On 12 November 2016 at 21:42, eric pinto <[email protected]> wrote:
> A family from Chittagong, Martyres, visited Bombay in the late > 60's. I did a wiki look up and found this: many refs there for a weasel > on the snoop. The Portuguese arrived in Chittagong in 1528 and soon > used the 'cartas' mode of maritime domination. Two and a half thousand > Portuguese and Eurasians were living there by 1598. Chittagong > fell to the Moghuls in 1632. They were joined by the Dutch Batavia > navy. The Portuguese moved to Dacca where Satgaon became Porto Pequeno > and Portogola housed their community. Firingi Bazaar in Chittagong and > Dacca are home today to their descendants. > > COMMENT: My neice who lives in Ontario is married to a Gonsalves, although a Catholic not a Goan. Family emigrated to Canada from Chittagong. Incidentally all of the Bangladeshi ( Indian restaruants) in England are from Chittagong! -- DEV BOREM KORUM Gabe Menezes.
