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The art of printing first entered India through Goa.In a letter to St. Ignatius of Loyola, written on April 30, 1556, [1] Father Gasper Caleza speaks of a ship carrying a printing press setting sail for Abyssinia from Portugal, with the purpose of helping missionary work in Abyssinia.
Henriques strongly felt that the mission could only be successful through the use of local languages. To this end he arranged for the printing of books on Christian doctrine in Tamil. [4] Apart from being the first to produce a Tamil-Portuguese Dictionary, he set up the first Tamil press and printed books in Tamil script.
Title page of Garcia da Orta's Colóquios.Goa, 1563. The art of printing first entered India through St. Paul's College in Goa. In a letter to St. Ignatius of Loyola, dated 30 April 1556, Father Gasper Caleza speaks of a ship carrying a printing press, setting sail from Portugal to Abyssinia (current-day Ethiopia) via Goa, with the purpose of helping missionary work.
[15] [16] Goa's official language, which is spoken by a majority of its inhabitants, ... The first printing press in Goa was founded in 1556. [133] In 1886, ...
Goa was the first place in Asia to have a printing press, which was brought by the Jesuits in 1556. [1] Nearly all of Goan literature before that time is known to have been destroyed by the Portuguese during the imposition of Inquisition. Goa's Portuguese colonial rulers can hardly
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On 28 December 1984, Goa Konkani Akademi (GKA) was founded by the government of Goa to promote Konkani language, literature, and culture. [100] The Thomas Stephens Konknni Kendr (TSKK) is a popular research institute based in the Goan capital Panaji .
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