (IPL).
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Taleigão
Taleigão, or Platô de Taleigão, is a neighborhood located in the southern part of the city of Panaji, the capital of the Indian state of Goa.
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Tarun Bharat
Tarun Bharat ("Young India") is a Marathi newspaper based in Belagavi, India.
Tata Docomo
Tata Docomo was an Indian mobile network operator, a wholly owned subsidiary of Tata Teleservices deriving its name from NTT Docomo who invested in the company in 2008.
Tata Play
Tata Play is an Indian Subscription based Satellite television (DTH) service provider using MPEG-4 digital compression technology, transmitting using INSAT-4A GSAT-10 and GSAT-24 satellites.
Tehsil
A tehsil (also known as tahsil, taluk, or taluka) is a local unit of administrative division in India and Pakistan.
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Telenor
Telenor ASA is a Norwegian majority state-owned multinational telecommunications company headquartered at Fornebu in Bærum, close to Oslo.
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Television channel
A television channel, or TV channel, is a terrestrial frequency or virtual number over which a television station or television network is distributed.
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Telugu language
Telugu (తెలుగు|) is a Dravidian language native to the Indian states of Andhra Pradesh and Telangana, where it is also the official language.
Terekhol River
The Terekhol or Tiracol River is a river in western India.
Terminalia elliptica
Terminalia elliptica (sin. Terminalia tormentosa) is a species of Terminalia native to southern and southeast Asia in India, Nepal, Bangladesh, Myanmar, Thailand, Laos, Cambodia, and Vietnam.
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The Economic Times
The Economic Times is an Indian English-language business-focused daily newspaper.
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The Hindu
The Hindu is an Indian English-language daily newspaper owned by The Hindu Group, headquartered in Chennai, Tamil Nadu.
The Indian Express
The Indian Express is an English-language Indian daily newspaper founded in 1932 by Ramnath Goenka with an investment by capitalist partner Raja Mohan Prasad.
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The King's School, Goa
The Kings School is an English-medium co-educational school in Mugalli, Goa.
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The Navhind Times
The Navhind Times is an English language newspaper in Goa.
The Times of India
The Times of India, also known by its abbreviation TOI, is an Indian English-language daily newspaper and digital news media owned and managed by The Times Group.
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Tiatr
is a type of musical theatre that is popular in the state of Goa on the west coast of India, as well as in Mumbai and among expatriate communities in the Middle East, United Kingdom, and other cities with a significant presence of Konkani speakers.
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Timoji
Timoji (also Timoja or Timmayya) was a privateer who served the Vijayanagara Empire and the Portuguese Empire, in the first decade of the 16th century.
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Tiswadi taluka
Tiswadi, formerly known as Ilhas, is a ''taluka'' in the district of North Goa, situated in the Indian coastal state of Goa.
Tropical forest
Tropical forests are forested ecoregions with tropical climates – that is, land areas approximately bounded by the tropics of Cancer and Capricorn, but possibly affected by other factors such as prevailing winds.
Tropical monsoon climate
An area of tropical monsoon climate (occasionally known as a sub-equatorial, tropical wet climate or a tropical monsoon and trade-wind littoral climate) is a tropical climate subtype that corresponds to the Köppen climate classification category Am.
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Ujwaadu
Ujwaadu is a 2011 Konkani film directed by Kasargod Chinna and produced by KJ Dhananjaya and Anuradha Padiyar as the third film ever produced in the GSB Konkani language and attempts to showcase Konkani Saraswatha tradition and culture.
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Unicameralism
Unicameralism (from uni- "one" + Latin camera "chamber") is a type of legislature consisting of one house or assembly that legislates and votes as one.
Union territory
A union territory is a type of administrative division in the Republic of India. Goa and union territory are states and union territories of India.
United Goans Democratic Party
United Goans Democratic Party (UGDP) is one of two formerly dominant political parties in the Indian state of Goa.
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United Goans Party
The United Goans Party is a political party in state of Goa.
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United Kingdom
The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, commonly known as the United Kingdom (UK) or Britain, is a country in Northwestern Europe, off the coast of the continental mainland.
Unity World Cup
The Unity World Cup is an international football competition contested by Christian national men's teams.
University
A university is an institution of higher (or tertiary) education and research which awards academic degrees in several academic disciplines.
Urdu
Urdu (اُردُو) is an Indo-Aryan language spoken chiefly in South Asia.
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Usgalimal rock engravings
Usgalimal rock engravings or Usgalimal petroglyphs at Usgalimal village, in South Goa, is one of the most important prehistoric sites in Western India.
