Wasn't one of the leading Catholic figures in Goa's freedom struggle a Freemason? I seem to forget who it was.
Eugene On Thu, Nov 16, 2023 at 9:04 AM John de Figueiredo <[email protected]> wrote: > Frederick, > Do you have any evidence that Antonio Floriano de Noronha was a Mason or > free Mason, or that he was influenced by that ideology, or is it just a > suspicion or rumor? There were atheists and “free thinkers” in Europe who > were not free Masons or influenced by Freemasonry. And not all free Masons > were atheists as far as I know. > John > From: > John M. de Figueiredo > > Sent from my iPhone > > On Nov 16, 2023, at 5:06 AM, Frederick Noronha < > [email protected]> wrote: > > > Am still searching for links on this topic, as there seem to be gaps in > understanding Goan history. There are pointers to FreeMasonry in Portugal > and some other colonies, but finding links to Goa itself seems a bit of a > challenge. Yet, we do know that some of the prominent writers of, say, the > 1920s (such as Antonio de Noronha) came from this side of the ideological > spectrum. It would be fair to say it influenced their perspective, their > writing and even the subsequent debates in Goa, some that continue till > this day. > > Closer to the 1940s (even a bit before) and before 1961, many of the > critics of Portuguese colonialism in Goa were influenced by the global Left > (Tristao braganca Cunha and many of the dozen-and-half freedom fighter > groups too) or the Indian extreme religious Right (Priolkar, Lawande, etc). > But, the ideological moorings of the thought leaders from periods before > that in Goa are clearly yet to be understood. > > There is some confusion because of the original links of Free Masonry with > Scotland and British colonialism, but available scholarship does point to > its links with the Portuguese (and French) colonies too. The secrecy of the > Freemasons is a thing of the past, and today they have online references to > their activities in Ramnathi, Margao or Porvorim. But in the past, it was > more or less a secret society, with its records and membership lists not > accessible, much like the RSS has been for much of its existence. > > Given the role that Freemasons played in influencing the overall Indian > discourse (among those claimed to be Freemasons in India are Motilal > Nehru, the Maharaja of Patiala, ex-President Frkruddin Ali Ahmed, the Nawab > of Rampur, Masoor Ali Khan Pataudi, the Maharaja of Kapurthala, olympian > Dhyan Chand, the Maharaja of Bikaner, the now famous and politically > supported Swami Vivekananda, the first President of India Dr Rajendra > Prasad, the last Governor General of India Dr C Rajagopalachari, the Indian > industrialist of the British Raj Sir Dorabji Jamshedbhai Tata, cine star > Ashok Kumar, the Maharaja of Scindia, Madhav Rao Scindia, nobleman and art > collector from Hyderabad-Deccan Nawab Salar Jung, among others > https://rglni.org/well-known-freemasons/ ) it would be indeed surprising > if this group was wholly absent from shaping the history of Goa. There are > vague references about Freemasons competing with the Church, as rival > centres of power. The Pilar Seminary Museum page [ > https://pilarmuseum.org/portuguese-conquest/] talks about "Freemasons and > atheists" being behind the expulsion of the Jesuits and religious Orders in > the 18th and 19th centuries. But not much else. > > Would be grateful for any pointers that refer to such ideological trends > specifically in a Goan context. Thanks, FN > > On Tue, 7 Nov 2023 at 03:46, Frederick Noronha < > [email protected]> wrote: > >> Am just curious to know what was the role of Free Masons, if any, in >> pre-1961 Goan politics. Was Freemasonry influential in Portuguese >> mainstream politics at some point in time, including during the Republic? >> Has any study been done, especially in the context of the colonies? Thanks >> for any pointers you could offer. 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