Timeline of Goan history

1900s

• 22 January 1900 - O Heraldo was established as the first daily Portuguese newspaper by Aleixo Clemente Messias Gomes and Luís de Menezes Bragança in Goa.It was later transformed into an English daily in 1983.
• 3 December 1901 – A
  Mandovi from Betim to Panaji
  ran aground which killed 81 people on the feast day.
• 13 March 1902 – Dada Rane and his 22 "accomplices" sentenced to exile to East Timor. They embarked on 26 March 1902. Dada and his son Indroji died in Timor, but others had their term of exile reduced and are believed to have returned to Goa. One of them, Santoba Rane participated in yet another and final revolt in 1912.
• 22 November 1904 - Regina Fernandes, wife of the playwright João Agostinho Fernandes, became the first female tiatr actor in "Bhattkara".
• 29 October 1914 – birth of Silvestre Micael Feliciano Martins in Orlim; prolific Goan composer and musician.
• 1917 - The "Carta Organica" law was passed, overseeing all civil liberties in Goa.
• 1917 - thirty-one settlements were carved out of the Salcete to form Mormugao taluka (sub-district).
• 1 May 1928 - The Diocese of Daman was dissolved. The Metropolitan Archdiocese of Goa was renamed to Metropolitan Archdiocese of Goa and Daman.
• 1928 -
  Bombay
  .
• May 1930 - Portugal passed the "Acto Colonial" (Portuguese Colonial Act), which restricted political rallies and meetings within all Portuguese colonies. It was repealed later in 1950 by the efforts of Froilano de Mello.
• 1930 - The 16th edition of All India Marathi Literary Conference was held in Margao. The conferences of 1964 and 1994 were also held in Goa.
• 9–10 March 1943 - Operation Creek was carried out by members of Calcutta Light Horse and Calcutta Scottish at Mormugao harbour. They successfully attacked the German cargo ship Ehrenfels which had been transmitting information about the movement of allied ships.
• 11 January 1946 - The Church of Bom Jesus was made a Basilica. It is the first basilica of India.
• April 1946 - Polícia do Estado da Índia was formed. It replaced the Corpo de Polícia e Fiscalização da Índia (CPFI).
• July 1946 -
  Juliao Menezes
  addressed a meeting in Panjim on 15 June and then another one on 18 June (Goa Revolution Day) in Margao. Portuguese didn't intervene the first meet but at Margao meeting they were arrested and taken to jail.
• 24 April 1950 -
  Mogacho Anvddo produced and directed by Jerry Braganza became the first full-length Konkani film. This day is celebrated as Konkani cinema
  Day.
• 4 December 1950 - Valerian Gracias was appointed as the first native Indian Archbishop in India. Later on 29 December 1952, he also became the first Cardinal from India.
• 1951 -
  Goa First Division began and it was organised by the Conselho de Desportos. The first League champion of Goa was Clube Desportivo de Chinchinim who beat Football Club of Siolim
  , to clinch the title.
• 1953 -
  Indian classical vocalist from Keri, became the first woman to win the Sangeet Natak Akademi Award
  .
• 1953 - The Government of India closes its legation in Lisbon, following tensions between the two countries over the future of Portuguese colonies in South Asia.
• 1954 - India annexed the enclaves of
  Daman
  )
• 1954–1955 - In 1954, National Congress Goa led a
  Gandhi
  -style campaign which failed due to little local support. 32 Satyagrahis were shot dead by the Portuguese.
• 1 September 1955 - India shut its consul office in Goa.
• 1955 - The Aeroporto de Dabolim (later officially renamed to Aeroporto General Bénard Guedes) was built in 1955 by the Government of the Estado da Índia, on 249 acres (101 ha) of land. Until 1961, the airport served as the main hub of the Portuguese India's airline TAIP (Transportes Aéreos da Índia Portuguesa).
• 1957 -
  "Estaleiros Navais de Goa" is established to build barges to support Goa's growing mining industry. Currently it manufacturers warships for the Indian Navy and the Indian Coast Guard
  .
• 1958 - Portuguese Indian rupia was replaced by
  Indian Rupee
  was declared as the currency of Goa.
• 1958 - Anjanibai Malpekar, an Indian classical singer of Malpe, Pernem became the first woman to be awarded the Sangeet Natak Akademi Fellowship.
• 10 June 1959 - Dutch aircraft Martin PBM-5A Mariner en route to the Netherlands from Indonesia experienced engine trouble and therefore diverged to Dabolim airport but it crashed at Alto Mangor, Vasco. All the eight crew died.
• 1959 - The Goa Football Association was established as the official administrative body of football in Goa.
• 26 January 1960 -
  gynaecologist, born in Shiroda, became the first Goan to receive Padma Bhushan and later in 1971, he also became the first Goan to receive Padma Vibhushan
  for his contribution to medicine.
• 26 October 1960 - His Highness the Aga Khan IV was decorated with the Grand Cross of the Order of Prince Henry the Navigator by Governor General Vassalo e Silva at Cabo Palace.
• 1961 - Leslie Buddy D'Souza was the first awardee of Arjuna Award in Boxing. He also became the first Goan origin person to win an Arjuna Award.
• 8 March 1961 – In a UN debate, V. K. Krishna Menon (India) described the Portuguese overseas territories as a "slave empire" and declared that the "liberation of Goa" was "part of the unfinished task of liberating India."
• 1 April. 1961 – Jawaharlal Nehru announced in India's lower house of parliament, the Lok Sabha that the Government of India had decided to relax the ban on trade with Goa and the other small, scattered Portuguese colonies in India with immediate effect, "as part of its policy of liberalization."
• 23 October 1961 – India's prime minister Jawaharlal Nehru in a Bombay speech referred to increasing reports of "terror and torture" by the Portuguese authorities in Goa and declared that "the time has come for us to consider afresh what method should be adopted to free Goa from Portuguese rule."
• 24 November 1961 - Sabarmati, a passenger boat passing between Angediva and Kochi, was fired upon by Portuguese ground troop stationed at Angediva resulting in injuries to the chief engineer of the boat and the death of a passenger.
• 1 December 1961 - Dilip Sardesai becomes the first Goan to play international cricket for India.
• 9 Dec 1961 - The vessel India arrived at Mormugão port en route to Lisbon from Timor. 700 Portuguese civilians of European origin boarded the ship and fled Goa.
• 17 December 1961 – The long-standing tension between India and Portugal over the question of what was described variously as the Portuguese "territories", "enclaves" or "colonies" in
  Operation Vijay (1961)
• 18 December 1961 - The
  Thivim, Ponda via Usgao and Panjim via Banastarim. The two Indian air raids destroyed Dabolim Airport runway. The third Indian air raid damaged the wireless station at Bambolim. The Indian Naval Command assigned the task of securing Anjidiv to the cruiser INS Mysore and the frigate INS Trishul under the command of Lieutenant Arun Auditto
  stormed the island and secured it the next day.
• 19 December 1961 – The
  Indian tricolour
  flag was hoisted in Goa, in front of the Pangim seat of state power.

