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{{ | {{Short description|Westernmost and central areas of Goa, India}} | ||
{{More citations needed|date=September 2024}} | |||
[[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.]] | ||
''''' | 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. | ||
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]]. | |||
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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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. Macao and Timor Leste were administratively separated.
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,[1] 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.
The three concelhos of the territory are Bardes, Ilhas de Goa (Tiswadi) and Salcette (present-day Salcette and Mormugao talukas).[2] 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.
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References[edit | edit source]
- ↑ Henn, Alexander (27 May 2014). Hindu-Catholic Encounters in Goa: Religion, Colonialism, and Modernity. Indiana University Press. ISBN 978-0-253-01300-2.
- ↑ Avelar, Pedro (2012). História de Goa: de Afonso de Alburquerque a Vassalo e Silva (in português). Dom Quixote. ISBN 978-972-20-4842-2.