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	{{~~Unreferenced~~\|date=~~November 2008~~}}		{{Short description\|Westernmost and central areas of Goa, India}}
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	[[File:GoaConquistas.png\|thumb\|right\|Goa at its height under Portuguese occupation. The ''Velhas Conquistas'' are highlighted in red.]]		[[File:GoaConquistas.png\|thumb\|right\|Goa at its height under Portuguese occupation. The ''Velhas Conquistas'' are highlighted in red.]]

	'''''As Velhas Conquistas''''' or "~~the~~ Old Conquests" are a grouping of the areas in [[Goa]] which were incorporated into [[Portuguese India]] early in the ~~sixteenth~~ century AD~~; as these areas underwent urbanisation they were elevated to ''[[concelho]]s'' (municipalities) by the Portuguese Viceroyalty that ruled from the administrative centre at~~ [[~~Velha~~ Goa~~]]. Having been acquired in AD 1510 or within the next few years~~, ~~they formed the oldest parts~~ and ~~the core of [[Portuguese Goa~~]] ~~and remain as~~ the ~~central theme~~ in ~~the history geography and culture of present-day [[Goa and Damaon]]. The ''[[Novas Conquistas]]'' or New Conquests formed the outer periphery of Goa bordering the erstwhile [[British~~ India]]. ~~''Novas Conquistas'' of present-day~~ [[~~Goa]] shares borders with the [[Konkan division~~\|~~Konkan~~]] ~~province of Maharashtra,~~ and ~~also with~~ [[~~Belgaum]] and [[North Canara]] districts of [[Carnatica~~]].		The '''''Velhas Conquistas''''', or "Old Conquests", are a grouping of the areas in [[Goa]] which were incorporated into [[Portuguese India]] in the early half of the 16th century AD. [[Goa, Daman and Diu]] comprised the last remaining Portuguese possessions in India. [[Portuguese Macao\|Macao]] and [[Timor Leste]] were administratively separated.

	~~The three~~ ''concelhos'' of the ~~territory are~~ ''~~Bardes'' (~~[[~~Bardez~~]]), ''~~Ilhas de Goa~~'' ([[~~Tiswadi~~]]~~), and~~ ''~~Salcette~~'' ~~(modern~~-day [[~~Salcete~~]] and [[~~Mormugao taluka\|Mormugao~~]] ''[[~~Tehsil\|talukas~~]]~~'')~~. ~~When writing postal addresses, ''Velhas Conquistas'' is abbreviated to "V.C."~~		Over the course of nearly five centuries of European rule since the [[Portuguese conquest of Goa]], these areas underwent urbanisation and they were elevated to ''[[concelhos]]'' (municipalities), with the administrative centre at [[Velha Goa]]. Having been acquired by 1510 AD or within the next few decades,<ref name="henn"/> they formed the oldest parts and the core of Portuguese Goa and remain the central theme in the history, geography, and culture of present-day Goa. The ''[[Novas Conquistas]]'' or New Conquests are the outer periphery of Goa, surrounding ''Velha Conquistas'' and bordering the erstwhile [[British India]]. ''Novas Conquistas'' of present-day Goa shares borders with the [[Konkan division]] under Maharashtra's supremacy; also with [[Belgaum]] and [[North Canara]] districts of [[Carnataca]].

	~~Technically~~ and ~~historically the enclaves of~~ [[~~Damaon~~]] and [[~~Diu Island~~]] ~~which were settled by the Portuguese in 1523 AD are also part of the Old Conquests~~, ~~however in~~ [[layman's terms]] and contemporary contexts ''Velhas Conquistas'' is taken to mean the westernmost and central portions of Goa~~, particularly the environs and neighbouring towns of the centuries-old city and capital of [[Ponnje]]~~. The Old Conquests are also the most ~~socio~~-~~economically~~ developed areas of Goa.		The three ''concelhos'' of the territory are [[Bardes]], ''Ilhas de Goa'' ([[Tiswadi]]) and ''Salcette'' (present-day [[Salcette]] and [[Mormugao taluka\|Mormugao]] ''[[Tehsil\|talukas]]'').<ref name="avelar"/> In writing postal addresses, ''Velhas Conquistas'' is abbreviated to "VC".

			In [[layman's terms]] and contemporary contexts, ''Velhas Conquistas'' is taken to mean the westernmost and the central portions of Goa. The Old Conquests are also the most socioeconomically-developed areas of Goa.

	==See also==		==See also==
	*[[Novas Conquistas]]		*[[Novas Conquistas]]
			*[[Adil Shahi–Portuguese conflicts]]

			==References==
			<references>

			<ref name="avelar">{{cite book \|last1=Avelar \|first1=Pedro \|title=História de Goa: de Afonso de Alburquerque a Vassalo e Silva \|date=2012 \|publisher=[[Grupo Leya\|Dom Quixote]] \|isbn=978-972-20-4842-2 \|language=pt}}</ref>
			<ref name="henn">{{cite book \|last1=Henn \|first1=Alexander \|title=Hindu-Catholic Encounters in Goa: Religion, Colonialism, and Modernity \|date=27 May 2014 \|publisher=[[Indiana University Press]] \|isbn=978-0-253-01300-2 \|language=en}}</ref>

			</references>

	[[Category:Colonial Goa]]		[[Category:Colonial Goa]]
	[[Category:Districts of Goa]]		[[Category:Districts of Goa]]
	[[Category:Former districts of India]]		[[Category:Former districts of India]]
			[[Category:Portuguese India]]

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[[File:GoaConquistas.png|thumb|right|Goa at its height under Portuguese occupation. The ''Velhas Conquistas'' are highlighted in red.]]

'''''As Velhas Conquistas''''' or "the Old Conquests" are a grouping of the areas in [[Goa]] which were incorporated into [[Portuguese India]] early in the sixteenth century AD; as these areas underwent urbanisation they were elevated to ''[[concelho]]s'' (municipalities) by the Portuguese Viceroyalty that ruled from the administrative centre at [[Velha Goa]]. Having been acquired in AD 1510 or within the next few years, they formed the oldest parts and the core of [[Portuguese Goa]] and remain as the central theme in the history geography and culture of present-day [[Goa and Damaon]]. The ''[[Novas Conquistas]]'' or New Conquests formed the outer periphery of Goa bordering the erstwhile [[British India]]. ''Novas Conquistas'' of present-day [[Goa]] shares borders with the [[Konkan division|Konkan]] province of Maharashtra, and also with [[Belgaum]] and [[North Canara]] districts of [[Carnatica]].

The three ''concelhos'' of the territory are ''Bardes'' ([[Bardez]]), ''Ilhas de Goa'' ([[Tiswadi]]), and ''Salcette'' (modern-day [[Salcete]] and [[Mormugao taluka|Mormugao]] ''[[Tehsil|talukas]]''). When writing postal addresses, ''Velhas Conquistas'' is abbreviated to "V.C."

Technically and historically the enclaves of [[Damaon]] and [[Diu Island]] which were settled by the Portuguese in 1523 AD are also part of the Old Conquests, however in [[layman's terms]] and contemporary contexts ''Velhas Conquistas'' is taken to mean the westernmost and central portions of Goa, particularly the environs and neighbouring towns of the centuries-old city and capital of [[Ponnje]]. The Old Conquests are also the most socio-economically developed areas of Goa.

==See also==
*[[Novas Conquistas]]

[[Category:Colonial Goa]]
[[Category:Districts of Goa]]
[[Category:Former districts of India]]

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