Anjediva Island (also Anjadip Island) (Goan Konkani: Anjadiv; Portuguese: Ilha de Angediva) is an Indian island in the Arabian Sea. It sits off the coast of Canacona, Goa. It is politically part of Goa state, geographically the nearest mainland is the coastal Kanara subregion of Carnataca.
The island is about 1.8 kilometres (1 mile) south of Goa, and extends over 1.5 square kilometres (1 square mile). It was part of the Portuguese Indian settlements until 1961, following the annexation of Goa and Damaon the place was turned into a military base, after which the civilian population was resettled to India or returned to Portugal.
The island is home to the Portuguese-built Anjediva fortress, which houses the shrines of Our Lady of Brotas and São Francisco de Assis. The island is connected to the mainland by a breakwater and is part of INS Kadamba Naval Base, on the outskirts of the city of Karwar and hence under the jurisdiction of the Indian Navy.
AnjedivaIsland (also Anjadip Island) (Goan Konkani: Anjadiv; Portuguese: Ilha de Angediva) is an Indian island in the Arabian Sea. It sits off the coast...
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of India, bound by the river Daman Ganga at Damaon in the north, to AnjedivaIsland next to Karwar town in the south; with the Arabian Sea to the west...
Military of India that led to the capture of Goa, Daman and Diu and AnjedivaIslands Operation Vijay (1999), the Indian operation to push back infiltrators...
September, Francisco de Almeida reached AnjedivaIsland, where he immediately started the construction of Fort Anjediva. On 23 October, he started, with the...
River Merjee) is a river located in India about 29 km south east of AnjedivaIsland. The village of Aghanashini is to be found at the mouth of the river...
"Operation Vijay (1961)" undertaken by the Indian Navy for annexation of AnjedivaIsland and Territories of Goa, Daman and Diu from the Portuguese rule in India...
Fort Anjediva, built on the Anjadip Island, off the coast of the Indian state of Karnataka but under the administrative jurisdiction of the Indian state...
mangrove covered islands lie off the Kali river estuary including AnjedivaIsland and Devagadaguda Islands. The sub-tidal regions of the islands have a high...
initially inched north along the Indian coast, and then anchored in at Anjedivaisland for a spell. They finally struck out for their Indian Ocean crossing...
a replacement for Anjediva as the first anchoring point for the armadas. Anjediva had proven itself to be far from ideal. The island was generally undersupplied...
Church (Chorão Island) St Bartholomew's Church (Chorão Island) Church of St. Anne, Talaulim Church of Our Lady of Springs, AnjedivaIsland Igreja de Nossa...
in India were limited to Goa, Daman, Diu, Dadra, Nagar Haveli and AnjedivaIsland. Some Goans (e.g. Conspiracy of the Pintos) resented Portuguese rule...
Oman (1820–1892) Britain (1892–1970) EN: Fort Anjediva PT: Forte de Angediva 1505 Demolished AnjedivaIsland India Portugal (1505–1961) EN: Fort Emmanuel...
cannonballs. Boatloads of good hard stone had been shipped down from Anjedivaisland to be carved by Cochinese workers into cannonballs for the Portuguese...
several years, while the English representatives were confined to the island of Anjediva while negotiations continued. Angered by the back-tracking, Charles...
Senhora das Brotas) is located in the vicinity of the Fort Anjediva on the Anjadip Island, off the west Coast of India under the administrative control...
and eastern Africa. Along the way, it includes Chinese labels of 570 islands, towns, and other places. Some locations in China are easily identified...
city of Mombassa. September 13 Francisco de Almeida arrives in the AnjedivaIslands to begin construction on the first of four fortresses he needed to...
Madh Island (Marathi pronunciation: [məɖʱ]) is a group of several quaint fishing villages and farmlands in northern Mumbai. The area is bounded by the...
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