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A British census of South Kanara’s population in 1801 categorizes its Konkani-speaking inhabitants into two main classifications,...

Konkani , with a speaking population of2,256,502 (2011 Census: Goa 964,305, Karnataka 788,294, Maharashtra 399,255, Kerala 69,449) has...

Kanara Catholics are mainly descendants of Goans whose ancestors converted to Christianity when it was under Portuguese rule....

The Kanara Catholic community has unique identifying markers by which it earns a distinct place among the Indian population. Many of...

These are excerpts from a talk at XHRC Goa, 2014 Goa’s Christian population remained static (around 180,000) for a full century between...

Talk delivered at Xavier Centre of Historical Research, Povorim, Goa, 2016     Haidar Ali’s and Tipu Sultan’s policy towards Goa and...

Haidar Ali’s and Tipu Sultan’s policy towards Goa and their Kanara Christian subjects were dramatically different.    Haidar accepted...

Tipu adopted a very different policy from Haidar’s, one that caused much anxiety to Goa and his own Christian subjects. Many superficial...

Goan Christians were were forcibly co-opted by the Portuguese into their cultural, religious and political orbit in the process of state...

Talk delivered at Xavier Centre of Historical Research, Povorim, Goa, 2014 A most startling fact emerges from population estimates of...