a window to Margao’s rich heritage and history
Swami Vivekananda has been one of India’s foremost leaders, and in 1893 represented India and Hinduism at the Parliament of the World’s Religions in Chicago. However, it is interesting to know that he visited Goa for his research about religion before his trip to the […]
The Mercado de Afonso de Albuquerque (Margao New Market). Named after the Portuguese general, the Margao New Market was opened to the public on 5th December 1889. The inaugural marble plaque can be found on the decorative tower next to Radio Mundial.
Floriano Vaz – Konkani language agitation’s first martyr. His crime: asking recognition of his Mother Tongue, Konkani. Floriano Vaz was shot dead in cold blood on 20 December 1986 at noon, near his home at Gogol, by a constable of the Gujarat State Reserve Police […]
Did you know??? That Subraya Naik was once taken hostage by the Ranes??? The incident of the Ranes encounter with the Naiks took place towards the end of the 19th century. As a mahajan of the Lakshmi Narcinva temple in Veling, Subraya was attending a […]
Sometime in the 1950’s the Portuguese govt. undertook aerial photography of Goa. This is one of the photos of Margao.
Popular High School one of the oldest schools in Margao was founded on 12th May 1931 by Pundalik B. Naik and Teofilo D’Costa with 116 pupils on the roll in 1930-31. Since 2004 the school is managed by Vidya Bharati. The Popular High School Trust […]
The first printing press landed in Goa on 6 September 1556, much before it came to other parts of India and Asia, and the first newspaper – O Chronista Constitutional de Goa in Portuguese, was started by the Government in 1835 and suspended in 1837. […]
Loyola High School, Margao, traces its origins to 13 July 1899, when it was founded as Union High School by the visionary educationist Roque Santana Gracias. Established at a time when formal education in Goa was still evolving, the institution played an important role in […]
The Aga Khan Childern’s Park, forming the northern section of the Margao Municipal Garden, was developed by Abdul Javerbhai Mavany in memory of his father, Javerbhai Ramjee. The landscaped park was named in honour of His Highness the Aga Khan, who visited Goa in the […]
The Blood Bank at Hospicio Margao sponsored by Lions Club of Margao was formally inaugurated on 12th May 1966 by Lion Commor K B Godrej (Retd) and declared open by Lion K V Gopalaswamy on 21st December 1966. A marble plaque at the entrance lists […]