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Portuguese-influenced villa, near Chapora, Goa, India.
The Goa Inquisition was a judicial institution established by the kingdom of Portugal to operate within its colony of Goa, India.12
It officially functioned from 1560 until 1812, with a brief suspension between 1774 and 1778. The institution was formally established on March 2, 1560, and was eventually brought to a permanent end by royal order on June 16, 1812.12