The Uzbek Turkcic Mongols had placed our provinces in the hands of their Generals; they in turn morphed into Nawabs after seizing power grab that produced little kingdoms like Hyderabad and Bijapur. Goa had a long history of indegenous religion and culture under native Indian rulers. Bijapur was not invited to invade Goa : Vijaynagar did ask daGama to evict them, but not to move in for good. Nehru had few options available when dealing with the likes of Nizams and Salazars : We do not call Clinton names for ejecting Milosevitch from Bosnia and Kosova. The Portuguese people do not miss Salazar, and there is no nostalgia for the former colonies and subjects. They now conduct themselves in the civilized manner expected of educated democratic societies. Our history would have been quite different if Kakodkar's Congress has assumed power after the first election to the Assembly. It was mindless ego that created a local parochial Party then, a doomed experiment that split the vote and empowered a group that was honest about it's intent to dissolve the special status Nehru so wanted to preserve for all in Goa. eric. From: pinheiro gift.pinhe...@gmail.com
India is paying a heavy price for Nehru's blunder of plundering Goa in 1961. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
