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This is an accepted version of this page This is the latest accepted revision, reviewed on 8 March 2025. 1961 Indian military operation This article is about the Indian annexation of Goa. For the conquest by Portugal in 1510, see Portuguese conquest of Goa. "Operation Vijay (1961)" redirects here. For the 1999 Indian operation, see Kargil War. See also: Annexation of Dadra and Nagar Haveli ...
Goa Shipyard Limited (GSL) is an public sector undertaking for defence ship building located on the West Coast of India at Vasco da Gama, Goa.It was established in 1957, originally by the colonial government of the Portuguese in India as the "Estaleiros Navais de Goa", [2] to build barges to be used in Goa's growing mining industry, which took off after the establishment of India's blockade of ...
A native of Goa is called a Goan. Goa has a population of 1.459 million residents as of 2011, [49] making it the fourth least populated state of India after Sikkim, Mizoram, and Arunachal Pradesh. Population density of Goa is 394 per km 2 which is higher than national average 382 per km 2. Goa is the state with highest proportion of urban ...
A ship prefix is a combination of letters, usually abbreviations, used in front of the name of a civilian or naval ship that has historically served numerous purposes, such as identifying the vessel's mode of propulsion, purpose, or ownership/nationality. In the modern environment, prefixes are cited inconsistently in civilian service, whereas ...
The first ship to sail into Mormugao Port was the SS Westbourne, which brought railway equipment, in April 1885. [11] During World War II, Mormugao Harbour was the site of Operation Creek, which resulted in the bombing of a German merchant ship, Ehrenfels, which had secretly been transmitting information to U-boats. In 2017, MPA announced that ...
The Anthill is called Roen(Konkani:रोयण), which is derived from the Austric word Rono, meaning with holes. The later Indo-Aryan and Dravidian settlers also adopted anthill worship, which was translated into Prakrit Santara. They also worshipped the mother earth by the name of Bhumika in Prakrit. Anthill worship still continues in Goa.
India has the largest merchant shipping fleet among developing countries and ranks 19th worldwide. Past decades saw a sharp decline in the country's coastal shipping operation. In 1961, there were 97 ships and in 1980 the number was down to 56. [8] The shipping policy committee has recommended that Indian ships secure 100% of the country's ...
Goa, Daman and Diu, a short lived Indian Union Territory; Ilhas de Goa (also known as Tiswadi), a sub-district within Goa; Goa (island) (Ilha de Goa), an island in Nampula, Mozambique. Nova Goa (also known as Panjim or Panaji), the current capital of the state of Goa; Velha Goa (also known as Old Goa), the former capital city of Portuguese India