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    Manuel António Vassalo e Silva (8 November 1899 – 11 August 1985) was an officer of the Portuguese Army and an overseas administrator. He was the 128th...
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  • Vassalo is a surname. Notable people with the surname include: Manuel António Vassalo e Silva (1899–1985), Portuguese military officer, administrator...
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    ceremony of official Portuguese surrender, when Governor General Manuel António Vassalo e Silva signed the instrument of surrender bringing to an end 451 years...
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    Ignoring this advice, Salazar sent a message to Governor General Manuel António Vassalo e Silva in Goa on 14 December, in which he ordered the Portuguese forces...
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    (covering Southeast Asia, from Pegu to China). D. António de Noronha was appointed to Goa, António Moniz Barreto to Malacca, and Francisco Barreto (the...
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  • Wadumestri Hendrick de Silva, 26th Attorney General of Sri Lanka Manuel António Vassalo e Silva, Portuguese politician Manuel Carvalho da Silva, coordinator of...
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    Subrahmanyam, 1997, pp. 60–61. Subrahmanyam, 1997, p. 63. de Oliveira Marques, António Henrique R. (1972). History of Portugal. Columbia University Press, ISBN 0-231-03159-9...
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    and over 3,000 Portuguese were captured—Portuguese General Manuel António Vassalo e Silva surrendered to Major General Kunhiraman Palat Kandoth of the...
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    Brazil, and Martim Afonso de Souza was appointed by his first cousin Dom António de Ataíde, 1st Count of Castanheira, member of the Royal Council. Ataíde...
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    However, despite his orders from Lisbon, Governor General Manuel António Vassalo e Silva took stock of the superiority of the Indian troops and of his...
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    of Granada on the side of the Castilians.[citation needed] In 1505 King Manuel I of Portugal made Almeida, then in his mid-fifties, the first viceroy of...
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  • little resistance. The Governor-general of Portuguese India, Manuel António Vassalo e Silva, signed an instrument of surrender. Major General Kunhiraman...
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  • Monteiro Vassalo e Silva, and maternal grandson of Manuel António Vassalo e Silva and wife Fernanda Pereira e Silva Monteiro, without issue António José Caeiro...
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    viceroy, Francisco de Almeida established his base of operations at Fort Manuel after the Kingdom of Cochin negotiated to become a protectorate of Portugal...
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    D. Manuel, o primeiro deste nome. Na Regia Officina Typografica. Albuquerque, Afonso de, D. Manuel I, António Baião, "Cartas para el-rei d". Manuel I"...
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  • Republican and a Freemason, and Ana Perpétua Vassalo, who was a cousin of Manuel António Vassalo e Silva, last Governor of Portuguese India, and of the...
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    governor general was Francisco de Almeida in 1505 and the last Manuel Antonio Vassalo e Silva who left office in 1961. In total there have been 163 governors...
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    expelling the Portuguese from the Indian Ocean (the Portuguese chronicler, António Pinto Pereira, called this coalition the "League of the kings of India"...
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    finally released by the intercession of powerful friends including D. António de Ataíde, Count of Castanheira. The rehabilitation of Duarte de Menezes...
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    writer, translator, journalist, and feminist political activist. Manuel António Vassalo e Silva (1899-1985) officer of the Portuguese Army and an overseas administrator...
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    Voyage of Don Stefano de Gama from Goa to Suez, in 1540, with the intention of Burning the Turkish Galleys at that port (Volume 6, Chapter 3, eText) v t e...
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    Ceylon. He was born Jerónimo de Azevedo de Ataíde e Malafaya, one of the thirteen children of Dom Manuel de Azevedo, Comendador of the monastery of São João...
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    Adil Khan. He also captured Bharuch, subjugated Malacca, and traveled in António Moniz's passage into Ceylon. In 1547, he was appointed to be viceroy by...
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    Catholic. She had two younger sisters and was the older sister of Manuel António Vassalo e Silva, who would become the last Governor of Portuguese India, and...
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    Indian military operation imminent, Salazar ordered Governor General Manuel Vassalo e Silva to fight to the last man and adopt a scorched earth policy. Eventually...
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    Barros, dos fectos que os Portuguezes fizeram no descobrimento e conquista dos mares e terras do Oriente, is full of lively detail, with incidents described...
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    month-long tour of Portugal in 1960. This tour, arranged by Manuel António Vassalo e Silva, the final Portuguese Governor, served as a tribute to Mauzo's...
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    in 1505 nearly intact, with one of the best cargos yet received by King Manuel I of Portugal. This placed him in a good position for future preferment...
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  • 4th death centenary of Luis de Camoes was held at Panjim and Manuel António Vassalo e Silva was the guest of honor. June 1980 - Goa Dental College, a professional...
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    Ferreira 1947–48 Fernando de Quintanilha e Mendonça Dias 1948–52 Paulo Bénard Guedes 1952–58 Manuel António Vassalo e Silva 1958–61 Note: The head of Portuguese...
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