Novas_Conquistas

Novas Conquistas

Novas Conquistas

Region in Estado da India, Portuguese Empire

The Novas Conquistas or "New Conquests" are a group of seven concelhos (municipalities) of Goa and Damaon, officially known as Portuguese India. They were added into Goa in the 18th century AD, a comparatively later date than the original three concelhos that make up the Velhas Conquistas or "Old Conquests".

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The seven concelhos of the Novas Conquistas are:

Silvassa was a newly acquired area in the Província do Norte.

In writing postal addresses, the Novas Conquistas were abbreviated "N.C."

History

In December 1764, Hyder Ali, the king of Mysore, sent his general Fazalullah Khan northward into Soonda via Bednur, where landowners who resisted his administration met severe retribution. Fearing capture, the Raja of Soonda fled to Goa, surrendering his territories below the Western Ghats to the Portuguese in exchange for sanctuary and a fixed annual stipend. The lower territories including the port of Sadashivgad near Karwar were absorbed into the Kingdom of Mysore.[1]

These new areas granted by the Raja of Soonda were incorporated into Portuguese Goa.

Later in 1783 the Kingdom of Sawantwadi, in order to get Portuguese help against Kolhapur, ceded some parts of Pernem, Bicholim and Sattari to Portugal. The remaining part of Pernem (including Terekhol Fort) was ceded in 1788 and thus came to be known as the Novas Conquistas (New Conquests). Unlike the Velhas Conquistas, these areas remained predominantly Hindu as the Portuguese lost their zeal of Christianization.[2]

Conflicts

Some lands in what would become the Novas Conquistas region were acquired by the Portuguese prior to the 1783 treaty.

See also

References

  1. [1]
    Sarasvati's Children: A History of the Mangalorean Christians, Alan Machado Prabhu, I.J.A. Publications, 1999, pp. 168
  2. [2]
    "The American Catholic quarterly review". archive.org. Philadelphia : Hardy and Mahony. p. 244. Retrieved 31 May 2017.
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