From: Frederick FN Noronha Lithograph of the Marine Battalion at the Esplanade by Jose M. Gonsalves (fl. 1826-c.1842). Plate 4 from his 'Lithographic Views of Bombay' published in Bombay in 1826. Gonsalves, thought to be of Goan origin, was one of the first artists to practice lithography in Bombay and specialised in topographical views of the city. In 1772, the English feared an attack on Bombay by the French and cleared a semi-circular area of land around the fort to provide a clear line of fire. This area was known as the Esplanade. In the southern section of this area, there was a parade ground known as Marine Lines. This view shows a battalion soldiers on parade with military bungalows in the background. http://oldphotosbombay.blogspot.com/2011_09_28_archive.html --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Protect Goa's natural beauty Support Goa's first Tiger Reserve Sign the petition at: http://www.goanet.org/petition/petition.php ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
Goans first worked for the British in 1779 at the time of the French
Revolution, when the naval fleet of the British India Government was
stationed in Goa. The British found the Christian Goans were eminently
suitable because of their Western dress, diet and customs and when the
fleets withdrew from Goa some time afterward, the Goans went with them.
Goans who trained at the medical school also moved to other Portuguese
colonies around 1842 after the first medical school was created Goans
migrated to British India as well where there were more opportunities
and economic development was occurring, which led to a demand for
English language schools for these migrants which surpassed that of
those educated in Portuguese. However, such was the demand that Goans
began sending their children to neighbouring cities such as Bombay,
Poona and Belgaum. Employment opportunities also arose in Karachi,
Pakistan. In the eighteenth century Goan traders began trade with
Mozambique, Zanzibar and East Africa Goans and Africa. Indian
independence also exacerbated the flow of migrants of Goan origin who
were residing in British India and resulted in the migration of Goans
from 1948-59 (Keyes, 1979).
