Kishore Rao🇮🇳 Profile picture
Former Director of the World Heritage Center at UNESCO HQ in Paris. Books,Travel,Movies,Politics, Socio-Econ,Sports & Spirituality. RTs/Likes,not endorsement.
Aug 27, 2023 • 16 tweets • 3 min read
Goa, 1961 by #ValmikiFaleiro is a fascinating book that traces the history of #Goa from the time of its occupation by the Portuguese in 1510, through nationalism to its liberation and integration with #India in 1961. The Portuguese were in India for 463 years...1/16
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... starting with Calicut in 1498. They were the first Europeans to enter India & the last to leave. The book reveals very many surprising & little known facts about this beautiful state. For example: the British had occupied the Cabo, Aguada, Miramar, Dona Paula...2/16
Dec 28, 2022 • 4 tweets • 6 min read
List of 23 #Books that I have read in 2022. My reviews of these books are available in the Tweets section of my Twitter account:
1. Suheldev by @authoramish
2. My Father by @APanagariya
3. Savarkar by @vikramsampath
4. Doolally Saheb and the Black Zamindar by @mjakbar 1/4 5. Yajnaseni by Pratibha Ray
6. Bose by @chandrachurg
7. India that is Bharat by @jsaideepak
8. Mapping the Great Game by @riazdean22
9. Remo by @RemoFernandes
10. Gauhar Jaan by @vikramsampath
11. Sing, Dance and Pray by @HindolSengupta 2/4
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