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History: Removed content based on Anant Priolkar's book 'The Goa Inquisition'. Recent investigations carried out by scholars Alan Machado Prabhu and Dale Luis Menezes into contemporary records of the 16th century show that Priolkar's book was an anti-Catholic polemic written in the 1960s without any factual information, and hence should be ignored for the purpose of serious historical research.

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'''Baliga''' is a Konkani Brahmin surname from [[Goa]], [[coastal Karnataka]] and parts of [[Maharashtra]] in [[India]]. It is found among [[Hindus]] of the [[Goud Saraswat Brahmin]] community.

==History==

The Baliga surname is used by families of the [[Goud Saraswat Brahmin]] community. Baliga is the written form of the surname, but in spoken language it is used as ''Bale'' or ''Ballo''.

In 1637, at the flourishing rice port of Basrur (Barcelore in Portuguese Records) on the Canara Coast, a group of merchants expressed their unhappiness over the atrocities by local Portuguese officials to the Portuguese Viceroy of Goa, through a letter. The letter also said that if the problems continued they will leave the port city with their money. This letter was signed by Narayan Ballo, Shiv Ballo and Damo Ballo among other Saraswats and Jain merchants.<ref>"Studies on Indo Portuguese History" by Dr. B.S.Shastry</ref>

The other notable mention is in ''The Ancient History of South Canara'' written by [[Ganapathi Rao Aigal]], which mentions one Damarsa Bale, among nine other Samasthas (Noblemen) of [[Bantwal]], signing a copper inscription of offering to Sri Bhadra Narasimha Temple of [[Manjeshwar]]. This inscription was created in the year 1747 A.D.<ref>''Dakshina Kannadada Pracheena Itihasa''; Ganapati Rao Aigal</ref>

Today, there are families in Goa who use the surname ''Bale'' and their [[Gotra]] and [[Kuldevta|Kuldev]] match that of the Manjeshwar Baligas. Since the actual form of the surname Baliga in usage in Konkani language is ''Bale'' or ''Ballo''.

Some historians claim that foot soldiers wielding spears and weapon design were called ''Balle'' (''Ballo'' for singular, ''Balle'' for plural). The soldier Ballo (Baliga) was under the command of the Nayak (Chieftain). The daily requirements of every family for survival, presentations, etc., were the responsibility of the Ballo.

The faction of the Baligas that reside in current day [[Bantwal]], called Bantwal Baligas, are said by some to have hailed from the [[Hegde]] family. Incidentally, the Hegde family also bears the same Gotra (Kashyap) and Kuldevata (Aryadurga-Damodar).

==Notable people==

The following is a list of notable people with last name '''Baliga'''.

* [[A. V. Baliga]] [[FRCS]] (1904-1964), a physician and an educationist
* [[B. Jayant Baliga]], Indian electrical engineer
* [[Bantwal Vaikunta Baliga]] (1895–1968), lawyer
* [[R. K. Baliga]] (1929–1988), known as the father of Electronics City, Bangalore
* [[Ragavendra R. Baliga]], Professor of Medicine

{{surname|Baliga}}

== References ==
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== External links ==
* [http://www.bantwalbaliga.com Bantwal Baliga Family Tree]

[[Category:Indian surnames]]
[[Category:Karnataka society]]
[[Category:Konkani-language surnames]]

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