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Planning to get married in Goa? www.weddingsetcgoa.com Making your 'dream wedding' possible ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Unsung hero If at all, our Goans were sad because of the Liberation of Goa, it was only because they felt a big loss of the Portuguese governor, General Vassalo e Silva. We saw with our own eyes how much he had done for our Goa and the people. He cast aside the order received from his High Command in Portugal, to return Goa in ashes to the Government of India, if at all the time permits. Today, if Goans are living in their beautiful Goa, it is because of our last Portuguese Governor. After he left Goa, he did not take his asylum in any of the Western countries, but went to Portugal and suffered humiliations and other punishments for the great heroic work he had done in his position as the last Governor of Goa, Daman and Diu. Paulo Mascarenhas, Panjim http://www.oheraldo.in/pagedetails.asp?nid=28481&cid=13 [Letter to the Editor in O'Heraldo dated Oct. 12, 2009]. Links: http://www.goa-world.com/GOA/music/proud_to_be_a_goan.htm http://www.goa-world.com/goa/basilio-magno/ Photo: exclusive to www.goa-world.com gasperalme...@gmail.com Some interesting discussions here: http://www.militaryphotos.net/forums/archive/index.php/t-163901.html Portuguese troops in Goa, India - 1954