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1960s

• 19 December 1961 – Major General
  governor of Goa
  .
• March 1962 – The Estado da India (Portuguese 'state of India') is formally incorporated into India.
• 2 April 1962 - The President of India nominated
  Pundalik Gaitonde and Antonio Colaço as Members of Parliament for the 3rd Lok Sabha
  from Panaji and Mormugao respectively.
• 26, 27 May 1962 - Eighth Adhiveshan of All India Konkani Parishad was held at Margão. It was the first session held in Goa. Dr.Manohar Rai Sardesai presided over it. The 10th (1974), 14th (1982), 18th (1990), 19th (1993), 25th (2006), 27th (2010) and 30th (2016) sessions were also held in Goa.
• 13 June 1962 – Repatriation of Portuguese detainees in Goa. - Creation of
  Union Territory of Goa, Daman, and Diu
  .
• 11 August 1962 – Portugal announces cancellation of 'residence permits' of Indian nationals. Liquidation of Indian assets. Repatriation of Indians from the Portuguese East African colony of Mozambique.
• 24 October 1962 - First Panchayat Elections were held in Goa.
• 1962 - INS Hansa was transferred from Coimbatore, Tamil Nadu to Dabolim. It is one of the 10 naval air stations of India.
• 22 May 1963 – Prime Minister of India, Jawaharlal Nehru, visits Goa.
• 15 November 1963 – Francisco Xavier da Piedade Rebelo is appointed auxiliary bishop of Goa, was consecrated on 21 December 1963 by James Knox, Apostolic Internuncio in India .
• 3 December 1963 – The first general elections to be held in the Union Territory of Goa, Daman, and Diu resulted in the heaviest electoral defeat ever suffered by the
  South Goa elected Mukund Shinkre. Dayanand Bandodkar, a Marathi politician, was elected leader of the Maharashtrawadi Gomantak Party on 14 December. Pandurang Shirodkar
  was elected as the first speaker of the Goa Legislative Assembly.
• 1963 - Government Polytechnic, Panaji, the first polytechnic college of Goa offered diploma programs in civil, mechanical and electrical engineering in its inaugural year.
• 20 June 1964 - Casimiro Monteiro, a Portuguese PIDE agent of Goan descent, along with Ismail Dias, a Goan settled in Portugal, executed bombings at Cortalim, Ponda, Margao and Tisk, Ponda.
• 1964 - Institute of Nursing Education commences at Bambolim, Goa.
• 1964 - Carmel College of Arts, Science for Women established at Nuvem, Goa. It holds the distinction for being the first and only college for women in Goa.
• 1964 – Saw the arrival of "Eight Finger Eddie" who is credited with popularising Goa as a hippie destination. He made his first trip to Iran, India and Nepal, eventually settling for a period at Colva in Goa. Around 1966, he settled at Anjuna beach in Goa.
• 23 January 1965 – The Goa Legislative Assembly passed a resolution in favour of the merger of Goa with Maharashtra. The resolution was supported by the ruling Maharashtrawadi Gomantak, but was strongly opposed by the United Goan and Congress parties.
• February 1965 - Panjim Carnival was invented by Timoteo Fernandes, a Goan musician who modeled it after the famed Rio Carnival.
• 1965 - Nirmon, a Konkani film directed by A. Salam and produced by Frank Fernand, won the Certificate of Merit in regional category at the 13th National Film Awards. The film starred Shalini Mardolkar, C. Alvares, Anthony D'Sa, Jacinto Vaz, Antonette Mendes, Ophelia Cabral, Jack Souza Ferrão and J. P. Souzalin.
• 1965 - Panjim Residency is established by Government of Goa. Currently there are 11 residencies all over Goa under the Goa Tourism Development Corporation (GTDC) banner.
• 1 January 1966 - The National Institute of Oceanography, India is set up at Dona Paula. It is an autonomous research organization in India to undertake scientific research and studies of special oceanographic features of the Northern Indian Ocean.
• 1966 - Goa Industrial Development Corporation is formed. Corlim Industrial Estate is established as the first Industrial Estate of Goa.
• 1966 – Reita Faria was crowned Miss World 1966 and also became the first Asian to win the beauty pageant contest.
• 16 January 1967 –
  Opinion Poll
  , the first one of its kind, conducted regarding the controversy over the merger of Goa with Maharashtra. Result: For 138,170. Against 172,191
• 26 January 1967 - Balakrishna Bhagwant Borkar (also known as Baa-ki-baab), a Goan poet became the first Goan to receive Padma Shri.
• February 1967 - At 1967 Indian general election, North Goa elected Janardan Jagannath Shinkre, an independent and South Goa elected Erasmo de Sequeira of United Goans (Sequeria Group).
• 28 March 1967 –
  1967 Goa, Daman & Diu Legislative Assembly election
  . 16 MGP, 12 UGP (Sequeira Group) and 2 independents were elected.
• 5 April 1967 – Dayanand B. Bandodkar, leader of the Maharashtrawadi Gomantak, formed the Government after fresh elections.
• 1967 – Goa Engineering College starts with undergraduate courses in Mechanical, Civil and Electrical Engineering.
• 1968 -
  Vasco S.C. won the first edition of Goa Police Cup. In 1969 they defeated Border Security Force SC 1–0 to become the first Goan side to win Sait Nagjee Football Tournament
  .
• 1968 - Institute of Hotel Management, Catering Technique and Applied Nutrition, Goa (Formerly known as Food Craft Institute), was established in 1968 at Porvorim. IHM Goa started offering diploma courses in 1984 and degree programmes from 2002 onwards. At present, there are 46 IHM all over India.
• 1969 - Bhagwan Mahaveer Sanctuary is declared as the first Wildlife Sanctuary of Goa. It is one of 6 wildlife sanctuaries of Goa.
• 1969 - Lorna Cordeiro (Nightingale of Goa), released her first single Bebdo.

