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João Agostinho Fernandes
João Agostinho Fernandes (14 December 1871 – 29 August 1947), popularly known as Pai Tiatrist (), was a Portuguese playwright, theatre actor, and former chemist. Referred to as the "Father of Konkani ''tiatr''", he is known for his contribution to the first ''tiatr'', '' Italian Bhurgo'' (). The play was first performed on 17 April 1892 in Bombay at the New Alfred Theatre, along with playwright Lucasinho Ribeiro, Caitaninho Fernandes, and Agostinho Mascarenhas. Fernandes continued the ''tiatr'' tradition when his mentor Ribeiro quit being part of Konkani theatre during the early 20th century. Over a span of more than fifty years, he created 30 plays, with the majority being original works crafted by him, totaling 26, while the remaining four were adaptations from external sources. Early life João Agostinho Fernandes was born on 14 December 1871, in Margão, Portuguese Goa. His baptism took place a week later. His mother, Maria Francisca, was a native of Portuguese Macau, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Margão
Margao (, ) is the commercial capital of the Indian States and union territories of India, state of Goa. It stands on the banks of the river Sal River (India), Sal. It is the district headquarters of South Goa district, South Goa, and administrative headquarters of Salcete Tehsils of India, sub-district. It is Goa's second largest city by population after Mormugao. Etymology Margão is the Portuguese language, Portuguese spelling, with Madgaon being used in Konkani language, Konkani. The etymology of the name has been debated, with theories ranging from the name having evolved from the pre-colonial Mahargao (village of Mahars, a community of weavers) to being derived from the Sanskrit (Maṭhagrāma, a village of monasteries) owing to the shrines of Matsyendranath and Gorakhnath in Ravanphond, now a suburb of Margao. Alternatively, Margão may be derived from Mharuganv (village of demons), or Maravile, Portuguese for “marvellous village.” History Prior to Portuguese ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Portuguese Goa
The State of India, also known as the Portuguese State of India or Portuguese India, was a state of the Portuguese Empire founded seven years after the discovery of the sea route to the Indian subcontinent by Vasco da Gama, a subject of the Kingdom of Portugal. The capital of Portuguese India served as the governing centre of a string of military forts and maritime ports scattered along the coasts of the Indian Ocean. The first viceroy Francisco de Almeida established his base of operations at Fort Manuel in the Malabar region, after the Kingdom of Cochin negotiated to become a protectorate of Portugal in 1505. With the Portuguese conquest of Goa from the Bijapur Sultanate in 1510, Goa became the major anchorage for the Armadas arriving in India. The capital of the viceroyalty was transferred from Cochin to Goa in 1530. From 1535, Mumbai (Bombay) was a harbour of Portuguese India, known as '' Bom Bahia'', until it was handed over, through the dowry of Catherine de Br ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
British India
The provinces of India, earlier presidencies of British India and still earlier, presidency towns, were the administrative divisions of British governance in South Asia. Collectively, they have been called British India. In one form or another, they existed between 1612 and 1947, conventionally divided into three historical periods: *Between 1612 and 1757, the East India Company set up "factories" (trading posts) in several locations, mostly in coastal India, with the consent of the Mughal emperors, Maratha Empire or local rulers. Its rivals were the merchant trading companies of Portugal, Denmark, the Netherlands, and France. By the mid-18th century three ''Presidency towns'': Madras, Bombay and Calcutta, had grown in size. *During the period of Company rule in India, 1757–1858, the Company gradually acquired sovereignty over large parts of India, now called "Presidencies". However, it also increasingly came under British government oversight, in effect sharing sovereig ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jama Mosque, Mumbai
The Jama Masjid () is a Sunni Islam, Sunni Congregational mosque, Friday mosque, located in the Kalbadevi neighbourhood, near Crawford Market in the South Mumbai region of Mumbai, in the state of Maharashtra, India. The mosque was completed in stages during the 19th century, in the Indo-Islamic architecture, Indo-Islamic style. The Muslim community of Mumbai possesses 89 mosques, of which eight are affiliated with the Dawoodi Bohra, Bohra tradition, two with the Khoja tradition, one with the Mughal tribe, Mughals, and the remaining with the Sunni tradition. History In the eighteenth century, a large water reservoir was situated at this site in the midst of gardens and open land and belonged to a Konkani Muslim merchant trading in Goa and Calicut. In , the merchant agreed to the erection of a mosque at this site on condition that the water tank was preserved. The construction started in 1775 with raising of foundations on the tank. Objections were raised by neighbours that d ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
