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Goa: References & Edit History
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Additional Reading
Works dealing specifically with the west and west-central area prior to its annexation by India are mainly in Portuguese; see Henry Scholberg, Archana Ashok Kakodker, and Carmo Azevedo, Bibliography of Goa and the Portuguese in India (1982). See also M.N. Pearson, Merchants and Rulers in Gujarat: The Response to the Portuguese in the Sixteenth Century (1976); and K.S. Mathew, Portuguese and the Sultanate of Gujarat, 1500–1573 (1986). The territory of Goa as well as that of Damān and Diu are described in V.T. Gune (ed.), Gazetteer of the Union Territory Goa, Daman and Diu, 3 vol. in 2 (1979). S.S. Desai, Goa, Daman and Diu, Dadra and Nagar Haveli (1976), is a study of the three union territories.
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| Type | Description | Contributor | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| Modified link of Web site: IndiaNetzone - Goa, India. | Jul 04, 2026 | ||
| Add new Web site: World History Encyclopedia - Portuguese Goa. | Apr 06, 2023 | ||
| Add new Web site: GlobalSecurity.org - Goa, India. | Dec 01, 2022 | ||
| In the Government and society section, removed mention that the governor of Goa administers the union territories of Dadra and Nagar Haveli and Daman and Diu. | Jul 19, 2021 | ||
| Corrected display issue. | Jul 19, 2018 | ||
| Add new Web site: Maps of India - Goa, India. | Mar 28, 2017 | ||
| Add new Web site: Official Tourism Site of Goa, India. | Apr 03, 2014 | ||
| Add new Web site: Official Tourism Site of Goa, India. | Feb 23, 2014 | ||
| Add new Web site: IndiaNetzone - Goa, India. | Feb 23, 2014 | ||
| Add new Web site: ILoveIndia.com - Goa, India. | Feb 23, 2014 | ||
| Add new Web site: UNESCO World Heritage Centre - Churches and Convents of Goa. | Jan 13, 2014 | ||
| Add new Web site: UNESCO World Heritage Centre - Churches and Convents of Goa. | Jan 13, 2014 | ||
| Population and area data updated. | Oct 05, 2012 | ||
| Media added. | Oct 12, 2009 | ||
| Changed date of Goa's incorporation into India to 1961. | May 05, 2009 | ||
| Geography section thoroughly revised. | Mar 13, 2009 | ||
| History section thoroughly revised. | Mar 13, 2009 | ||
| Added new Web site: Tourism of India - Goa, India. | Oct 24, 2008 | ||
| Media added. | Aug 28, 2008 | ||
| Added new Web site: Lonely Planet - Goa, India. | Jul 12, 2006 | ||
| Article added to new online database. | Jul 26, 1999 |
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