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On Sun, 2 Feb 2003, Jorge/Livia de Abreu Noronha wrote:
> At least up to mid-1940s the birth registries in Goa used to specify the
> race. I have with me a xerox copy of a birth registry of 1920 which mentions
> "of white race" ("de raca branca" in Portuguese) and another of 1944 which
> mentions "of Indo-Aryan race" ("de raca indo-ariana").
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Jorge,
Out of curiosity, were these the only two classifications available to the
registrars when it came to race? Also, was there any criteria to determine
race or merely skin color?
-Tariq
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