Do not understand wa you mean by catching up with merger. Who were the major
benefactors of Portuguese rule. Shri DB himself. Los minas and contrabandek etc
were the assets.
I believe there is a book being published by our historiador it is written in
Portuguese and called 'A vida secreta do Bhausaib".:))))))))
BC
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PS: About merger with Maharashtra, that was probably his way of
'catching up' with those who had benefitted from 451 years (or under
200 years) of "merger" with Portugal. Isn't it?