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{{Main|Portuguese in Goa and Bombay|East India Company|British Bombay|Anglo-Portuguese Alliance}}
{{Infobox Former Country
| native_name = Goa britânica
| conventional_long_name = British occupation of Portuguese India
| common_name = British Goa
| official_languages = [[European Portuguese]] and [[British English]]
| common_languages = [[Konkani language|Konkani]], [[Marathi language|Marathi]], [[Gujarati language|Gujarati]]& [[Indo-Portuguese]]
| status = [[Protectorate]] of the [[British Empire]]
| era = [[Colonial Era]]
| life_span = 1797 to 1798<br />1799 to 1813
| p1 = Portuguese India
| flag_p1 = Flag of Portugal (1750).svg
| s1 = Portuguese India
| flag_s1 = Flag of Portugal (1750).svg
| image_flag = Union flag 1606 (Kings Colors).svg
| flag = Flag of Great Britain 
| symbol =
| image_map = British Cemetery, Goa.jpg
| image_map_caption = A British Cemetery is the only remnant of this era
| event_start = [[Anglo-Portuguese Treaty of 1373|Anglo-Portuguese Treaty]]
| date_start = 16 Jun 1373
| event1 = [[War of the Second Coalition|Portugal joins the Second Coalition]]
| date_event1 = 01 Jun 1798
| event2 = [[War of the Oranges|Defeat of Portugal]]
| date_event2 = 09 Jun 1801
| event_end = [[Battle of Leipzig|First defeat of Napoléon]]
| date_end = 19 Oct 1813
| capital = [[Raj Bhavan, Panaji|Palacio do Cabo]] in [[Pangim]]
| currency = [[Portuguese real]]
| stat_area1 =
| stat_pop1 =
| footnotes =
| religion = [[Roman Catholicism]]
| demonym =
| area_km2 = 4,305
| area_rank =
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| today = [[India]]
}}

{{Colonial India}}

[[Goa, Daman and Diu]] (Portuguese: ''Goa, Damaon & Dio'') were one of [[Kingdom of Portugal|Portugal]]'s oldest colonies, acquired in [[1510 AD]] or the next few years.<ref>{{cite book|first=Roger|last=Crowley|year=2015|title=Conquerors: How Portugal Forged the First Global Empire|publisher=Faber & Faber|location=London}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.britishempire.co.uk/maproom/goa.htm#:~:text=Goa&text=Goa%20was%20one%20of%20Portugal's,French%20or%20her%20allied%20navies |title=Goa |publisher=Britishempire.co.uk |date= |accessdate=2021-07-06}}</ref> During the [[Napoleonic War]]s, the Portuguese were concerned at being unable to defend [[Portuguese Empire|their empire]] from the predatory French or her [[Sister republic|allied]] navies.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://itsgoa.com/british-occupation-of-goa/|title=British occupation of Goa?|date=February 18, 2016|website=ItsGoa}}</ref> Due to the historic [[Anglo-Portuguese Alliance]], [[Company rule in India|British India]] was keen to assist in Goa's security. Britain dispatched a [[History of the Royal Navy (after 1707)|Royal Navy]] squadron as well as an army of 10,000 soldiers. The British soldiers were posted at strategic locations like [[Aguada fort|Aguada]], [[Miramar, Goa|Miramar]], [[Caranzalem]], [[Raj Bhavan, Panaji|Palacio do Cabo]] and [[Mormugão fort|Morumugão]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.britannica.com/place/Goa|title=Goa - History|website=Encyclopedia Britannica}}</ref> The soldiers built huge fortifications in these areas to help defend them. (These fortifications were subsequently demolished after the British departed.) This amicable agreement ended in 1813, thanks largely to the massive defeat of the French and Spanish fleets at [[Battle of Trafalgar|Trafalgar]] in 1805.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/details/r/58cf5e45-1d2d-457e-b3ae-cc533d9735e2 |title='The British Occupation of the Portuguese Settlements in India, Goa, Diu, Damaun,... | The National Archives |publisher=Discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk |date= |accessdate=2021-07-06}}</ref> There are two distinct phases of the period, from 1797 to 1798 and from 1802 to 1813 (in 1814 [[Napoleon]] was exiled to the island of [[Elba]]). For the next century, no country was capable of challenging the power of the Royal Navy. Goa could benefit from [[Pax Britannica]].<ref>{{cite book|first=Frederic Charles |last=Danvers|date=1988|title=The Portuguese in India: being a history of the rise and decline of their eastern empire|publisher=Asian Educational Services|page=487}}</ref><ref>{{cite book|last=Esdaile|first=Charles|date=2003|title=The Peninsular War|publisher=Palgrave Macmillan|isbn=1-4039-6231-6}}</ref>

During this time, the Portuguese were still in charge of the administration of the territory (the local government was headed by the Viscount of Mirandela from 1794 to 1806, then by the Count of Sarzedas from 1806 to 1816).<ref>{{cite book|first1=Manoel José Gabriel|last1=Saldanha|title=História de Goa: (Política e arqueológica)|year=1990|publisher=Asian Educational Services|isbn=81-206-0590-X|language=pt}}</ref>

==British cemetery==
{{Further|British Cemetery in Panjim (Goa)}}
A military cemetery is the only evidence of the presence of British forces in Goa that was otherwise ruled by the Portuguese. There are a total of 108 tombs, the oldest of them dates to 1808 and the latest of them dates to 1912.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/goa/dona-paulas-forgotten-british-cemetery-gets-a-new-lease-of-life/articleshow/58485876.cms |title=Dona Paula: Dona Paula's forgotten British cemetery gets a new lease of life | Goa News - Times of India |publisher=Timesofindia.indiatimes.com |date=2017-05-03 |accessdate=2021-07-06}}</ref>

==References==
{{reflist}}
[[Category:History of India]]
[[Category:States and territories established in 1797]]
[[Category:Colonial states of the Portuguese Empire|India, Portuguese]]
[[Category:States and territories disestablished in 1813]]
[[Category:1790s in India]]
[[Category:1800s in India]]
[[Category:1810s in India]]
[[Category:British India]]
[[Category:1797 establishments in India]]
[[Category:Portuguese Empire]]
[[Category:1813 disestablishments in India]]
[[Category:British India]]
[[Category:Portuguese India]]
[[Category:Colonial Goa]]
[[Category:19th century in Portuguese India]]
[[Category:Portugal–United Kingdom relations]]
[[Category:British military occupations]]
[[Category:Former British colonies and protectorates in Asia|Raj]]

British rule in Portuguese India - Revision history

Margaretzcd at 06:04, 5 May 2026