1970s

• February 1970 - Kala Academy (Academy of the Arts), a cultural centre run by the Government of Goa, is established at Campal, Panjim. It is registered as a society. The building was designed by Charles Correa.
• March 1971- At 1971 Indian general election, North Goa elected Purushottam Kakodkar of Congress and South Goa elected Erasmo de Sequeira of UGP (Sequeria Group).
• 1971 - First
  Kendriya Vidyalaya
  of Goa was established at Mangor, Mormugao.
• 1971 – First
  Mandovi Bridge
  built.
• 23 March 1972 –
  1972 Goa, Daman & Diu Legislative Assembly election
  . MGP number rose to 18, UGP (Sequeira Group) slid to 10 and 1 Congress and 1 independent secured seats. Dayanand Balakrishna Bandodkar was sworn in for a third term as Chief Minister.
• 1972 - The Goa College of Art was founded by the Kala Academy. It was taken over by the Government of Goa and came under the administrative control of the Department of Education on 1 June 1983.
• 1972 - Flame-throated bulbul was selected as the official state bird of Goa.
• 1972–73 – Goa hosted the Santosh Trophy tournament for the first time. Goa again hosted the tournament in 1989–90, 1995–96, and 2016–17.
• 1 March 1973 - Farmagudi Government Industrial Training Institute, the first ITI of Goa is established. It is one of the 13 ITIs of Goa.
• 12 August 1973 – Death of Dayanand Balakrishna Bandodkar (62), who had been
  Chief Minister of Goa, Daman and Diu since the first general elections in 1963, dies while in office. His daughter, Mrs. Shashikala Kakodkar
  , who had been Minister of State for Health is sworn in as the new chief minister.
• 1973 - Mahadevrao Salgaocar College of Law is established and it became the first law college of Goa.
• 1974 -
  Dempo S.C. defeated Tata's Sports Club 2-1 and thereby became first Goan club to win Rovers Cup
  .
• 24 September 1974 – An agreement was signed in
  Dr. Mario Soares, and the Indian Minister of External Affairs, Swaran Singh
  , according to which the Lisbon government expressed its readiness to relinquish all claims to Portugal's former Indian territories of Goa, Daman, Diu, Dadra and Nagar Haveli.
• 1974 - Taj Fort Aguada Resort of Taj Hotels opens in Aguada.
• 28 December 1974 – Treaty in New Delhi providing that diplomatic relations would be resumed between India and Portugal immediately.
• 1975 - Goa Board of Secondary & Higher Secondary Education was established on 27 May 1975 under "The Goa, Daman and Diu Secondary and Higher Secondary Education Board Act, 1975".
• March 1977 - At 1977 Indian general election, North Goa elected Amrut Shivram Kansar of Maharashtrawadi Gomantak Party and South Goa elected Eduardo Faleiro of Indian National Congress.
• 1 June 1977 –
  Dargalim from 1989 to 2007) has been reserved for scheduled castes
  since 1977.
• 23 September 1977 -
  Apostolic Nuncio to Panama
  and became the first Indian priest to have the title of "Nuncio".
• 1977 - Bhuierantlo Munis was released as the first Konkani colour film. It was produced under the banner of 'Chripton Motion Pictures' by Tony Coutinho and Chris Perry.
• 1977 - Ravindra Kelekar's work "Himalayant"(Travelogue) won the 1st Sahitya Akademi Award for Konkani.
• 1977 - Goa State Museum, also known as the State Archaeology Museum is established at Panjim.
• 1977- The Goa Football Association introduced the
  Salgaocar S.C.
  clinching the title.
• 30 January 1978 – Pope Paul VI through the papal bull Quoniam Archidioecesi named Raul Nicolau Gonçalves as Archbishop of Goa and Patriarch of the East Indies.
• 1978 - The core area of the Bhagwan Mahaveer WildlifeSanctuary covering 107 square kilometres (41 sq mi) was notified as Mollem National Park. It is one of the 105 National Parks in India and the only one in Goa.
• 23 April 1979 – The ruling Maharashtrawadi Gomantak lost its majority in the Goa Assembly and the Chief Minister, Mrs Shashikala Kakodkar, resigned. No stable ministry was possible and on 28 April.
  President's Rule
  was imposed pending new elections.

