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As Goa CM announces the inclusion of Goa Revolution Day in class 11 syllabus, read about the Goa Inquisition and the Portuguese brutality against...

Pragya Bakshi Sharma - 20 June, 2023

The Portuguese inquisition of Goa started when Vasco Da Gama returned to Portugal after he discovered the route to India via Africa’s Cape of Good Hope.

News Reports

350-year-old Shree Saptakoteshwar Temple in Goa: once destroyed by Bahamanis and Portuguese, now renovated with govt efforts

OpIndia Staff - 13 February, 2023

Shree Saptakoteshwar temple was destroyed twice by Bahmani and Portuguese invaders. It was reconstructed by Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj

Media

The Print tries to whitewash the violent Goan inquisition by Portuguese invaders. Here is the truth that the publication tried to gloss over

OpIndia Staff - 29 January, 2023

Anirudh Kanisetti portrayed the appropriation of Hindu deities to further predatory Christian evangelist practices as a noble gesture.

News Reports

After whitewashing Aurangzeb, Audrey Truschke moves on to downplay the Portuguese Inquisition of Goa and atrocities committed against Hindus

Jinit Jain - 6 August, 2022

Audrey Truschke posted a series of tweets whitewashing the brutal Portuguese Inquisition of Goa.

News Reports

Inside the world of ‘Saint’ Francis Xavier: From spearheading inquisition of Goa to tormenting the lives of local Hindus

Suyash - 6 May, 2022

"(Indians) being black themselves, consider their own colour the best, they believe that their gods are black and seem to be as dirty as they are ugly and horrible to look at," Francis Xavier had noted.