Rename 'Garcia Da Orta' say FFs http://www.flickr.com/photos/joegoauk31/5098527697/sizes/l/ http://www.flickr.com/photos/joegoauk31/5099128564/sizes/l/ Taken from NT Meanwhile, the freedom fighters have also taken objection for continuing the original name of the Garden, which is named after Garcia da Orta, a famous 16th century physician, who spent his entire life cataloguing Indian herbs and produced a treatise on the comparative study of European and Indian medicine. The Goa, Daman and Diu Freedom Fighters Association has further written a letter to the CCP requesting the municipal body to change the name of the municipal garden, as also those of various places, gardens, buildings and memorials named after Portuguese personalities. http://www.navhindtimes.in/goa-news/ashoka-pillar-debate-polish-or-renovate
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