1980s

• 3 January 1980 –
  1980 Goa, Daman & Diu Legislative Assembly election. The elections in Goa resulted in a victory for the Indian National Congress (U) (20) and the defeat of the Maharashtrawadi Gomantak Party (7), which had held power since 1963. Mr Pratapsingh Rane
  , the Congress leader, formed the Government on 17 January.
• January 1980 - At 1980 Indian general election, North Goa elected Sanyogita Rane of MGP and South Goa elected Eduardo Faleiro of INC(I).
• June 1980 - The commemoration of 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 college was established by the Government at Bambolim, Goa
• 5 October 1980- Divorce, a tiatr written and directed by Airistides Dias was the first Konkani tiatr to complete 100 performances.
• 1980 - Kadamba Transport Corporation abbreviated as KTC is established as Government of Goa road transport undertaking and started operating the same year.
• 1980 - The Goa Motorcycle Taxi Riders Association (GMTRA) was founded in 1980 to operate motorcycle taxis in a first of its kind venture in India.
• 1982 -
  Altinho
  , Panjim.
• 30 October 1982 – The jurisdiction of
  High Court of Bombay
  was extended to the Union territory of Goa Daman & Diu by a Parliament Act and established a permanent Bench of the High Court at Panaji.
• 1982 - Cidade de Goa was built by Charles Correa. Presently it is part of Indian Hotels Company Limited's selections.
• 1982-1983 –
  2008–09
  .
• 26,27 November 1983- A weekend retreat session of the
  Seventh meeting of Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting was held in Goa under the chairmanship of Mrs Indira Gandhi
  , the Indian Prime Minister.
• 1983 – Zuari Bridge is inaugurated it reduced the time taken to travel between Margao and Panjim.
• November 1984 - The first Air charter arrived in Goa. It was a Condor aircraft belonging to the Thomas Cook Group.
• 24 December 1984 – 1984 Goa, Daman & Diu Legislative Assembly election. Congress won 18 seats in the 30-member Assembly. The Maharashtrawadi Gomantak (MAG) won eight seats, while the remaining four seats were won by independent candidates. The Chief Minister, Mr Pratap Singh Rane, was sworn in for another term on 8 January 1985.
• December 1984 - At 1984 Indian general election, North Goa elected Shantaram Naik of INC(I) and South Goa elected Eduardo Faleiro of INC(I).
• 5 June 1985 – Goa University is established and it commences its first academic year.
• 1985 – Goa cricket team made its debut in the 1985–86 season of Ranji Trophy.
• 6 February 1986 – The Pope John Paul II visited Goa as part of the 10-day Apostolic Pilgrimage to India. (6 and 7 February) Mass at Campal Grounds in Goa and Meeting with the clergy in the Basilica of Bom Jesus of Velha Goa.
• 8 March 1986 – Mother Teresa of the Missionaries of Charity visits Goa.
• 1986 - Jawahar Navodaya Vidyalaya, Canacona was established . It is under the jurisdiction of Pune region of Navodaya Vidyalaya Smiti.
• 5 July 1986 – Collapse of the Mandovi Bridge.
• November 1986-
  UNESCO World Heritage Site at the 10th annual session of the World Heritage Committee held in France
  .
• 19–27 December 1986 – Agitation in Goa over language issue.
• 4 February 1987 – Passage of Bill to make Konkani, the official language of Goa.
• 30 May 1987– Conferment of Statehood on Goa and Pratap Singh Rane stayed on as Chief Minister at the head of a Congress administration.
• 1 August 1987- Goa College of Music, a Govt. College affiliated to Goa University was founded at Altinho, Goa.
• 12 August 1987 – Goa becomes 25th state of India; celebrates statehood day on 30 May.
• 29 September
  John F Fernandez of INC became the first Rajya Sabha MP
  from Goa.
• 1988 - Western Ghats is declared one of the 25 original Biodiversity hotspots of the world.
• 1988 -
  Chorao. It is one of the 47 bird sanctuaries of India
  and the only one in Goa.
• 1988 – Salgaocar S.C. created history by becoming the first Goan club to clinch the Federation Cup after defeating BSF 1–0.
• 1988- Government College of Arts, Science and Commerce, Sanquelim, the first government general degree college of Goa starts offering degree courses in Arts and Science.
• 1988 -
  Romi Konkani. It has been named after Sebastião Rodolfo Dalgado
  .
• July 1988- Goa College of Home Science (GCHS), establishes at Campal, Panjim and is till today only College of Home Science in the State of Goa.
• 1988 -
  Bicholim
  and Bardez's domestic and irrigational use.
• February 1989 - Dominic D'Souza was detected as HIV positive. This made him Goa's patient zero.
• 1989 –
  Fatorda Stadium opens as a football-only stadium and was completed in a record six months time by then Sports Minister of Goa Monte D'Cruz
  .
• 20 January 1989 - Hungary Olympic defeated North Korea 3–0 in the first ever international football game at Fatorda stadium.
• 25 October 1989 - First International Cricket match was played in Goa at Fatorda Stadium. An ODI of the Nehru Cup tournament between Australia and Sri Lanka was held. Australia emerged victorious by 28 runs.
• November 1989- Goa Legislative Assembly capacity was increased from 30 in 1984 to 40 in 1989 elections which meant that 12 new assembly constituencies were formed.
• November 1989 – 1989 Goa Legislative Assembly election results: Congress 20, MGP 18, independents 2. Chief Minister, Pratap Singh Rane, remained in his post in a caretaker capacity overseeing negotiations designed to break the deadlock. Luizinho Faleiro was elected unopposed. This was the very first time this had happened in Goan legislative assembly history.
• November 1989 - At 1989 Indian general election, North Goa elected Gopalrao Mayenkar of MGP and South Goa elected Eduardo Faleiro of INC.

