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Statue of a Goan Manuel Antonio De Sousa at Mapusa.
Appriximately this statue was erected 2 years before 19.12.1961 by the Portuguese Government of Goa to project how Portuguese Government respect Goans. Before erecting this statue there was a big "Vhoddache Zadd" there. Portuguese Government of Goa wanted to clear that area of this big tree, contracts were awarded to the local Hindus, some contractors accepted while others refused because it was considered by them as holy place as there were lot of poisonous Snakes there. Those contractors who accepted the contract of cutting that tree into pieces suffered inuries and deaths to their employees. Then everyone got afraid and gave up. Finally, Portuguese Government of Goa entrusted that task of cutting that tree to Portuguese military. While doing this hazardous job some of the military personnel, negroes and whites died but never gave up. It is said before military power even the power of devil disappears. I as a small boy have seen this mission of Portuguese military personnel cutting that tree and they had advanced weapons of cutting the tree, the cutting blades were of different nature than what our traditional labourers used. After fulfilling this mission the road was broadened and at the centre that statue of Goan was erected.
This statue was destroyed in the bombing mission about 4 days before 19.12.1961. Portuguese Government declared that it was bombed by the Indian Satyagris or Bharati people who wanted to invade Goa. By declaring thus the Portuguese Government wanted to defame Bharati Government of Nehru, that is, to tell Goans how anti-Goan Bharati Government is. But it was also given an impression that the said statue was purposely bombed by the Portuguese military intelligence service from Mapusa Police Station to create a scene that it was Bharati Government that has done that ugly job of destroying the monument of a Goan. Hence, Bharati Government is anti Goan. That was the motive of Portuguese Government of Goa on this matter as it was rumoured then. We also had a very good lesson on this man in Historia de Portugal during my last scholastic year in Portuguese in 1961.
After Goa went into the clutches of Bharat, Goans were simply made to adore Gandhiji and other Indian leaders and Goans like real slaves accepted everything Delhi said and everything Congress of Nehru wanted to do. Now in that place in Mapusa Gandiji's monument is lying, elsewhere in Margao a Maidan was named after Loya, elsewhere one soccer ground was named after Dr. Rajendra Prasad and somewhere else something else as if there were no nationalistic minded and patriotic Goans who fought for the cause of Goa and India. I still feel Gandhiji's statue should be removed from there and in its place Goan's statue should be erected. Gandhiji was not the leader of Goa, nor Dr. Rajendra Prasad. They are foreign to us, to our culture, tradition and history. This does not mean that I am anti-Gandhiji but I like to speak my mind freely for which I am sure even Gandhiji would agree. By erecting Gandhiji's monuments everywhere we are making mockery of Gandhiji's principles who shunned publicity and propaganda of his works. In one way we are erecting Gandhiji's monuments and on the other side we are trampling his principles and doctrine under our feet is like disgracing the fair name of Gandhiji. Currently Gandhiji is become irrelevant in our day to day life. Ghandiji is become so irrelevant now that in few years time the next generation will do exactly what birds are doing on the head of Gandiji's statue.
A. Veronica Fernandes, Kuwait.
From: "Teotonio R. de Souza" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: [Goanet]RE: Manuel Antonio de Sousa Date: Fri, 19 Dec 2003 09:26:16 +0000 (Hora padrão de Greenwich)
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Dear Bernado Colaco,
My interest is only in a photo-image of MAS while still on pedestal. I am not interested in "mouthfoolish" opinions. I shall try to contact Eng. F. Monteiro. Thank you for the suggestion. Is he contactable by e-mail?
Teotonio R. de Souza
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From: =?iso-8859-1?q?Bernado=20Colaco?= <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: [Goanet]Manuel Antonio de Sousa
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
>
> Some months ago this Mapusa-born Goan who became a
> celebrity in Colonial
> Mozambique at the end of the 19th century and was
> killed in a skirmish
> in 1991 after being caught by the British South
> African Police was
> mentioned on goanet. The Portuguese had tried to
> project him as a
> role-model for the Goans on the eve of Goa's
> liberation by erecting a
> statue for him in his home town. The place is
> occupied by Mahatma
> Gandhi's statue. Does anyone recall the exact dates
> when the statue of
> Manuel Antonio de Sousa was installed and blown-up?
> Could anyone do me
> the favour of sending a digitalized image of the
> statue? Possibly the
> local newspapers had it on their front pages on the
> inauguration day?
>
TRS,
The info was posted by me. Why did the bharatis blow
up his statue? Please contact Eng. F. Monteiro in
Lisbon for further news. But not blame me if you get
more than a mouthful.
Colaco
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