DID YOU KNOW THESE FACTS ABOUT GOA?
1. That the only state in India having two official
state languages is Goa with Konkani and Marathi.
2.
That Goa is the
smallest state of India having a
national highway road span of only 120 km N to S and around 80 kms E to
W.
3.
That Goa’s official language,
Konkani, is the only Indian language that is written in two
scripts, Devnagri and Roman English script.
4.
That Goa is the only state where
the state road transport is named after an old age dynasty called
Kadamba.
5.
That Goa is the second state
after Orissa where the world
famous Olive Ridley Turtles come to lay their eggs on Morjim Beach
6.
That Goa is the state having the
whole non-decomposing miraculous remains of St Francis Xavier at
Old Goa.
7.
That Goa is the only Indian state
with an active and enforced uniform Civil Code implemented by the
Portuguese.
8.
That if you are a Goan you can
avail of Portuguese Nationality Passport.
9.
That the first printing press of Asia was
installed in Goa at St Pauls’ college in 1556.
10.
That the first medical school of
India was established in Goa set up in 1842 at Panaji, demolished
in 2004.
11.
That Goa is exporting 60% of
India’s Mineral Ore to Japan.
12.
That Goa is the first state in
India to permanently host the international film festival.
13.
That Goa is the only place where
one can hire a two wheeler taxi called “pilots.”
14.
That Goa’s only airport is
military airport of the Navy.
15.
That the one and only one Naval Aviation
Museum of Asia is located at Vasco in Goa.
16.
That India has only two temples
dedicated to the Brahma of the Hindu Trinity. One is in Rajasthan and
other in Goa; 17.7 km from Valpoi in the village of Carambolim Brahma
Temple.
17.
That Mumbai owes its daily bread
to Goa more precisely, to migrant bakers from Saligao and Siolim
who brought with them the blessed Pao to Mumbai.
18.
That Goa, even though the smallest
state in India, has the highest bank saving deposit.
19.
That Asia’s only floating casino
is launched in Goa’s coastal waters at Panaji harbour known as
“Caravela.”
20.
That India’s largest laterite
stone carving of St. Mirabai is at ancestral Goa at Loutolim
village.
21.
21. That Goa is the only state of
India having the highest forest destiny cover of 33% of total
land mass.
22.
22. That the first English medium
high school in Goa was established in 1896 at St. Josephs’ High
School, Arpora.
23.
23. Goa is the first state in
India wherein one can register car, bike or other vehicle on line from
the dealers directly which started in June '06 and one need not go to R.T.O.
for registration.