SOME INTERESTING FACTS ABOUT GOA

 

 

 

 

...... AMI SOGLE GOENKAR

DID YOU KNOW THESE FACTS ON GOA?

1. That the only state in India having two official state languages in Goa with Konkani and Marathi.

2. That Goa is the smallest state of India having a national highway road span of only 120 km N to S and around 80 kms E to W.

   

3. That Goa's official language Konkani is the only Indian language that is written in two scripts, Devanagri and Roman English script.

4. That Goa is the only state where the state road transport is named after an old age dynasty called Kadamba.

                     

5. That Goa is the second state after Odisha where the world famous Olive Ridley Turtles come to lay their eggs on Morjim Beach.

          

6. That Goa is the state having the whole non-decomposing miraculous remains of St Francis Xavier at Old Goa.

         

7. That Goa is the only Indian state with an active and enforced Uniform Civil Code implemented by the Portuguese.

               

8. That if you are a Goan, you can avail of Portuguese Nationality Passport.

         

9. That the first press of Asia was established in Goa at St Paul's College in 1556.

     

10. That the first medical school of India was established in Goa set up in 1842 at Panaji, demolished in 2004.

11. That Goa is exporting 60% of India's Mineral Ore to Japan.

12. That Goa is the first state in India to permanently host the International Film festival.

 
     

13. That Goa is the only place where one can hire a two wheeler taxi called "PILOTS."

             

14. That the one and only Naval Aviation Museum of Asia is located at Vasco in Goa.

          

15. That India has only two temples dedicated to the Brahma of the Hindu Trinity. One is in Rajasthan and the other is in Goa, 17.7 kn from Valpol in the village of Carambolim.

                  

16.That Mumbai owes its daily bread to Goa more precisely, to migrant bakers from Saligao and Siolim who brought with them the blessed Pao to Mumbai.

                      

17. That Goa, even though the smallest state in India has the highest bank saving deposit.

18. That Asia's only floating casino is launched in Goa's coastal waters at Panaji harbor known as "Caravela." 

   

19. That India's largest late-rite stone carving of St Mirabai is at ancestral Goa at Loutolim Village.

                  

20. That Goa is the only state of India having the highest forest density cover of 33% of total land mass.

               

21. That the first English Medium High School in Goa was established in 1896 at St.Joseph's High School, Arpora.

22. Goa is the first state in India wherein one can register a car, bike, or other vehicle on line directly from the dealers - this started in June 2006 and one need not go to the R.T.O. for registration.

     

GOANS ARE PROUD OF THEIR STATE, NATURALLY!!