Goa -- was conquered 510 yearsago by the Portuguese on 25.11.1510; after their unsuccessful attempt inFebruary/ March of the same year.
It was the Feast of St Catherinein whose memory a small church now in disuse and abandoned lies at Old Goa. For many of those who profess propagate ‘Goem, Goemkar and Goemkarponn’ but lack in practice theyshould stand advised, to record this date, as well, as a red letter date in the history of Goa. The others significant dates being16th January 1967 ---Opinion Poll day .The 4th February 1987 --- officiallanguage (Konkani) recognition day ( but still suffers a mischievous insertion inthe Act by the Gaud Saraswat Brahmin GSB political lobby at the last minute, of words ….. in Devnagari script ….without addingRoman script ) Hence its later day inclusion inthe Eight Schedule of the Constitution of India on 20th August, 1992 is to date a misnomer. Finally 19th December,1961 (call it annexation/liberation- fornow that’s history) . GODFREY J I GONSALVES cyber journo,social activist,St Joaquim Rd., Borda, Margao Goa INDIA +91 9822158584 (24 hrs)
