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| leader_name = Sanjay Harmalkar<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.goanews.com/news_disp.php?newsid=7121 |title=Students agitate; CM disapproves of Harmalkar's hate-speech |access-date=19 March 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170106051314/http://www.goanews.com/news_disp.php?newsid=7121 |archive-date=6 January 2017 |url-status=live|df=dmy-all }}</ref>
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| leader_name2 = Pundalik Raut Dessai<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://imbgoa.com/members-list/ |title=Members List – Institute Menezes Braganza |access-date=19 March 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170320232313/http://imbgoa.com/members-list/ |archive-date=20 March 2017 |url-status=live|df=dmy-all }}</ref>
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'''Institute Menezes Braganza''' is a [[cultural]] institution set up by the [[Portugal|Portuguese]] in colonial times, during the late 19th century. It was taken over by the [[Government of Goa]] and continues to play a role in cultural activities of [[Goa]]. In recent years, its takeover by the government was fought over in the [[Bombay High Court]].<ref name="IK">{{cite web|title=The Institute Menezes Braganza ... vs The State Of Goa And Director Of Art ... on 10 October, 2002|url=https://indiankanoon.org/doc/2403/|website=IndianKanoon.Org|publisher=IndianKanoon|accessdate=26 March 2017}}</ref>

==History==

After being set up in 1871, by the then Portuguese government, initially named the [[Institute Vasco da Gama]] (IVG) functioned for a short while, and turned dormant for about five decades, between 1875 and 1925.<ref name="IK" /> At that time, the need for an institute focussing on literary, scientific and cultural themes was felt again by around 1924, and a new ''Portaria'' (provincial order 105 dated 10 February 1925 and ''Legislative Diploma'' or enactment No.144 of 26 March 1925 was passed. An annual grant of Rs.10,000 was given.<ref name="IK" />

==Renamed==
Following the end of [[Portuguese Empire|Portuguese]] rule in Goa in 1961 by Indian Army action, the institute was renamed after [[Luís de Menezes Bragança]], a campaigner against colonial rule. It continued to get official government support. In 1997, in a step which was questioned by some, the Government of Goa took over the institution, and re-established it as a [[society]] under the [[India]]n [[Registration of Societies Act]], 1860.

According to official documents, its aims are to "focus mainly on the promotion of activities in the fields of Language, Literature, Art & Culture in Goa".<ref>[https://archive.today/20130412230623/http://www.goa.gov.in/departments/menezesbraganza.html Activities of the Institute Menezes Braganza]</ref> It also "primarily seeks to promote Goan talent in allied areas and to meet the versatile cultural interests of Goan society as a whole."

==Collaborations==
It works with other institutions such as the Indian [[National Book Trust]], [[New Delhi]], [[Sahitya Akademi]], the [[Goa Konkani Akademi]], the [[Gomantak Marathi Akademi]], [[Gomantak Sahitya Sevak Mandal]], among others. It is located in the centre of [[Panjim]]. Its recent (2013) renovation makes it a hall of choice for organising public functions, though parking can be a problem in the area.

==Activities==
It organises literary and cultural activities, and also published the ''Bulletin of the Institute Menezes Braganza''.

==1997 change==

In 1997, the Pratapsing Rane Government in Goa enacted changes in laws<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://goaprintingpress.gov.in/uploads/Institute%20Menezes%20Braganza%20Supplemental%20Provisions%20Act.pdf |title=Supplemental provisions |access-date=8 March 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130512092331/http://www.goaprintingpress.gov.in/uploads/Institute%20Menezes%20Braganza%20Supplemental%20Provisions%20Act.pdf |archive-date=12 May 2013 |url-status=live|df=dmy-all }}</ref> for:

* Dissolution of the managing committee;
* Adjudication of claims, and payment of compensation for any claims;
* Handing over of the assets, books of records and properties of the Institute, by those holding them;
* The repeal of all laws and orders governing or in any manner concerning the affairs of the Institute.

==Court decision==

The Bombay High Court dismissed the petition against the takeover of the IMG, but expressed "a hope that the respondent- State [Government of Goa] shall maintain artifacts and/or paintings and/or coins and/or other valuable articles and shall make all attempts to preserve Portuguese culture for future generation."<ref name="IK" />

==References==
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==External links==
*[http://www.goa.gov.in/departments/menezesbraganza.html IMB, official description]
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20120517223652/http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2012-04-01/goa/31269692_1_transformer-first-phase-first-floor At Institute Menezes Braganza, work is slow & unsteady]
*[http://goaprintingpress.gov.in/uploads/Institute%20Menezes%20Braganza%20Supplemental%20Provisions%20Act.pdf The Goa (Institute Menezes Braganza) (Supplemental Provisions) Act, 1997]
*[http://www.goanews.com/news_disp.php?newsid=19 Institute Menezes Braganza caught up in a row]

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