Dear Gabriel, Thanks
Now, I am sure Eugene Correia will list his reference. stay tuned. jc Pardon any Typos. This IPad does some curious auto- corrections > On Dec 12, 2013, at 12:42 AM, Gabriel de Figueiredo > <[email protected]> wrote: > > I am not sure which "political history" Eugene refers to, but I have found, > after a brief "research" on the internet the following: > 1. Coins dating as far back as 1934 (before the Indian Union and far before > the Republic of India was born), with Estado da India stamped on them. > http://www.chiefacoins.com/Database/Countries/Portuguese_India.htm refers. > > 2. "After their arrival in the Indian Ocean in 1498 and a short period of > operation in southern India, the Portuguese established the administrative > and political centre of their Asian empire at Goa. The Estado da India, the > State of India, the name given by the Portuguese Crown to this imperial > enterprise, was not a unitary state but a collection of forts, fleets, and > communities that stretched from east Africa to Japan." > http://ebooks.cambridge.org/chapter.jsf?bid=CBO9780511563454&cid=CBO9780511563454A010 > > See also "The center and the periphery in the administration of the Royal > Exchequer of the Estado da Índia (1517-1640)" > http://www.brown.edu/Departments/Portuguese_Brazilian_Studies/ejph/html/issue14/pdf/smiranda.pdf > > 3. Trade and Finance in Portuguese India by Celsa Pinto makes reference to > "Memória Histórico-Económica das Alfandegas do Estado da Índia Portugueza > (Francisco Xavier Ernesto Fernandes) published in Lisbon, 1899". > > This indicates that the term "Estado da India" had a history of its usage > far, far longer than what Eugene assumes to be. It wasn't just an "invention" > on Salazar's part -- if this is what Eugene is referring to "political > history" which many Indians "beyond the ghats" believed in. Goa, Damao, Diu, > Dadra and Nagar Haveli were the bits and pieces that comprised the remains > (in the 20th century) of a much larger Estado da India established centuries > ago. > > All members of the Estado da India had equal rights as those who came from > Lisbon since Marques de Pombal, which were reduced temporarily for a short > period in 1930s and 40s by the Estado Novo, and were re-established in the > 50s. I am sorry I cannot give the exact periods, as I don't have the > materials at hand. > > Gabriel de Figueiredo. > > From: Eugene Correia <[email protected]> >> To: [email protected] >> Sent: Wednesday, 11 December 2013 5:02 PM >> Subject: Re: [Goanet] Portuguese citizenship >> >> >> It looks surprising that some have said that those born before Goa's >> Liberation has Portuguese nationality as its "birthright". Political >> history showed why Portugal made Goa a "province" and named it Estado da >> India. To give such a legality to what Goa was then, just a colony, is a >> play on constitution. >> >> It didn't fool the international community of nations. Neither did UNO take >> cognizance of such an Act. Pulling wool over the eyes of people was the aim >> of such an Act, and India was none the wiser with Portuguese. >> >> Now with the issue of Portuguese passports to those who desire, this issue >> of "birthright" has come to the fore. The India-Portugal treaty overrides >> any Acts that would be applicable to Goans after Goa came into the Indian >> fold. >> >> There was a blanket Indian citizenship to all Goans irrespective of their >> allegiance to Portugal. Can't ignore the fact that if staying in Goa, >> though some Portuguese laws are enforced in Goa, the Indian laws are >> applicable. >> >> As I said earlier in my opinion piece in OHeraldo, the Indian government >> can give an "amnesty" to Portuguese passpor-holders with a conditional time >> limit. Better these people go for OCI card. The Goa government must work >> with the centre to sort this problem lest all those in Goa suffer. >> >> Good that the issue has come up to the surface, for which we must thank >> both Caitu and Churchill. The issue can be settled for once and for all. >> >> Eugene >> >> >>
