City in Goa, India

Town in Goa, India
Vasco da Gama ( ), frequently shortened to Vasco, is a city in the submit of Goa on the west coast of India. It is named after the portuguese explorer Vasco da Gama. It is the headquarters of the Mormugão taluka ( subdistrict ). The city lies on the western tip of the Mormugao peninsula, at the mouth of the Zuari River, about 30 kilometres ( 19 secret intelligence service ) from Panaji, Goa ‘s capital, 28 kilometres ( 17 nautical mile ) from Margao, the district headquarters and about 5 kilometres ( 3.1 mi ) from Dabolim Airport.

The city was founded in 1543 and remained in Portuguese hands until 1961, when Goa ceased to be a portuguese district. The 1888-constructed Mormugao Port remains a busy shipping route in Asia. It is one of the major ports of independent India. [ 2 ] The ship-building area of Goa Shipyard Limited that builds indian Navy and Coast Guard vessels was besides built there in 1957 ( during the Portuguese era ). initially built around the city ‘s seaport as the barge-repair yard Estaleiros Navais de Goa, the area has now [ when? ] expanded to include more related activities. [ citation needed ] The indian Navy besides has a presence with its huge campuses, which include the naval establish INS Hansa. [ 3 ]

history [edit ]

Vasco district attorney Gama Municipal Market in 1958, with the Clock Tower on the left This city, in the former Portuguese district of Goa, is named after the celebrated portuguese explorer and navigator Vasco da Gama, who held the title of Governor of Portuguese India. This city serves as the headquarter of the Mormugao sub-district. It was founded in 1543 and remained in Portuguese hands until 1961, when the district was lost to India. [ 4 ] [ better source needed ] Vasco district attorney Gama, 1st Count of Vidigueira was the first european to reach India by sea. His initial ocean trip to India ( 1497–1499 ) was the first base to link Europe and Asia by an ocean path, connecting the Atlantic and the indian oceans and, in this way, the West and the East. He reached Goa on 11 September 1524 but died at Kochi three months late. His remains were finally returned to Portugal and interred at St Jeronimos monastery. [ 5 ] [ better source needed ] The city is sometimes referred to as Sambhaji Nagar. Sambhaji was the eldest son of Shivaji, the laminitis of the Maratha Empire. An try was made to change the city ‘s mention to Sambhaji Nagar, and this is reflected in a few politics records. however, no official records have been found as to when the city was renamed. It is thus dismissed as a political go. [ 6 ] [ 7 ] [ 8 ]

renovation of Clock Tower [edit ]

Clock Tower at Vasco district attorney Gama, Goa In 2015, after a campaign by the Goa Heritage Action Group and the History Lovers Group, the Mormugao Municipal Council ( MMC ) decided to renovate the clock loom of the municipal marketplace in the heart of the city. Built in 1938, the complex is an example of Art Deco style of architecture. [ 9 ] [ 10 ] The renovation exercise was completed in 2017 with fund provided by the Rajaram and Tarabai Bandekar Charitable Trust, and the clock was brought in from Nashik. [ 11 ] [ 12 ]

transport [edit ]

Vasco is connected by road by the National Highway 17A & National Highway 17B, by railing by the Vasco district attorney Gama railroad track post, [ 13 ] by the sea through the Mormugao Port [ 14 ] and by air through Dabolim Airport, thus serving as the main hub for most tourists visiting the submit of Goa .

industry [edit ]

Vasco is heavy reliant on the port for most of its economic action. manganese ore mined in interior regions is brought to Mormugao by barges navigating the rivers Mandovi and Zuari, and then either collected in the Mormugao Port to be loaded onto bulk carrier wave ships or directly loaded onto the ships using trans-shippers. Ore which is collected on the port is handled by machinery called MOHP ( Mechanical Ore-Handling Plant ). This includes massive bucket bicycle loaders and miles of conveyer belt belts. The port has moor facilities for large cruise liners equally well as a floating dry dock. There are shipping and cargo forwarding agents angstrom well as offices of major mining companies based in the city. The Mormugao Port Trust which operates the port is the largest employer in the Vasco region and has a arrant mini-township in Headland Sada which includes schools, residential complexes and amenities for employees of the Port. [ citation needed ]

tourism and culture [edit ]

Beaches near Vasco district attorney Gama ( up ) and Mormugão Municipal Council at Vasco district attorney Gama, India ( down ).

