Re: [GRN] Re: Question on veracity of a brief

['Ivan Pereira' via Goa-Research-Net]

There r 2 resource centres in Lisbonne, Portugal, that have many original documents.  1. Goa house on the cobbled streets near the River Tagus.  2. A small library of the Govt of Portugal further down the street dedicated to Goa-Portugal relations.  Many of the original documents may have been moved to the University of Lisbonne, up the road & near the Edward VII monument, which was the intent.  Many of Salazar period documentation is also at the U of Goa.  I have spent time at all 3 locations, almost 3 months in Lisbonne in the libraries there.  Most documents are in Portuguese, many in English. There has been a translation project in place.  Relatively crude internet translations are available in Portugal & Europe as documents become fully available online with a university library card, or international library card at cost. I can access from Montreal.  Browse Portugal websites, & e-mail libraries for info re. resources available online. Visiting in person makes a huge difference, tho Portugal has become expensive.  My interests have moved away from this topic.  There r issues re. Nehru’s intervention, the paratroopers inexplicably dropped at midnight around the Cathedral of Dom Jesu, & the claim that Salazar wanted to move SFX’s body to Portugal.  He gave 3 orders to the last Governor of Goa, including that.  A WW1 hero, the Portuguese General refused to do all 3.  He passed away decades later at over 90.  I met him in Lisbonne at a meeting he attended.  Kind gentleman.  When India & Portugal reinstated diplomatic relations, the Goa delegation asked that the General’s WW1 medals be reinstated, & he be given full honours for how he handled the last days.  That was done as part of the agreements, & new cultural ties.  I am sure Frederick Noronha is aware of the above, as he is a meticulous researcher from Saligao, which has given Goa a large share of its intellectuals. I have been to his house on the main road.  Whenever I visit Goa, a trip to the Saligao Church from Calangute (my grandma on my mum’s side is from Gauravaddo) is always on my ‘itinerary’.  ☮️🌻🙏🏽  - Ivan D.  Ivan D. Pereira  On Apr 12, 2023, at 01:36, fredericknoronha <fredericknoro...@gmail.com> wrote: That's the "official version". John Menezes' book, mentioned recently in these columns, gives some insight into the less-noticed and unpublicised diplomacy underway between New Delhi and Lisbon, especially between the 1940s and the 1960s. For obvious reasons, this is a little-studied area, and in each place the formal version has long held sway. FN On Wednesday, 12 April 2023 at 05:19:48 UTC+5:30 Martins, Lynette wrote: Dear all, In my research, I find myself stumbling along trying to collect any interesting and potentially relevant facts. Earlier today I came across this site which seemed to be quite informative but lacked any sources. I apologize if anyone has posted this before, but would any of you be able to 1) verify the accuracy of this brief or point me to credible sources 2) suggest a repository of all things related to the history of Goa?   Here is the location online of the brief Brief_on_India-Portugal_Relations_Dec_31_2018.pdf (mea.gov.in)     Many thanks, Lynette   ----------------------------------------------------- Lynette B. Martins, LLB, PGDip, MBE, LLM Senior Research Fellow and Associate Research Scholar Solomon Center for Health Law and Policy, Yale Law School Yale New Haven Hospital, Adult and Pediatric Ethics Committee Member       -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Goa-Research-Net" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to goa-research-net+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To view this discussion on the web, visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/goa-research-net/4e30dbd6-254d-4be4-b15c-950f9a5e3869n%40googlegroups.com. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Goa-Research-Net" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to goa-research-net+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To view this discussion on the web, visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/goa-research-net/B8BF1F3E-B21F-4A00-B15C-6E4249ED8BD0%40icloud.com.