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Valpoi
Valpoi or Valpoy (Vallpoi, pronounced) is a city and a municipal council in North Goa district in the Indian state of Goa.
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Vasco da Gama, Goa
Vasco da Gama, often shortened to Vasco, is a city in the state of Goa on the west coast of India.
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Vasco SC
Clube de Desportos Vasco da Gama (simply known as both Vasco Sports Club, and Vasco SC) is an Indian professional football club based in Vasco da Gama, Goa, part of the same named multi-sports club.
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Vassal
A vassal or liege subject is a person regarded as having a mutual obligation to a lord or monarch, in the context of the feudal system in medieval Europe.
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Vastu shastra
Originating in ancient India, Vastu Shastra (वास्तु शास्त्र, – literally "science of architecture") is a traditional Hindu system of architecture based on ancient texts that describe principles of design, layout, measurements, ground preparation, space arrangement, and spatial geometry.
Vauraddeancho Ixtt
Vauraddeancho Ixtt (Workers' Friend) is a Goan weekly magazine in Romi Konkani.
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Vedanta Limited
Vedanta Limited is an Indian multinational mining company headquartered in Mumbai, with its main operations in iron ore, gold and aluminium mines in Goa, Karnataka, Rajasthan and Odisha.
Velhas Conquistas
The Velhas Conquistas or "Old Conquests" are a grouping of the areas in Goa which were incorporated into Portuguese India in the early half of the sixteenth century AD.
Verve (Indian magazine)
Verve is one of India's premier and home-grown, English-language digital luxury and lifestyle magazines for women.
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Vijayanagara Empire
The Vijayanagara Empire was a late medieval Hindu empire that ruled much of southern India.
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Vindaloo
Vindaloo or Vindalho is an Indian curry dish, originally from Vasai and Goa. It is based on the Portuguese dish carne de vinha d'alhos.
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Vinegar
Vinegar is an aqueous solution of acetic acid and trace compounds that may include flavorings.
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Vodafone India
Vodafone India Limited was the Indian subsidiary of UK-based Vodafone Group and was a provider of telecommunications services in India with its operational head office in Mumbai.
West Bengal
West Bengal (Bengali: Poshchim Bongo,, abbr. WB) is a state in the eastern portion of India. Goa and West Bengal are states and union territories of India.
Western Chalukya Empire
The Western Chalukya Empire ruled most of the western Deccan Plateau in South India between the 10th and 12th centuries AD.
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Western culture
Western culture, also known as Western civilization, European civilization, Occidental culture, or Western society, includes the diverse heritages of social norms, ethical values, traditional customs, belief systems, political systems, artifacts and technologies of the Western world.
Western Ghats
The Western Ghats, also known as the Sahyadri, is a mountain range that stretches along the western coast of the Indian peninsula.
Western Satraps
The Western Satraps, or Western Kshatrapas (Brahmi:, Mahakṣatrapa, "Great Satraps") were Indo-Scythian (Saka) rulers of the western and central parts of India (extending from Saurashtra in the south and Malwa in the east, covering modern-day Sindh, Gujarat, Maharashtra, Rajasthan and Madhya Pradesh states), between 35 and 415 CE.
World Heritage Site
World Heritage Sites are landmarks and areas with legal protection by an international convention administered by UNESCO for having cultural, historical, or scientific significance.
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World Meteorological Organization
The World Meteorological Organization (WMO) is a specialized agency of the United Nations responsible for promoting international cooperation on atmospheric science, climatology, hydrology and geophysics.
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Xacuti
Xacuti (शागोती Shāgōtī) is a curry prepared in Goa, India, with complex spicing, including white poppy seeds, sliced onions, toasted grated coconut, and large dried red chillies.
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Yusuf Adil Shah
Yusuf Adil Shah (1450–1510), referred as Yusuf Adil Khan or Hidalcão by the Portuguese, was the founder of the Adil Shahi dynasty that ruled the Sultanate of Bijapur for nearly two centuries.
Zamindar
A zamindar in the Indian subcontinent was an autonomous or semi-autonomous feudal ruler of a zamindari (feudal estate).
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Zuari River
The Zuari River Zuvari, pronounced) is the largest river in the state of Goa, India. It is a tidal river which originates at Hemad-Barshem in the Western Ghats. The Zuari is also referred to as the Aghanashani in the interior regions. It flows in a south-westerly direction through the talukas of Tiswadi, Ponda, Mormugao, Salcete, Sanguem and Quepem.