1990s

• May 1990 - Lata Mangeshkar, (Nightingale of India), born to Pandit Deenanath Mangeshkar in Indore, received Dadasaheb Phalke Award at the 37th National Film Awards.
• 23 June 1990 - DD Panaji was launched.
• July 1990 - National Institute of Water Sports is established at Caranzalem, Panjim close to the Indian Institute of Tourism and Travel Management, Goa. It is only of its kind in South Asia.
• 1990 - Sunith Francis Rodrigues, son of a Goan father, held the post of Chief of the Army Staff of the Indian Army for 3 years.
• 14 December 1990 – President's Rule was imposed in Goa. The Chief Minister, Dr. Luis Proto Barbosa, had served in the post since he replaced interim Chief Minister Churchill Alemao on 14 April. Alemao had taken office for a brief period of a little over two weeks, in a stop-gap measure, to ensure that the new government continued to control the Speaker's office. He stepped down, as agreed earlier. Churchill Alemao is the shortest serving (18days) CM of Goa.
• 6–8 January 1991 - 3rd Plenary Assembly of Catholic Bishops of Latin Rite (CBCI) was held at Pilar, Goa.
• 25 January 1991 – President's Rule was lifted when
  Ravi S. Naik
  , was sworn in as Chief Minister.
• June 1991 - At 1991 Indian general election, North Goa elected Harish Narayan Prabhu Zantye of INC and South Goa elected Eduardo Faleiro of INC. The voter turnout of 42.39% in Goa is the lowest ever in a parliamentary election.
• 1992 – Dr. Mario Soares becomes the first Portuguese head of state to visit Goa.
• 17 May 1993 – Ravi S. Naik resigned as Chief Minister of Goa after the Goa bench of the Bombay High Court upheld his disqualification from the State Assembly under
  Anti-defection law. The following day, Naik's deputy, Dr.Wilfred de Souza
  , was sworn in as the new Chief Minister.
• 1993
  - John F Fernandes of INC was re-elected as the Rajya Sabha MP from Goa.
• 1993 – Goa Institute of Management is set up at Ribandar, Goa.
• 1994 - Portugal opened its Consulate at Altinho, Panjim.
• 1994 -
  Marcaim
  , was awarded Sangeet Natak Akademi Award. He became the first Konkani stage artist to receive the award.
• 2 April 1994 – A political crisis precipitated by the apparently arbitrary dismissal of the Congress Chief Minister, Dr. Wilfred DeSouza, seemed to have been resolved following his reinstatement on 8 April and the dismissal of the state Governor, Bhanu Prakash Singh, a former Maharaja of a princely state in North India, reportedly on the insistence of the Congress Union government. Ravi Naik's 6 days stint is the shortest term of a CM in Goa.
• 16 December 1994 – 1994 Goa Legislative Assembly election, The assembly was made up of 18 INC, 12 MGP, 4 BJP, 3 United Goans Democratic Party and 3 independents. Pratapsing Rane of the Congress was appointed Chief Minister of a coalition government in Goa. A record number of 4 women MLAs were elected and this record stands as of 2020.
• 19 January 1995 – The
  Congress (I)
  attained an absolute majority following its alliance with the Maharashtrawadi Gomantak Party (MGP).
• 23 January 1995 –
  Nylon 6,6
  nylon cord yarn factory which they feared would pollute the state's extensive river system. There were also industrial interests involved here, with powerful Indian players also said to be interested in the issue.
• 1 July 1995 - Raghunath Anant Mashelkar took over as the Director-General of Council of Scientific and Industrial Research and headed it for over eleven years.
• May 1996 - At 1996 Indian general election, North Goa elected Ramakant Khalap of MGP and South Goa elected Churchill Alemao of United Goans Democratic Party.
• 1 July 1996 - Gurudas Datta Kamat was appointed as the Chief Justice of Gujarat High Court and became the first Goan chief justice in India.
• October 1996 – Goa cricket team recorded its first victory in Ranji Trophy history when they defeated defending champions Karnataka cricket team by an innings and 81 runs at Campal ground, Panjim.
• 1996 -
  Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna
  . He is the first and only Goan origin player to win India's highest sporting honor.
• 1996 -
  AIFF Player of the Year
  award.
• 19 December 1996 -
  Churchill Brothers
  .
• 1997 - Brahmanand Sankhwalkar was awarded Arjuna Award. He became the first Goan footballer to receive the award.
• 26 January 1998 -
  Konkan Railway
  started operating via Goa which has 105 km of its route.
• February 1998 - At 1998 Indian general election, North Goa elected Ravi Naik of INC and South Goa elected Francisco Sardinha of INC.
• October 1998 -
  Naval Aviation Museum
  is established at Bogmalo. It is the only Naval Aviation Museum in Asia.
• 1998 – Second Mandovi Bridge completed.
• 1998- Shri Kamaxshi Devi Homeopathic Medical College is set up at Shiroda, Goa and is the first Homeopathic college in Goa.
• 1998–99 - The first
  Goa Professional League
  was launched and Salgaocar F.C. clinched the title.
• March 1999 – Salgaocar F.C. became the first Goan side to win both the National Football League and Durand Cup in 1998–99.
• 6 June 1999 – 1999 Goa Legislative Assembly election. The Congress (I) party won an outright majority with 21. 10 BJP, 4 MGP, 2 UGDP, 2 Goa Rajiv Congress Party and 1 independent were also elected. Chief Minister Luizinho Faleiro was sworn in on 9 June—ending four months of President's Rule for the state.
• 1999
  - Eduardo Faleiro of INC was elected as the Rajya Sabha MP from Goa.
• October 1999 - At
  Shripad Yesso Naik of Bharatiya Janata Party and South Goa elected Ramakant Angle of BJP
  .
• 24 November 1999 - Francisco Sardinha became the 9th Chief Minister after he broke away from Congress and formed Goa People's Congress and led the coalition government for 334 days.
• December 1999 - Goa Marriott Resort is opened at Panjim. It is the first of Marriott Hotels & Resorts in India.
• 1999 - MV Caravela (now Deltin Caravela) became the first off-shore casino in Mandovi River.