Bogmalo Beach is 8 kilometres ( 5.0 nautical mile ) from Vasco. This beach is quite bad as it has submerged currents. Hollant ( Issorcim ) and Baina are two smaller beaches around Vasco. aside from the nearby beaches, the city of Vasco is bereft of any major tourist attractions, the outstanding repository being the 400-year-old Igreja de Santo André ( St. Andrew ‘s Church ), located at the entrance of the city. however the Naval Aviation Museum near the airport is a popular tourist smudge and is one of three such museums in India. It profiles the evolution and history of indian naval air travel through aircraft exhibits and rare photograph. One of Goa ‘s premier musical groups, Diamond Orchestra, which was established in 1976, hails from Vasco. The town is besides home to several English bands from Goa, notably Lynx and Kollectiv Soul. Vasco is known for the annual Shri Damodar Bhajani Saptah [ 15 ] fairly held in Shravan month of Hindu lunar calendar preceding the festival of Nag panchami. Vasco district attorney Gama hosted the relics of Saint John Bosco, albeit temporarily, on 21 August 2011, at the St. Andrew ‘s Church, while the relics were on their world go. Like all towns and cities in Goa, Vasco celebrates the Shigmo ; and carnival per annum with a street parade where floats from all over Goa participate .

Sports [edit ]

As in the stay of Goa, football is the most popular sport in Vasco. Two teams from the town have participated in the I-League – Vasco Sports Club and Salgaocar Sports Club. Salgaocar SC were Champions of the 1998–99 season [ 16 ] of the erstwhile NFL. Tilak Maidan is a 6,000-seater [ 17 ] football land located in the city, hosts indian Super League matches. [ 18 ] The stadium sporting a brilliant turf hosted I-league matches during April 2013, as the home plate ground for the four teams from Goa in the league, when Fatorda Stadium was closed down for renovation. [ 19 ] Although cricket is not deoxyadenosine monophosphate democratic as football, a Vasco house physician Shadab Jakati [ 20 ] plays for Goa in the Ranji Trophy excellent competition and has besides been selected to play for the Chennai Super Kings IPL franchise. Railway Stadium is a cricket reason in Vasco district attorney Gama. The merely record match held on the establish was a excellent match between Goa and Kerala in the 1986/87 Ranji Trophy, [ 21 ] which Kerala won by 6 wickets. [ 22 ]

Politics [edit ]

The city of Vasco falls under the boundaries of the South Goa ( Lok Sabha constituency ) previously Mormugao Lok Sabha constituency in the Lok Sabha. The stream Member of Parliament is Francisco Sardinha of the amerind National Congress. [ 23 ] The extended city of Vasco / Mormugao elects three representatives to the Goa Legislative Assembly : [ 24 ]

research [edit ]

The National Centre for Antarctic and Ocean Research ( NCAOR ) [ 25 ] located at Headland Sada is a research and development institution administered by the Ministry of Earth Sciences. It is responsible for administering the indian Antarctic Program and maintains the indian government ‘s Antarctic inquiry station, Maitri. In addition to laboratories for marine sample processing/analyses, it hosts a particular low-temperature ice core sample storage facility. It is besides the nodal means for amerind scientific participation in the deep sea drilling research under the auspices of International Ocean Discovery Program ( IODP ) .

education [edit ]

  • The Birla Institute of Technology & Science, Pilani started its second campus BITS Pilani Goa Campus at Zuarinagar in Vasco da Gama. The campus offers undergraduate and postgraduate courses in engineering and science.[26]
  • The Navy Children School, established in 1987 under the aegis of Naval Education Society, is located in Vasco-da-Gama. It is one of eight similar institutions in India.[27]
  • The city has two Kendriya Vidyalayas, established under the aegis of the Indian Navy. Both are located at Mangor Hill in the Varunapuri compound.[27]
  • Mormugao Educational Society’s College of Arts and Commerce, locally known as MES College, is an institution in Zuarinagar, Vasco-da-Gama which provides training in commerce and the arts.[28]
  • Mormugao Port Trust also runs three schools at the Primary, Secondary and Higher Secondary levels named Deepvihar.[29]
  • New Dawn Ashadeep School is a special school for the physically disabled.[30]

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