He played a key role in the founding of the Konkani Bhasha Mandal, which lead the literary campaign for the recognition of Konkani as a full-fledged language, and its reinstatement as the state language of Goa….

Purushottam Kesava Kakodkar (18 May 1913 Kudchade – 2 May 1998, Delhi) was a prominent politician and social worker from Goa.

Tristão de Bragança Cunha (2 April 1891 – 26 September 1958), alternatively spelled as Tristao de Braganza Cunha, was a prominent Indian nationalist and anti-colonial activist from Goa (then part of Portuguese India).

Rani Abbakka Chowta was the first Tuluva Queen of Ullal who fought the Portuguese in the latter half of the 16th century….

Azad Gomantak Dal was founded by Vishwanath Lawande, Narayan Hari Naik, Dattatraya Deshpande, Prabhakar Sinari who along with their other friends carried out series of attacks on Portuguese police stations and banks. All of them were sentenced to 28–29 years of imprisonment in exile by the Portuguese courts.

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It was founded in 1543 and remained in Portuguese hands until 1961, when the territory was lost to India. Vasco da Gama, 1st Count of Vidigueira was the first European to reach India by sea.

It was ruled by the Kadamba dynasty from the 2nd century ce to 1312 and by Muslim invaders of the Deccan from 1312 to 1367. The city was then annexed by the Hindu kingdom of Vijayanagar and was later conquered by the Bahmanī sultanate, which founded Old Goa on the island in 1440.

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• Matangini Hazra. Source: www.haribhoomi.com.
• Kanaklata Barua. Kanaklata Barua is also known as Birbala.
• Aruna Asaf Ali. She is popularly known as ‘The Grand Old Lady’ of the Independence Movement.
• Bhikaiji Cama.
• Tara Rani Srivastava.
• Moolmati.
• Lakshmi Sahgal.

In ancient literature, Goa was known by many names, such as Gomanchala, Gopakapattana, Gopakapattam, Gopakapuri, Govapuri, Govem, and Gomantak. Other historical names for Goa are Sindapur, Sandabur, and Mahassapatam.

Berta also founded a fortnightly in 1958 in Bombay called ‘Free Goa’ and she toured India demanding military action against the colonists. She was also chief of the Goa wing of the Indian National Congress.

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He is popularly known as the “Father of Goan nationalism”, and organizer of the first movement to liberate Goa from Portuguese rule. T.B.Cunha was born on April 2, 1891 in the village of Chandor in Goa.

In 1510, when Goa was under the rule of Sultan Adil Shah of Bijapur, the Portuguese attacked the territory under the command of Alfonso de Albuquerque. Since the Sultan was engaged with his forces elsewhere, the Portuguese were met with little resistence as their forces advanced.