2000s

• 16 January 2000 – The Archdiocese of Goa and Daman received its first Patron, St. Joseph Vaz. He is also known as the Apostle of Canara and Sri Lanka. It was in Sri Lanka that he exercised his outstanding missionary work, having died there in 1711.
• 5 March 2000 - Goa State Legislative Assembly Complex, (Porvorim) was inaugurated by Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee.
• 5 June 2000 – MV River Princess drifted and got grounded near Candolim coast.
• 8 June 2000 - St. Andrew's Church, Vasco was bombed as part of the
  Islamist extremist group Deendar Anjuman. But in 2009, the accused were acquitted.^[2]
• 20 August 2000 - 1st
  Eighth Schedule to the Constitution
  of India as per the Seventy-First Amendment on 20 August 1992.
• 24 October 2000 - BJP's Manohar Parrikar becomes the 10th Chief Minister with the help of rebel Congress MLAs.
• 2000 -
  Gomant Vibhushan Award
  , Goa's highest civilian award.
• 2000 - The construction of
  Quepem
  and Salcette.
• March 2001 - Lata Mangeshkar was awarded Bharat Ratna, India's highest civilian award thereby becoming the first Goan origin person to win the award.
• June 2002 - BJP won 17 seats of 2002 Goa Legislative Assembly election. Congress got 16, UGDP 3, MGP 2, Nationalist Congress Party 1 and 1 independent. Manohar Parrikar was sworn in as the Chief Minister of the BJP led coalition.
• August 2002 - The City Of Panaji Corporation Bill was passed which upgraded Panaji Municipal Council into a corporation.
• 1 October 2002 – A collision between two
  Sea Harrier
  aircraft.
• January 2003 - Park Hyatt Goa is established in Cansaulim. It became the first Park Hyatt in India. Later ITC Limited acquired it and renamed it to ITC Grand Goa.
• 17 April 2003 - Prashil Varde, a marine engineer who had returned from Hong Kong tests SARS positive and became the first Indian to get infected of it. He was later cured and was discharged from Goa Medical College and Hospital.
• 12 December 2003 – Filipe Neri Ferrão is appointed as the Archbishop of Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Goa and Daman by Pope John Paul II, after the resignation of Archbishop Raul Nicolau Gonçalves.
• 9 January 2004 - Fitz Remedios Santana de Souza, a Kenyan lawyer was conferred with Pravasi Bharatiya Samman and became the first Goan to be conferred with the honour.
• 2004-Birla Institute of Technology and Science, Pilani, an autonomous Deemed university which focuses primarily on higher education and research in engineering and sciences establishes its campus at Zuari Nagar, Goa.
• 23 July 2004 -
  Palolem
  , Panjim and Candolim.
• May 2004 - At 2004 Indian general election, North Goa elected Shripad Yesso Naik of BJP and South Goa elected Churchill Alemao of INC.
• July 2004 - Ashvek Vintage World was set up at Nuvem. It is Goa's only vintage car museum.
• 15 September 2004 - First trial run of Margao Skybus Metro was conducted. Later, on 24 September during its run it met with an accident which led to one death and 2 injured. The project was a failure and the structure was dismantled in 2013.
• 29 November 2004 – 35th International Film Festival of India (IFFI) held in Goa, from 29 November to 9 December. This is the first time that Goa is hosting the event, which used to be traditionally hosted in New Delhi.
• 2004 - Alessha, a Konkani film directed by Rajendra Talak. It won the National Award for Best Feature Film in Konkani at the 52nd National Film Awards. Aleesha was the first film to win this award.
• 28 February 2005 – Fall of the Goa government of the Bharatiya Janata Party, which has been in power since 2000 end (and ruled through proxy for a year prior to that).. A complex parliamentary power struggle in the western state of Goa culminated on 28 February with the resignation both of Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP)-elected
  S.C. Jamir
  on 2 February dismissed Parrikar's government and installed Rane as chief minister, even though the former had claimed to have technically won a confidence vote. On appointing Rane, Jamir asked him to prove his majority through a confidence vote within a month, leading to allegations of bias by the ousted BJP.
• 4 March 2005 – President
  APJ Abdul Kalam
  in New Delhi approved the imposition of President's Rule in Goa after the Congress chief minister Pratapsingh Rane won a controversial confidence vote earlier in the day solely by enlisting the support of the assembly Speaker whilst also preventing a BJP member from voting.
• 7 June 2005 – Veteran Congress (I) politician Pratapsinh Rane (also spelt as Pratapsingh Rane) was sworn in as chief minister of the western state of Goa, after Congress and its allies on 5 June won four out of five by-elections to state assembly seats, giving them a majority in the 39-member assembly with a total of 21 seats. This brought to an end President's Rule imposed in March to resolve a political crisis. The fact that the Congress was also in power in New Delhi, and that its nominee was in power in the decisive Governor's office, was not inconsequential. As of 2020, Pratap Singh Rane is the longest serving (15 years and 250 days) CM of Goa.
• 2005 - Shantaram Naik
  of INC was elected as the Rajya Sabha MP from Goa.
• March 2006 - Curchorem-Sanvordem communal riots took place on 3 and 4 March following the damage to a Muslim prayer house at Guddemol-Curchorem on 1 March. During the two days, protestors clashed with the police and a number of people, including policemen, were injured in the riots. It continued till Central Industrial Security Force stepped in. Nearly 50 vehicles and over 30 houses and shops, mostly owned by the Muslim community, were also damaged in the process. 40 accused were acquitted in 2012 due to lack of evidence.
• 25 November 2006 -
  Diocese of Sindhudurg
  , a suffragan of Goa and Daman, together with which it formed a new ecclesiastical province.
• 2006 - Ravindra Kelekar was awarded Jnanpith Award, highest literary honour in India, for his "outstanding contribution towards literature" in Konkani.
• 2006 - 1st
  Chowgule Sports Centre of Parvatibai Chowgule College
  was opened.
• November 2007 - Francisco Sardinha of INC was elected from South Goa by-election of the 14th Lok Sabha.
• June 2007 -
  Save Goa Front (2) formed the government. 14 BJP, 2 MGP, 2 independents and UGDP formed opposition. Digambar Kamat
  was appointed as the 11th Chief Minister of Goa.
• 25 November 2007 - Alvito D'Cunha of East Bengal became the first Indian goalscorer of I-League.
• 28,29 December 2007 -
  Candolim Beach with Carl Cox, Above & Beyond and Axwell
  as headline acts.
• 4–7 February 2008 - The Government of Goa instituted the annual "
  P. Sainath and Dr.Vivek Monteiro
  .
• 2008 - Dempo S.C. won the inaugural edition of I-League.
• 1 May 2008 - Swapnil Asnodkar becomes first Goan to make debut in IPL by representing Rajasthan Royals.
• 5 July 2008 - Wax World Museum was inaugurated at Old Goa.
• September 2008 - 108 ambulance service of GVK EMRI was launched with 13 ambulances in Goa.
• 20 April 2009 - Mahanand Naik (Dupatta Killer), the serial killer who is now accused of having killed 18 women was arrested. He has been acquitted in many of them but was convicted for 3 murders.
• May 2009 - At 2009 Indian general election, North Goa elected Shripad Yesso Naik of BJP and South Goa elected Francisco Sardinha of INC.
• August 2009 - Goa Broad Band Network is launched.
• September 2009 - A 28-year-old woman from Canacona became the first Goan fatality of Swine flu in Goa.
• 2009 - Cashew feni was awarded Geographical indication registration as a speciality alcoholic beverage. It is the first product of Goa to receive GI tag.

