Tiswadi
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Tiswadi Ilhas de Goa |
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| Sub-District | |
 Location of Ilhas in North Goa district in Goa |
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| Coordinates: 15°29′55″N 73°49′46″E / 15.498598°N 73.829341°ECoordinates: 15°29′55″N 73°49′46″E / 15.498598°N 73.829341°E | |
| Country |
 India
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| State | Goa |
| District | North Goa district |
| Headquarters | Panjim |
| Settlements | 1 City 9 Towns 22 Villages |
| Government | |
| • Tehsildar | na |
| • Lok Sabha constituency | na |
| • Assembly constituency | na |
| • MLA | na |
| Population (2011) | |
| • Sub-District | 167,197 |
| • Urban | 83% |
| Demographics | |
| • Literacy rate | na |
| • Sex ratio | na |
| Rain | na |
Tiswadi or Ilhas de Goa (Islands of Goa) is a sub-district of North Goa district in the state of Goa, India. The word Tiswadi itself means thirty settlements. It refers to the thirty settlements in which the Goud Saraswat Brahmins settled when they migrated to Goa. It is geographically an Island with the Mandovi River forming its northern boundary. The sub-district of Tiswadi includes the smaller islands of Chorão, Divar, St Estevam, Cumbarjua and Vanxim. The present capital of Goa, Panjim, lies on this island. Tiswadi is also where the city of Old Goa (Velha Goa), a World Heritage Site, was established.
Tiswadi with the rest of Goa was part of the Vijaynagara Kingdom of South India in the 14th century. In the 15th century the Adil shahi sultanate conquered Goa and it came under Muslim rule. Hindus were persecuted and Hindu temples were destroyed. This included the famous temple of Ganesh on the Island of Divar which has been recently rebuilt. The Portuguese conquered Tiswadi under Afonso de Albuquerque in 1510. While this brought some relief, the aggressive Portuguese began forced conversions to Christianity in the 16th century. All the Hindu temples in Tiswadi were destroyed and Churches built. The populace was made to accept Christianity or leave the Island. There was a mass exodus of Konkani Hindus who left Goa for the safe havens of Ponda and the Canara, Malabar Coast Chandgad and Joida. The first Hindu temple to be rebuilt in Panjim was the Shree Mahalakshmi temple by the Mhamai Kamats who petitioned the Portuguese authorities for permission to build their place of worship. The Portuguese granted their request, as by then Portugal was secularized.
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