Re: SUNDAY SPECIAL: From Dar to Siolim to Maryland... a story of theBlues

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From: Frederick Noronha (FN) <fred-po9UeBtN8jQm4/wLoHy/Wg@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> on 
Sunday, April 27,
2003 12:41 PM:

>
> Prof Peter Nazareth, writing in a past issue of The African American,
> explains the context: "Goa was part of India but was conquered by the
> Portuguese in 1510. Portuguese colonial rule ended when India, newly freed
> from British rule, invaded in 1961. Under intense political and cultural
> oppression, Goans created space for themselves in and through music."
>

Which India does Peter Nazareth refer to? There was no country named India
when the Portuguese conquered Goa in 1510, so there is no point in saying
that at that time "Goa was part of India". The Portuguese conquered it from
the Adil Shahi kingdom of Bijapur. It is well known that India as a nation
came into existence only on August 15, 1947 when it gained independence from
the British.

Jorge