2010s

• 10 June 2010 - Basilica of Bom Jesus is announced as one of the Seven Wonders of Portuguese Origin in the World.
• 2010-
  31 National Institutes of Technology
  in India.
• 14 March 2011 - The first shopping mall of Goa, Caculo Mall opens in Panjim.
• 18–23 August 2011 - Goa hosted the relics of John Bosco at Panjim, Vasco and Margao as part of the world itinerary.
• 2011
  - Shantaram Naik of INC was re-elected as the Rajya Sabha MP from Goa.
• 6 October 2011 - The fifth Chief Minister of Goa, Luis Proto Barbosa dies.
• 18 February 2012 - Six including 4 children drowned due to school bus accident at Carona, Aldona ferry point.^[3]
• March 2012 - 2012 Goa Legislative Assembly election. The Bharatiya Janata Party (21)-Maharashtrawadi Gomantak (3) alliance defeated the incumbent Indian National Congress (9) government with 24 seats. Goa Vikas Party claimed 2 seats and 5 independents emerged victorious. Manohar Parrikar is appointed as the Chief Minister of Goa. 82.94% poll percentage of this election is the highest ever in Goan assembly election history. In a first, both husband (Atanasio Monserrate) and Wife (Jennifer Monserrate) were elected to the Goa legislative assembly.
• March 2012 - Football is declared as the official state sport of Goa.
• 4 April 2012 - Dharbandora taluka was formed as 12th taluka of Goa by bifurcating Sanguem.
• July 2012 – Western Ghats is declared as a natural UNESCO World Heritage Site at the 36th annual session of the World Heritage Committee held in Russia.
• 5 October 2012 - The Supreme Court banned all mining operations, in all 90 mines including transportation of mined iron ore and manganese in leases of Goa. Goa Foundation played a clinical role in this case. The ban was uplifted partially in April 2014 and was again stopped after a few years.
• 31 October 2013 - More than 150 West Africans mostly Nigerians living in Parra, blockaded highway at Porvorim after damaging a police hearse van carrying the body of a murdered Nigerian. The situation was diffused and later 53 of them were detained.^[4]
• 4 January 2014 - An underconstruction 5 storey building collapsed in Chaudi, Canacona killing more than 31 people.
• 18–29 January 2014 – Goa hosted the 3rd edition of Lusofonia Games.12 nations participated; all except Equatorial Guinea secured at least one medal. Six different venues were used for conducting 95 events in 9 sports.
• May 2014 - At 2014 Indian general election, North Goa elected Shripad Yesso Naik of BJP and South Goa elected Narendra Keshav Sawaikar of BJP. The voter turnout of 77.06% in Goa is the highest ever in a parliamentary election.
• August 2014 - Parvatibai Chowgule College, is granted autonomy and it becomes the first autonomous college in Goa.
• 23 October 2014 - Cavin Lobo of ATK became the first Goan to score in Indian Super League and managed to stage a comeback for ATK from being 1–0 to 1–2 against FC Goa.
• 8 November 2014 - Manohar Parrikar resigns as Chief Minister to take the charge of
  Defence Minister of India and Laxmikant Parsekar
  is sworn in as the 12th Chief Minister of Goa.
• 22 November 2014 – 3 January 2015 - The 17th and the most recent exposition of the sacred relic of St Francis Xavier took place in Se Cathedral.
• December 2014 - The Second Planet Hollywood Resort of the world, Planet Hollywood Goa opens at Utorda beach.
• 9 April 2015 - 1st World Konkani Day was celebrated in legacy of Shenoi Goembab's death anniversary.
• 3 May 2015 - Nachom-ia Kumpasar is released. It has won 24 international, 3 national and 10 state awards making it the most awarded Konkani film. It became the most expensive film ever made in Konkani. Also it is the highest grossing Konkani film of all time.
• 30 May 2015 - Central Jail, Colvale is established.
• 4 September 2015 - The seventh Chief Minister and the oldest (71) serving CM of Goa, Wilfred de Souza dies.
• 2015 -
  Francis Newton Souza's painting "Birth" was sold for $4million at Christie's, New York. It created a record for the most expensive Indian painting sold. Later the record was broken by Vasudeo S. Gaitonde
  , his fellow Goan-origin painter.
• 7 January 2016 - Stripped Grey Mullet, locally known as "Shevtto" is declared as the official state fish of Goa.
• 28–31 March 2016 - Goa hosted the 9th edition of Defence Exposition at Quitol, Quepem.
• 2 May 2016 - Mario Miranda was honoured by Google with a Google Doodle on his 90th birth anniversary. It was doodled by Aaron Renier.
• 24 May 2016 - Panaji is selected under Smart Cities Mission by Government of India.
• July 2016 -
  Indian Institute of Technology Goa, started functioning from a temporary campus housed at Goa Engineering College (GEC) Campus located at Farmagudi, Goa. IIT Goa is one of the 23 Indian Institutes of Technology
  in India.
• 15 September-2 October 2016 - Goa hosted 2016 AFC U-16 Championship at Fatorda Stadium and Bambolim Stadium. Iraq won the tournament by defeating Iran 4–3 on Penalties.
• 15,16 October 2016 -8th BRICS summit, an international conference of the heads of countries of Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa, was held in Goa at Taj Exotica, Benaulim. Brazil won the First BRICS under-17 World Cup.
• 28 October 2016 - The second Chief Minister, the only woman CM and the youngest (38) serving CM of Goa, Shashikala Kakodkar dies.
• November 2016 - W Goa of
  Vagator. It is the first W Hotel
  in India.
• 28 January 2017 - First edition of TEDxPanaji, an independent event similar to TED was organised at Goa University. #AnswersWithin was its theme. The speakers for the event were Dr Abhijit Nadkarni, Dr Amit Dias, Dr Rajendra Kerkar, Hyacinth Pinto, Isabel de Santa Rita Vás, Jason Fernandes, Mohammad Shaikh, Richard Dias, Samruddhi Kerkar and Victor Hugo Gomes.
• 12 January 2017 - The first and only woman MP from Goa, Sanyogita Rane dies.
• February 2017 - 2017 Goa Legislative Assembly election. BJP (13 MLA) managed to secure an alliance with 3 MGP, 3 Goa Forward Party and 3 independent MLAs and formed the government on 14 March 2017. For the first time in Goan history, the incumbent CM (Parsekar) lost his seat in assembly election.
• 2017 - Vinay Tendulkar
  of BJP was elected as the Rajya Sabha MP from Goa.
• 7–21 October 2017 - India hosted 2017 FIFA U-17 World Cup and Fatorda Stadium was one of the six venues. It hosted all but one Group C (Iran, Germany, Guinea, Costa Rica) games and a Group D game of Brazil and Niger. Later two Round of 16 games and a Quarter-final were played here.
• 8 February 2018 - Goa bagged a haul of 8 medals (1 Gold, 5 Silver, 2 Bronze) at the first Khelo India School Games.
• 30 October – 3 November 2018 - Goa hosted the JCI World Congress.
• 2018 - Goa Challengers made its debut in the second season of Ultimate Table Tennis.
• 28 January 2019 - India's first GI Store opens at Dabolim Airport.
• 5 February 2019 - Atal Setu (also known as the Third Mandovi Bridge or Atal Bridge) is declared open.
• 17 March 2019 - Manohar Parrikar dies in office and Pramod Sawant replaces him as the 13th Chief Minister on 19 March 2019.
• 27 March – 1 April 2019 - 10th Rector Major of the Salesians, Ángel Fernández Artime visits Goa.
• May 2019 - At 2019 Indian general election, North Goa elected Shripad Yesso Naik of BJP and South Goa elected Francisco Sardinha of INC.
• 3 July 2019 - Prudent Media Goa became the first Goan channel to cross 100,000 Subscribers on YouTube.

