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http://www.2008goanconvention.com --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Probably could do with more filling-in.... FN TIMELINES - Goans in Africa Timeline - Kenya Year Place Event 1594 Mombasa Portuguese build Fort Jesus 1698 Mombasa Omani Arabs seize Fort Jesus and end Portuguese rule 1865 Zanzibar C.R. de Souza opens store on island 1884 Zanzibar M.R. de Souza starts a business 1889 Mombasa M.R.de Souza opens branch of his store 1900 Nairobi Creation of township of Nairobi 1901 Mombasa Goan Reading Room opened in house of D.L. Pereira 1904 Nairobi Portuguese Cricket Club formed by 29 employees of the Uganda Railway 1905 Nairobi Portuguese Cricket Club closed by Uganda Railway authorities due to disputes between railway and non-railway employees 1905 Nairobi Non-Railway Goan members of the former Portuguese Cricket Club re-group and form the Goan Institute 1905 Mombasa St. Francis Xavier Goan Tailors Society formed 1906 Mombasa C.R. de Souza opens Mombasa branch 1909 Nairobi M.R. de Souza opens branches in Nairobi and Nakuru 1909 Nairobi Railway Goan employees re-organize to form the Railway Goan Institute 1911 Mombasa Goan Reading Room name changed to the Goan Institute 1915 Mombasa Dr. A.C.L. de Sousa arrives in E. Africa and is appointed a Government Medical Officer 1916 Nairobi St. Francis Xavier Goan Tailors Society formed 1919 Nairobi Dr. A.C.L. de Sousa moves to Nairobi and enters private practice with his wife, Mary, also a doctor 1927 Mombasa Goan Institute opens new building on Salim Road 1927 Nairobi Goan Overseas Association formed by Dr. A.C.L. D'Souza on 9th. July 1928 Nairobi Dr. Ribeiro Goan School opens in April with 38 children in premises loaned by Dr. Ribeiro 1931 Nairobi New Dr. Ribeiro Goan School Building opens on 19th July 1934 Nairobi Dr. A.C.L. de Sousa serves a member of the Kenya Legislative Council for four years 1936 Nairobi Goan Gymkhana formed by break away group of Goan Institute members 1943 Nairobi Goan Gymkhana opens stone building club house 1946 Mombasa Eighty delegates from all parts of East Africa assemble for the East African Goan Conference with Dr. A.C.L. D'Souza as Chairman 1955 Nairobi Goan Institute moves from downtown to new premises in Pangani suburb 1956 Nairobi Goan Overseas Association opens new Secondary School building on May 24 1958 Nairobi Dr. A.C.L. de Sousa dies on July 17th, at age 75 1959 Mombasa Tailors Society open 3-storey club and rest house 1963 Kenya Kenya becomes independent 1967 Nairobi Closing of Railway Goan Institute 1962 Uganda Uganda becomes independent 1961 Tanzania Tanganyika becomes independent 1963 Tanzania Zanzibar becomes independent, and joins Tanganyika to form Tanzania http://www.goacom.com/culture/history/timeafrica.html -- FN * Independent Journalist http://fn.goa-india.org Ph +91-832-2409490 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Portal:Goa http://www.linkedin.com/in/fredericknoronha