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    The Novas Conquistas or "New Conquests" are a group of seven concelhos (municipalities) of Goa and Damaon, officially known as Portuguese India. They were...
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    The Novas Conquistas or New Conquests are the outer periphery of Goa, surrounding Velha Conquistas and bordering the erstwhile British India. Novas Conquistas...
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    residents.) There is a higher proportion of Christians in Velhas Conquistas than in Novas Conquistas. Christianity is the second largest religious grouping of...
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    make up the Novas Conquistas (New Conquests), territories added to Goa comparatively later than the first three of the Velhas Conquistas (Old Conquests)...
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    taken from the newly built temples in the Novas Conquistas to their original sites in the Velhas Conquistas. In 2022, the Goa government announced plans...
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    Goa. These territories were acquired by the Portuguese as part of Novas Conquistas (New Conquest) in the late 18th century. They remained with the Portuguese...
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  • Sub-District, North Goa in the state of Goa, India. It is located in the Novas Conquistas region of the state. Marcel was founded by the Portuguese, in 1783...
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    parochial church of Aldona. The fort fell into disuse after the success of Novas Conquistas, as it had lost its purpose as a border defense. The fort also has...
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    and the Bhonslas/ Mahrattas of Silvassa, which became known as the Novas Conquistas. By order of the Marquis de Pombal, the Jesuits were expelled from...
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  • near the northern borders of Goa close to Maharashtra and parts of Novas Conquistas (lit. new conquests). This is due to the influx of ethnic Marathi people...
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    Location of South Goa district in Goa Red: Velhas Conquistas (old Portuguese conquests) Pink: Novas Conquistas (new Portuguese conquests) Yellow: District Capital...
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    under Portuguese administration since the sixteenth century; and the Novas Conquistas (New Conquests)—Bicholim, Canacona, Pernem, Quepem, Sattari, and Sanguem—territories...
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    e Vasconcelos against the Bhonsles at Tiracol. It was part of the Novas Conquistas or "New Conquests" campaigns. Due to persistent raids by the Bhonsles...
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    Empire British East India Company Portuguese Victory Start of Novas Conquistas Novas Conquistas (1729–1789) Siege of Alorna Siege of Tiracol  Kingdom of Mysore...
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    occupied a higher status due to the century-long Maratha rule of the Novas Conquistas that preceded Portuguese rule of those areas. Konkani was spoken by...
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    by Abdulla Hakim into the Velhas Conquistas. In 1659, Abdulla Hakim led the Bijapur forces into the Velhas Conquistas. However, Luís de Mendonça Furtado...
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    captured the fort and massacred its garrison. After the annexation of the Novas Conquistas, the fort lost its military purpose. It was abandoned in 1811 by decree...
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  • povoacoes rurais das Novas Conquistas, Primeira Conferencia Sanitaria de Goa, Panjim, 1914. Also in Boletim Geral de Medecina e Farmacia, Nova Goa, 1914. Alguns...
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    recommendation. On 17 November 2003, Santos FC opened the Memorial das Conquistas, a place inside the stadium as the club memorial, containing trophies...
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    May 1739, the saffron flag flew atop Baçaim. First Anglo-Maratha War Novas Conquistas Portuguese India Siege of Alorna Siege of Tiracol "[FortsMaharashtra]...
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    Pernem is counted as belonging to one of the two Goan sub-regions, the Novas Conquistas, or New Conquests. It was taken over, lost, and finally regained from...
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    Portuguese India would triple from 1713 to 1788, in an era known as the Novas Conquistas (New Conquests). The declining importance of Portuguese India resulted...
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    North Goa district in the state of Goa, India. It is located in the Novas Conquistas region of the state. Show zoomed out Show zoomed mid Show zoomed in...
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    reconquer an area from Pernem to Canacona. This territory formed the Novas Conquistas, within the boundaries of present-day Goa. Following the Battle of...
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    border against the Bijapur Sultanate. After the incorporation of the Novas Conquistas regions, the fort lost its sole and primary purpose and it was subsequently...
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  • notary public), then on a posting to Damão, and then in Bicholim in the Novas Conquistas, where he worked for the rest of his life. He was a keen hunter (which...
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  • father Pedro Joaquim de Miranda was the Fiscal Administrador of the Novas Conquistas. His descendant is the famous cartoonist Mario Miranda Sassoon, of...
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  • most famously the idol of Shri Ramnath in what was later known as the Novas Conquistas (New Conquests). Those who chose to remain behind had to embrace Christianity...
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  • 1747, p.15 Meirelles, 1747, p.20 Manoel A. de Meirelles: Relação da conquista das praças de Alorna, Bicholim, Avaro, Morly, Satarem, Tiracol, e Rary...
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  • Hindu Konkani which was originally the speech of the Hindus from the Novas Conquistas, but it is now spoken by Hindus all over Goa with minor variations...
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