SabinaGuffey at 18:13, 3 March 2026

2026-03-03T18:13:28Z

New page

{{Short description|Portuguese medical practitioner and diplomat (1897–1959)}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=July 2022}}
{{Use Indian English|date=July 2022}}
{{Infobox scientist
| name = Jaime Valfredo Rangel
| image = Dr_Jaime_Portrait.jpg
| birth_name = Francisco Newton João Vicente da Piedade Jaime Valfredo Rangel
| birth_date = {{Birth date |1897|2|13|df=yes}}
| birth_place = [[Bastora]], [[Goa]], [[Portuguese India]]
| caption = Rangel in 1943
| death_date = {{Death date and age|1959|7|6|1897|5|17|df=yes}}
| death_place = [[Bangalore, Karnataka]], India
| residence =
| field = [[Medicine]], [[Portuguese literature]], [[politics]]
| work_institution =[[Goa Medical College|Escola Medico–Cirurgica de Goa]] <br /> Tipografia Rangel
| alma_mater = [[Goa Medical College|Escola Medico–Cirurgica de Goa]]
| spouse = {{marriage|Maria Filomena Frias Ferreira|1921-1959}}
| children = 7
| doctoral_advisor =
| doctoral_students =
| known_for =
| author_abbrev_bot =
| author_abbrev_zoo =
| prizes =
| footnotes =
}}

'''Francisco Newton João Vicente da Piedade Jaime Valfredo Rangel''' (13 February 1897 – 6 July 1959) was a [[Goan]] industrialist, medical practitioner, politician, a delegate to the [[International Labour Organization]] for [[Portuguese India]] and one of the main developers of [[Corjuem|Corjuem Island]].

Throughout the course of his career as the owner and director of Tipografia Rangel (Rangel Printing Press), Rangel was responsible for the publication of thousands of books important to [[Portuguese literature]] and [[Goan literature]] and publication of [[Portuguese language|Portuguese]] newspaper O Independente and the archives of [[Goa Medical College]] (then known as the ''Arquivos da Escola Medico Cirurgica de Nova Goa'') for which he was the editor.<ref>[https://shodhganga.inflibnet.ac.in/bitstream/10603/35656/14/14_appendices.pdf Unknown]{{Dead link | date=March 2025 | fix-attempted=yes}}</ref> Tipografia Rangel was one of the first private printing presses in [[Portuguese India]] and was a leader in the publishing of Portuguese literature in [[Portuguese India]] prior to the Indian [[annexation of Goa]] in 1961.<ref>{{Cite book|last=Couto|first=Maria|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=2QYYjT8-0BIC|title=Goa: A Daughter's Story|date=2004|page=370|publisher=Penguin Books India|isbn=978-0-14-303343-1}}</ref>

==Early life==
Jaime Valfredo Rangel was born in [[Bastora]], [[Bardes]], [[Portuguese Goa]] to [[Goan Catholic]] parents. He was the eldest son of the Vicente Joao Janin Rangel, founder of Tipografia Rangel, and Augusta Udobildes Correia Lobo e Rangel. His father, originally from [[Piedade, Goa]] moved to [[Bastora]], [[Goa]] and founded Tipografia Rangel in 1886.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/goa/Etching-its-name-on-the-pages-of-history/articleshow/43656243.cms|title=Etching its name on the pages of history | Goa News - Times of India|website=The Times of India|date=28 September 2014 }}</ref> Jaime excelled in languages and was a [[polyglot]] highly proficient in [[English language|English]], [[Konkani language|Konkani]], [[Portuguese language|Portuguese]], [[Latin]] and [[French language|French]]. He completed his matriculation from [[University of Bombay]] in 1915 and graduated as a medical doctor from [[Goa Medical College|Escola Medico–Cirurgica de Nova Goa]] (which subsequently became known as ''Goa Medical College'') in 1922 in [[Panaji|Panjim]] where he was the editor of the Arquivos da [[Goa Medical College|Escola Medico–Cirurgica de Nova Goa]] which he continued to publish even post the completion of his medical studies. Prior to completing his medical degree he was a teacher of [[Portuguese language|Portuguese]] at Sacred Heart of Jesus in [[Parra, Goa]]. After completing his degree, he took his place as a director of the family business Tipografia Rangel.<ref>https://www.scribd.com/document/911710664/Goa-1961-the-Complete-Story-of-Nationalism-and-Integration</ref>

==Director of Tipografia Rangel==

[[File:Carlos_Eugenio_Ferreira.jpg|thumb| Hanv Saiba Poltoddi Voitam composed by Carlos Eugenio Ferreira Goa's most famous [[Dekhni]] song ]]

