Re: [GOANET] QUERY: A L Dias

[Lawrence Rodrigues]

Mr A L Dias is / was from Socol Vaddo, Assagao, Bardez, Goa.  The last time I checked, his ancestral house, a few hundred metres away from mine, was in ruins.   Lawrence Rodrigues   ----- Original Message ----- From: Frederick Noronha To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, January 16, 2003 9:08 AM Subject: [GOANET] QUERY: A L Dias This is a belatedly-noticed obit from the National Book Trust (New Delhi) newsletter of October 2002. Does anyone know more about A L Dias? He is one of those Goans who seems to be little written about back home. Had seen some earlier references which came in via Eddie, but these were from the UK media: AL Dias passes away: Former Chairman of the NBT (National Book Trust) and ex-Governor of West Bengal, A L Dias, died in Mumbai on Sunday. He was 92. Dias had a distinguished career in the Maharashtra cadre of the ICS (the British colonial Indian Civil Service-FN). He also played a major role in the liberation of Goa from the Portuguese....