Dear Teotonio, Purxotoma Quenim was never a resident of Portugal, where he came only (or mostly) during the functioning of the "Assembleia Nacional" (Portuguese Parliament). As such, he had nothing to do with the "Comissariado do Estado da India" which, as you know, was instituted by Salazar after the integration of Goa, Daman and Diu in the Republic of India, while (see later) Quenim relinquished his membership of the Portuguese Parliament at the time of that integration in 1961.
Quenim did his secondary studies at the "Liceu" of Panjim, studied law privately and obtained a lawyer's licence, but at the same time took care of his family's commercial and industrial affairs. In 1955 he was made member of the Legislative Council of Portuguese India, where his voice was heard with much interest by the other members and by the Governor General, until in 1958 he became one of the two representatives of Portuguese India at the Parliament in Lisbon. In this organ also his arguments about the administration and on behalf of the development of those territories were much appreciated. He ceased those functions of "Deputado" upon the takeover of Goa, Daman and Diu by India in December 1961. - Together with his brother, father and uncles he built the Hotel Mandovi in Panjim, concluded in 1952. - Taken ill to Bombay late in 1977, he died there on the night from the 13th to the 14th of March, 1978. The funeral was held in Panjim "e constituiu uma sentida manifestacao de pesar", as related then in a Portuguese-language magazine which was then published in Panjim. Jorge ----- Original Message ----- From: Teotonio R. de Souza <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Sunday, February 27, 2005 11:24 AM > Dear Jorge / Livia, > > Thanks for clarifying how the candidates for Estado da India were chosen > from Portuguese Africa, even after it was liberated in 1961. Was Purxottam > Quenim already one of the half dozen Hindus like Coissor� settled in > Portugal before 1961? *********************************************************************** * G * O * A * N * E * T *** C * L * A * S * S * I * F * I * E * D * S * *********************************************************************** Greet your loved ones in Goa with flowers! http://www.goa-world.com/goa/expressions/ EXPRESSIONS - The Flower Shop. World famous all over Goa! ***********************************************************************