During Rangel's time as head of the publication house did his business and literature in [[Goa]] flourish. The Press published work in [[English language|English]], [[Konkani language|Konkani]], [[French language|French]] and [[Portuguese language|Portuguese]].
He took up responsibility of printing Boletim do Instituto Vasco da Gama and this was subsequently renamed as Boletim [[Institute Menezes Braganza|Instituto Menezes Braganza]], the bulletin of one of the premier institutions for cultural activities in [[Goa]] since the 19th century.
Rangel was also deeply involved in the scientific press of [[Portuguese India]] at the time publishing five periodicals in the medical field including the
Arquivos da [[Goa Medical College|Escola Medico–Cirurgica de Goa]] and that had been established by [[Froilano de Mello]] and Boletim Geral
De Medicina, an instruction for all doctors in [[Portuguese India]].
The publication house was one of the largest in [[Goa]] publishing a total of 17 periodicals at the time including O Independente and O Indespensavel that were also created and edited by the Rangel family.
His publications made him well known and his publication house synonymous for literature published in Goa at the time.
In 1926 Tipografia Rangel published ''Hanv Saiba Poltodi Vetam'' by Carlos Eugenio Ferreira, which would become one of the most famous [[Dekhni]] songs in Goa and be adapted by [[Raj Kapoor]] as ''Na mangoon sona chandi'' in his [[Hindi]] movie [[Bobby (1973 film)|Bobby]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.songs-from-goa.at/info12-deknni.html|title=Songs from Goa|website=www.songs-from-goa.at}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.heraldgoa.in/Cafe/Reviving-Konkani-songs-for-the-future-generation/138195|title=Herald|website=www.heraldgoa.in|date=31 October 2018 }}</ref>
They continued to publish the work of this artist during his lifetime. Rangel also authored and published a book ''Imprensa em Goa'' in 1957 a description of the history and state of the media in [[Portuguese India]] during the [[Portuguese India|Portuguese rule of Goa]] which continues to be used a reference for the state of the colonial media.<ref>{{Cite web| title=19th Century Periodicals of Portuguese India: An Assessment of Documentary Evidence and Indo-Portuguese Identity | author=Pendse, Liladhar Ramchandra | year=2013 | url=https://escholarship.org/content/qt9nm6x7j8/qt9nm6x7j8.pdf?t=n2h2ke | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231205161805/https://escholarship.org/content/qt9nm6x7j8/qt9nm6x7j8.pdf?t=n2h2ke | archive-date=2023-12-05}}</ref>

[[File:Imprensa_Em_Goa.jpg|thumb|Jaime Valfredo Rangel's study on the colonial media in Goa]]

==Political career==
Rangel was elected as a [[councillor]] of the Municipal Council of [[Bardes]] in 1929 and appointed as the President of the [[council]] in April 1940, a position which he held till 1949. As President of the Municipal Council of [[Bardez]] Rangel took significant efforts for development and beautification projects at headquarters of the municipality [[Mapusa]] where he built roads and gardens including the first concrete road in [[Mapusa]] which is still active.
He also renovated the Asilo Hospital in [[Mapusa]] further granting the hospital an annual subsidy of Rs.6000 in order for the hospital to start functioning efficiently.
<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/goa/new-lease-of-life-for-asilo/articleshow/62969845.cms|title=New lease of life for Asilo | Goa News - Times of India|website=The Times of India|date=18 February 2018 }}</ref>
He was subsequently appointed by [[Portuguese Government]] to be the representative to the [[International Labour Organization]] of [[Portugal]].
In this position he attended Asia International Labour Conferences in [[Bandung]] in 1950, [[Chennai]] in 1952, [[Tokyo]] in 1953, [[Bangkok]] in 1954, [[Rangoon]] in 1955 and [[Delhi]] in 1957 where he received an audience with the first [[President of India]], [[Rajendra Prasad|Dr Rajendra Prasad]].