2020s

• January 2020 - Four Tiger carcasses were found. They were poisoned by the villagers of Golauli, Sattari. Five locals had been arrested but were later released on bail.
• 13 February 2020 - Goa entered the
  2019-20 Ranji Trophy Plate Group
  . This is Goa's best ever finish in the Ranji Trophy.
• 19 February 2020 - FC Goa topped the
  ISL league stage and won the first ever ISL League Winners Shield and also became the first-ever Indian club to qualify for the AFC Champions League group stage.^[5]
• 22 March 2020 - Goa went into lockdown after government of India announced Janata Curfew. Goa extended it further by two days and later 21 days nationwide lockdown followed.
• 25 March 2020 - 53-year-old hailing from Guirdolim, became the first Goan to die of COVID-19 in Hounston, United Kingdom.
• 1 June 2020 - Mangor Hill, Mormugao is declared as a Containment-zone after two of its residents test positive.
• 22 June 2020 - Goa reported its first COVID-19 death of an 85-year-old from Morlem, Sattari.
• 1 June 2020 – 30 September 2020 - Goa witnessed the highest annual seasonal rainfall of 4,203.7mm (420 cm or 165.5 inches) in its recorded history. The previous record of 408 cm in 1961 was broken.^[6]
• 12 September 2022 - Eight of the 11 Congress MLAs in the Goa Assembly defected to the Bharatiya Janata Party including former CM Digambar Kamat
• 22 January 2023 -
  ABVP Goa protested at St.Xavier's College,Mapusa
  over non-installation of student council 2022–23.
• 13 September 2023 - Club Filmatics is established with Mario Pimenta appointed as it's Media Coordinator[7]
• October 2023 - Goan Cashew got GI Indication^[8]
• 14 October 2023 - Don Bosco College (DBC), Panjim emerged as winners of, HIDE India Architectural Fashion Show organized by the JD School of Design .
• 1 January 2023 - Ayush Halarnkar, a youth died after his motorcycle fell into a trench, which had been dug for sewerage work under the Panaji Smart City Project.
• July 24, 2023 - Goa High Court Orders Tiger Reserve in Mhadei Wildlife Sanctuary^[9]
• 28 February 2024 - Goa's First Intercollegiate Media Event Filmbuster was organised by Don Bosco College Panjim^[10]
• 6 April 2024 - Congress announced Adv.Ramakant Khalap and Capt.Viriato Fernandes as North and South Goa Lok Sabha Candidate respectively.Former Minister Alina Saldanha joined Congress.
• 7 May 2024 - The voting for third phase of Lok Sabha election was held in Goa.
• 10 May 2024 — 12 May 2024 - Cashew Fest Season 2 was organised by Goa Forest Development Cooperation chaired by Deviya Vishwajit Rane
• 4 June 2024 - Lok Sabha Election results declared BJP'sShripad Naik and Congress's Captain Viriato Fernandes elected MP of North Goa and South Goa respectively.^[11]

See also

• History of Goa
• Timeline of Indian history

References