2017 FIFA U-17 World Cup
The 2017 FIFA U-17 World Cup was the 17th FIFA U-17 World Cup, a biennial international football tournament contested by men's under-17 national teams.
See Goa and 2017 FIFA U-17 World Cup
2017 Goa Legislative Assembly election
: The Goa Legislative Assembly election, 2017 was held on February 4, 2017 to elect the 40 members of the Seventh Goa Legislative Assembly, as the term of Sixth Legislative Assembly ended on March 18, 2017.
See Goa and 2017 Goa Legislative Assembly election
2022 FIFA U-17 Women's World Cup
The 2022 FIFA U-17 Women's World Cup was the 7th edition of the FIFA U-17 Women's World Cup, the multinational–international women's youth football championship, contested by the under-17 national teams of the member associations of FIFA, since its inception in 2008.
See Goa and 2022 FIFA U-17 Women's World Cup
92.7 Big FM
BIG FM is one of India’s largest radio networks that broadcasts primarily at 92.7 MHz.
See also
1987 establishments in India
- Akash Ganga
- Ambala railway division
- Arunachal Pradesh
- Board for Industrial and Financial Reconstruction
- Daman and Diu
- Goa
- HFCL
- HVJ Gas Pipeline
- Jan Morcha
- Janata Dal (Ajit)
- Kuvempu University
- MARCOS
- Nabakrushna Choudhury Centre for Development Studies
- National Standard Examination in Astronomy
- National Standard Examination in Junior Science
- Ninth Finance Commission
- Shaheed Sukhdev College of Business Studies
Former exclaves
- Ada Kaleh
- Albany, Western Australia
- Bielino, Warsaw
- Chełm Land
- Colón, Panama
- Comtat Venaissin
- Counties (Detached Parts) Act 1844
- Cromartyshire
- District of Maine
- District of Pilten
- Duchy of Wizna
- East Pakistan
- East Prussia
- Eldership of Spisz
- Elxleben, Ilm-Kreis
- Enclave of Police
- Evenlode
- Exclaves of West Berlin in East Germany
- Gdańsk
- Goa
- Gwadar
- Ifni
- Lado Enclave
- List of county exclaves in England and Wales 1844–1974
- Lost Dakota
- Mount Scopus
- Ostheim
- Pale of Calais
- Pomerania-Stettin
- Posen–West Prussia
- Principality of Birkenfeld
- Province of 13 Szepes Towns
- Queen's Nympton
- Shropshire (Detached)
- Spiš Castle
- Treaty Ports (Ireland)
- Tychowo
- Verenahof
- Walvis Bay
- Welsh Bicknor
- West Pakistan
- Westerplatte
- York County, Massachusetts
- Zabieżki
- Zadar
India–Portugal relations
- Annexation of Dadra and Nagar Haveli
- Dadra and Nagar Haveli
- Dadra and Nagar Haveli and Daman and Diu
- Daman and Diu
- Goa
- Goa liberation movement
- Goa, Daman and Diu
- India–Portugal relations
- Portuguese India
States and territories established in 1987
- Aerican Empire
- Akwa Ibom State
- Arunachal Pradesh
- Attica (region)
- Central Greece (administrative region)
- Central Macedonia
- Cilegon
- Daman and Diu
- Eastern Macedonia and Thrace
- Epirus (region)
- Goa
- Ibiono-Ibom
- Ionian Islands (region)
- Itu, Nigeria
- Katsina State
- Lezíria do Tejo
- Mizoram
- North Aegean
- Peloponnese (region)
- People's Democratic Republic of Ethiopia
- San Juan de Rontoy District
- Solovetsky District
- South Aegean
- Western Greece
- Western Macedonia
States and union territories of India
- Andaman and Nicobar Islands
- Andhra Pradesh
- Arunachal Pradesh
- Assam
- Bihar
- Chandigarh
- Chhattisgarh
- Dadra and Nagar Haveli and Daman and Diu
- Goa
- Gujarat
- Haryana
- Himachal Pradesh
- Jammu and Kashmir (union territory)
- Jharkhand
- Karnataka
- Kerala
- Ladakh
- Lakshadweep
- Madhya Pradesh
- Maharashtra
- Manipur
- Meghalaya
- Mizoram
- Nagaland
- Odisha
- Puducherry (union territory)
- Punjab, India
- Rajasthan
- Sikkim
- States and union territories of India
- Tamil Nadu
- Telangana
- Tripura
- Union territories of India
- Union territory
- Uttar Pradesh
- Uttarakhand
- West Bengal
References
[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Goa
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