Goa

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Football is the most popular sport in Goa. Many prominent clubs from Goa participate in national league. Goa has produced four players who have captained Indian national team.[/bg_collapse]

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Factory Act 1948 was amended by Goa government to allow women to work in night shifts. In 13 Indian states, women can only be employed for night-shifts if their employers comply with a set of conditions mandated under their Shops and Establishments Acts. These conditions are levied to ensure safety, health, and ‘adequate protection of privacy, dignity and honour’ of the woman employees.[/bg_collapse]

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Konkani is the official language of Goa. Konkani is spoken by some 2.5 million people, mainly on the central west coast of India, where it is the official language of Goa state. It is also associated particularly with the city of Mangalore in southwestern Karnataka and is spoken especially along the west coast of Maharashtra state.[/bg_collapse]

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John F. Fernandez is the first Rajya Sabha MP from Goa. John F. Fernandez is an Indian politician from Goa. He was elected to the Upper House of the Indian Parliament, the Rajya Sabha, twice from 1987 – 1993 and 1993 – 1999. Fernandez is a member of the Indian National Congress Party.[/bg_collapse]

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Francisco de Melo was appointed as the first bishop of Goa. Francisco Xavier da Piedade Rebelo was a prelate of Goan origin, the first Goan to head the Archdiocese of Goa and Daman, as apostolic administrator sede plena.[/bg_collapse]

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Pratapsingh Rane is the longest serving Chief Minister of Goa. Pratapsingh Rane of the Indian National Congress, during whose reign Goa had achieved statehood, is the longest-serving officeholder, with over 15 years across four discontinuous stints.[/bg_collapse]

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B. Sudarshan Reddy was appointed as first Lokayukta of Goa. The President of India granted her assent to the Goa Lokayukta Bill, 2011 in May 2012.[/bg_collapse]

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The full convertibility of the Indian currency means that the rupee is freely exchangeable into other international currencies and vice versa.[/bg_collapse]

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The Twelfth Amendment of the Constitution of India, officially known as The Constitution Act, 1962, incorporated Goa, Daman and Diu as the eighth Union territory of India. Amending the First Schedule to the Constitution. India acquired control of Goa, Daman and Diu from Portugal in December 1961.[/bg_collapse]

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Goa was discovered by Vasco Da Gama. His initial voyage to India was the first to link Europe and Asia by an ocean route, connecting the Atlantic and the Indian oceans and, in this way, the West and the East. He reached Goa on 11^th September 1524 but died at Kochi three months later.[/bg_collapse]