==Personal life and charitable contributions==
Rangel was married to Maria Ana Filomena Frias Ferreira, the niece of Carlos Eugenio Ferreira from [[Corjuem]], [[Goa]] at the age of twenty four and had seven children. He died while on vacation in Bangalore on 6 July 1959.
[[File:Ferreiras at Corjuem.jpg|thumb|Ferreira family of Corjuem, including the father in law of Dr. Rangel, Jose Heliodoro and Carlos Eugenio]]Dr Rangel was a benefactor to many institutions and was a fervent supporter of education for women even donating property owned by him and his family to The Sisters of the Cross of Chavanod on which they started Holy Cross High School, [[Bastora]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://akshay-sangodkar.blogspot.com/2011/04/holy-cross-high-school-bastora-to.html|title=Serene: Holy Cross High School, Bastora celebrates its Platinum Jubilee|first=Akshay|last=Sangodkar|date=12 April 2011}}</ref> Dr Rangel believed in the equality of all and uplifment of [[Scheduled Castes]] he donated three acres of his personal land for affordable housing which houses over a 200 people in [[Corjuem]], he also ensured employment and built a culture for uplifment of the community which his family continues to be a benefactor to and where his family continues to be the custodians to the 17th century Fort.<ref>https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/goa/after-renovation-corjuem-fort-to-see-heritage-tourism/articleshow/100712746.cms</ref> He is well known for his work on medical records during the colonial period in India, which have been used subsequently as references for multiple publications about the History of Medicine in that region. Tipografia Rangel continues to be remembered one of the most well-known institutions for [[Portuguese Literature]] and [[Goan Literature]] in India during the colonial period.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.homestaysofindia.com/north-goa-bastora-homestay/|title=Bastora Homestay - North Goa|first=Homestays of|last=India|access-date=26 April 2020|archive-date=27 September 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200927025939/https://www.homestaysofindia.com/north-goa-bastora-homestay/|url-status=dead}}</ref>
His son Dr Jose Rangel was a poet, author of ''Toada da Vida e Outros Poemas'',<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://spanport.byu.edu/faculty/facultyinfo/Full-time/williams,frederick.html|title=Frederick Williams's Bio|website=spanport.byu.edu}}</ref> Founder Director of the Voicuntrao Dempo Centre for Indo-Portuguese Studies<ref>{{Cite journal|url=https://www.persee.fr/doc/luso_1257-0273_2000_num_7_1_1401|title=The Status of Portuguese Language and Some Other Cultural Aspects in Goa|author-link=Maria de Lourdes Bravo da Costa Rodrigues|first=Maria de Lourdes Bravo da Costa|last=Rodrigues|date=27 April 2000|journal=Lusotopie|volume=7|issue=1|pages=597–609|via=www.persee.fr}}</ref> named after co-founder of [[Dempo|Dempo Mining Corporation]] and [[Member of parliament|MP]] in [[Portuguese Parliament]], Voicuntrao Dempo and part of the executive committee of the [[United Goans Party]] as well as succeeding his father as Director of Tipografia Rangel.

== Selected Works Published by Tipografia Rangel ==
[[File:O Independente.jpg|thumb|O Independente published by Jaime Valfredo Rangel]]
* ''Independente (O) (1933-1945)''
* ''Boletim De Institute Vasco Da Gama (1926-1961)''
* ''Arquivos da Escola Medico Cirurgica de Nova Goa''<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://goaprintingpress.gov.in/portuguese-reference-books-2/|title=Portuguese Reference Books – Government Printing Press & Stationery, Govt of Goa, India}}</ref>
* ''Agentes da diplomacia Portuguesa in India, with a preface and notes by Panduronga S. S. Pissurlencar. Bastora Tipografia Rangel, 1952.''<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://centrallibrary.goa.gov.in/official-correspondence|title=Official Correspondence and Documents|date=18 September 2017|website=centrallibrary.goa.gov.in}}</ref>
* ''Bosquejo histórico das comunidades, Felippe Neri Xavier (1903-1907)''<ref>{{Cite web| title=Bibliography | url=http://goatourism.gov.in/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/Bibliography.pdf | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200331135754/http://goatourism.gov.in:80/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/Bibliography.pdf | archive-date=2020-03-31}}</ref>
* ''Hanv Saiba Poltodi Vetam by Carlos Eugenio Ferreira (1926)''
* ''Etnografia da Índia Portuguesa by A.B de Braganca (1940)''
* ''Colaboradores hindús de Afonso de Albuquerque by Panduronga S. S. Pissurlencar (1941)''
* ''Armandbabache Don Mog: Konkani ani Goem by Manohar Sardessai (1984)''
* ''Gramática da lingua Concani by VJ Janin Rangel (1933)''<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.isfas.uni-kiel.de/de/linguistik/forschung/projekte/southasiabibliography/bibliography/indo-european/konkani|title=Konkani|website=Institut für Skandinavistik, Frisistik und Allgemeine Sprachwissenschaft}}</ref>
* ''A Imprensa em Goa by Jaime Rangel (1957)''<ref>{{Cite web | url=http://www.bocc.ubi.pt/pag/barros-eduardo-judas-comunicacao-no-mundo-lusofono-sintese-historica-da-imprensa-portuguesa-em-goa-india.pdf | title=Comunicação no mundo lusófono - Síntese histórica da imprensa portuguesa em Goa (Índia) | language=pt | trans-title=Communication in the Portuguese-speaking world - Historical summary of the Portuguese press in Goa (India) | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200312152112/http://bocc.ubi.pt/pag/barros-eduardo-judas-comunicacao-no-mundo-lusofono-sintese-historica-da-imprensa-portuguesa-em-goa-india.pdf | archive-date=12 March 2020 }}</ref>

== References ==
{{reflist}}

{{DEFAULTSORT:Rangel, Jaime}}
[[Category:1897 births]]
[[Category:1959 deaths]]
[[Category:Medical doctors from Goa]]
[[Category:Goan Catholics]]
[[Category:University of Mumbai alumni]]
[[Category:Portuguese diplomats]]
[[Category:Portuguese people of Goan descent]]

Jaime Valfredo Rangel - Revision history

SabinaGuffey at 18:13, 3 March 2026