Mario wrote: > Why don't you check out my assertion that Christians in Goa never > exceeded 50% of the population, and let us know?
Date: Sat, 24 Oct 2009 03:38:49 +0530 From: Frederick Noronha <[email protected]> Okay, here goes... but knowing Mario, he would probably rake up some other debate when faced with the figures! Antonio de Noronha, who incidentally was a Free Mason, writing in Os Ind?s de Goa e a Republica Portuguesa (1922) says: ? ? ? ? ? Of its 500 thousand inhabitants (according to the ? ? ? ? ? census of 1910, the listed population rose to 540,551), ? ? ? ? ? more or less 250,000 are catholic christians and ? ? ? ? ? 220,000 are hindus. [Page 1] Mario observes: Fred, Thanks for making my point for me. The last time I checked, 250,000 was 46% of the total population of 540,551.
