https://indianpedia.org/index.php?action=history&feed=atom&title=Jos%C3%A9_Ferreira_BossaJosé Ferreira Bossa - Revision history2026-08-01T03:48:17ZRevision history for this page on the wikiMediaWiki 1.45.4https://indianpedia.org/index.php?title=Jos%C3%A9_Ferreira_Bossa&diff=44942&oldid=prev>Alexis Jazz at 01:47, 7 October 20202020-10-07T01:47:47Z<p></p>
<p><b>New page</b></p><div>{{Cleanup translation|Portuguese|type=check|listed=nolist}}<br />
{{Use dmy dates|date=July 2019}}<br />
'''José Silvestre Ferreira Bossa''' <small>[[Order of Christ (Portugal)|GOC]]</small> (Safara, [[Moura, Portugal|Moura]], 20 July 1894 - 14 February 1970) was governor of [[Portuguese India]] and the Colonial Minister during the [[Estado Novo (Portugal)|Estado Novo]] government of [[António de Oliveira Salazar]].<br />
<br />
He was the son of Eufrásio Caetano Bossa and Maria Ferreira.<br />
<br />
On 11 May 1935 he was promoted from his position of ''Sub-Secretário de Estado das Colónias'' (''Sub-Secretary of State for the Colonies''), during the 7th government of António Salazar, to become the Minister Of The Colonies, until January 18th, 1936 .<ref>Diário da República (1935), pp.1</ref><br />
<br />
Between 1946 and 1947 he was appointed General Governor of Portuguese India by Portuguese President [[Oscar Carmona]].<ref>M.N. Pearson (1987), p.xvi</ref> He was greatly opposed to Goan nationalism.<ref>Varsha Kamat (2018)</ref><br />
<br />
On 30 April 1946 he was made a Grand Officer of the Military [[Order of Christ (Portugal)|Order of Christ]].<ref>{{cite web|title=José Silvestre Ferreira Bossa |url=http://www.ordens.presidencia.pt/?idc=153&list=1|website=Ordens Honorificas Portuguesas|publisher=Presidência da República Portuguesa|accessdate=21 February 2016}}</ref><br />
<br />
==References==<br />
===Notes===<br />
{{Reflist|30em}}<br />
===References===<br />
* {{citation |url=http://memoria-africa.ua.pt/Library/ShowImage.aspx?q=/BGC/BGU-N350&p=94 |title=Boletim Geral do Ultramar |publisher=Agência Geral do Ultramar |volume=XXX |issue=350 |year=1954 |contribution=O Ultramar Português |language=Portuguese |pages=94–303}}<br />
* {{citation |title=Resurgent Goa: Goan society from 1900-1961|first=Varsha|last=Kamat|year=2018}}<br />
* {{citation |title=The Portuguese in India |first=M.N. |last=Pearson |year=1987 |location=Cambridge, England |publisher=Cambridge University Press}}<br />
* {{citation |url=https://dre.pt/application/file/577231 |title=Decree 25:313 |date=11 May 1935 |edition=Série II |issue=107 |pages=1 |language=Portuguese |publisher=Diário da República}}<br />
<br />
{{DEFAULTSORT:Bossa, Jose Ferreira}}<br />
[[Category:Governors-General of Portuguese India]]<br />
[[Category:1970 deaths]]<br />
[[Category:1894 births]]<br />
<br />
<br />
{{India-politician-stub}}</div>>Alexis Jazz