Liceu Nacional Afonso de Albuquerque
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The Liceu Nacional Afonso de Albuquerque (1854-1961), formerly known as the Liceu Central de Nova Goa, was a Portuguese public secondary educational institution in Nova Goa, Portuguese India,[1] created by decree on 9 November 1854. The decree was issued by then Governor of Portuguese India Joaquim José Januário Lapa, the first Viscount of Vila Nova de Ourem.
The institution celebrated its 150th anniversary in 2004.[2]
Current status
[edit]With the end of Portuguese India, the institution joined the Indian system of education, to become extinct in its earlier form.
Following the end of Portuguese rule in Goa, and with the absorption of the region into the Indian Union, "this prime educational institution suffered a quick demise".[3] It survived for another year or two. The last batch of Finalistas (final year students) completed their studies after the Portuguese rule ended.[3]
The institution's sprawling facilities were made available to different other institutions that were being set up—the Dhempe College of Arts and Science, a private teachers' training college, a government higher secondary school, the local institution for training children (Bal Bhavan), a law college, the Dempo College of Commerce, and alike. Its former campus, now refurbished, has since become the home of the Goa Bench of the Bombay High Court.
Notable alumni
[edit]- Jack de Sequeira, Indian politician and businessman[4]
- Aquino de Bragança, Mozambican physicist and journalist
- Al Jerry Braganza, Indian filmmaker and actor[5]
- Agostinho Fernandes, writer and cardiologist[6]
- Vinayak Sadashiv Sukhthankar, Indian writer[7]
- Janardan Shinkre, Indian freedom fighter and politician[8]
- Julião Menezes[9]
References
[edit]- ^ Faria, Alice Santiago. "Afonso de Albuquerque Lyceum". hpip.org. Archived from the original on 2025-09-06. Retrieved 2026-03-24.
- ^ "Independent Goa Observer". www.goanobserver.com. Archived from the original on 2005-01-05.
- ^ a b "Goa Liceu Nacional Afonso de Albuquerque, 1961-2011 memories". Scribd.
- ^ Fernandes, Maximiano Jose. "Profile". drjackdesequeira.com. Archived from the original on 2011-08-15. Retrieved 2026-03-24.
- ^ "Feeling speci(AL) on his day". oHeraldo. Archived from the original on 2024-03-05. Retrieved 2026-03-24.
- ^ Bravo da Costa Rodrigues, Maria de Lourdes (2015-07-05). "Agostinho Fernandes: The forgotten man of letters". The Navhind Times. Retrieved 2025-03-26.
- ^ "Page:Konkani Vishwakosh - Volume 4 Released.pdf/888 - Wikisource". wikisource.org. Retrieved 2026-03-24.
- ^ "Page:Konkani Vishwakosh - Volume 4 Released.pdf/739 - Wikisource". wikisource.org. Retrieved 2026-03-24.
- ^ Almeida, José Julião do Sacramento (1958). A aldeia de Assolnã: esboço histórico--arquiológico e biográfico (in Brazilian Portuguese). Pe. J.C.E. Almeida. p. 183.