Gandaulim (Ilhas)

Gandaulim
São Brás
Village
Igreja de São Brás, Gandaulim
Gandaulim
Coordinates: 15°30′44.5″N 73°56′28.9″E / 15.512361°N 73.941361°E / 15.512361; 73.941361
Country India
StateGoa
DistrictNorth Goa
Sub DistrictIlhas
Established1540s
Named afterSaint Blaise
Government
 • TypePanchayat
 • Sarpanchunknown
Elevation
8 m (26 ft)
Population
 (2021)
 • Total
approx. 300
DemonymGandaulicar
Languages
 • OfficialKonkani
 • Also spoken (understood)English, Marathi, Hindi
 • HistoricalPortuguese
Religions
 • DominantChristianity
 • MinorHinduism
 • HistoricalRoman Catholicism
Time zoneUTC+5:30 (IST)
Postcode
403505
Telephone code08343

Gandaulim (historically known as São Brás) is a village located on the western bank of the Cumbarjua Canal, within Ilhas in the state of Goa, India. It marked the eastern end of the metropolitan City of Goa as a populous suburb in the 16th to 18th centuries.[1]

History

Croatian sailors and merchants from the Republic of Ragusa in Dalmatia established contact with Goa, India, in the 16th century, then amidst Portuguese colonization.[2][3] Between 1530 and 1535, adventurers from Dubrovnik joined the Portuguese to establish Sao Braz, a small Ragusan colonial settlement in the modern-day village of Gandaulim.[4] The colony was named after Saint Blaise, the patron saint of Dubrovnik.[4][3] In the annals of 1605, Jakov Lukarević noted that Ragusan merchants invested in decorating a local church.[5] Goese historian Gomes Catão documented the town to have a population of 12,000 settlers.[3] The 1667 Dubrovnik earthquake destroyed the city of Dubrovnik which left the Ragusan Republic financially strained.[4] Trading disputes with Portuguese settlers and declining trade with Indians forced the Republic of Ragusa to surrender their colony.[2]

Public interest in the former colony was revived in 1999, when Croatian Indologist Zdravka Matišić discovered a reference to ties between Ragusa and Goa while studying Sanskrit texts in India.[3][6] After an official Croatian delegation visited the village that year, benefactors have since donated to and refurbished local buildings.[7][8] The Church of Saint Blaise in the village is a common tourist attraction buoyed by Croatia–India relations.[4][2] Since the 2000s, heritage tourism between Dubrovnik, Croatia and Gandaulim has increased.[7]

Genetic findings in 2012 suggest the Romani people in Croatia originated in northwestern India and migrated to Europe as a group.[9] Romani people were mentioned for the first time in the Republic of Ragusa in 1362 in some commercial records.[10][11][12] Sushma Swaraj, Indian Minister of External Affairs, stated that the people of the Roma community in Croatia were to be recognized a part of the Indian diaspora.[13]

Infrastructure

In 2016, a bridge was constructed on the outskirts of the village, over the canal. This bridge now links the islands of Tiswadi taluka to Cumbarjua.[14][15]

Gandaulim Fort

Gandaulim was a site of the historical Gandaulim Fort, which was demolished in early 21st century for a road expansion project.

  • Gandaulim Fort Entrance Gate
  • Gandaulim Fort Entrance Gate after Demolition
  • Gandaulim Fort Entrance Gate post Demolition

See also

References

  1. ^ Fonseca, José Nicolau da (2026). An historical and Archaelogical sketch of the city of Goa (Reprint ed.). Thacker & Co, Limited, Bombay, 1878. ISBN 9788119808687.
  2. ^ a b c Fernandes, Paul (15 November 2021). "Croatian documentary team's visit stirs up Gandaulim's historic past". The Times of India. ISSN 0971-8257. Retrieved 19 January 2026.
  3. ^ a b c d Tomas, Lora (19 May 2014). "Distant liaisons". Himal Southasian. Retrieved 20 September 2021.
  4. ^ a b c d "Why this Goan village will root for Croatia". The Times of India. ISSN 0971-8257. Retrieved 26 March 2025.
  5. ^ Andrijanić, Ivan (26 February 2018). "Hrvatska i Indija: Kulturno-povijesne i gospodarsko-političke veze". Zbornik sveučilišta Libertas (in Croatian). 3 (3). Zagreb, Croatia: Libertas international university: 351. ISSN 2584-6167. U Goi, na zapadnoj obali indijskoga potkontinenta, trgovci iz Dubrovnika bogato su uresili crkvu Sv. Vlaha (São Braz). Na temelju toga svjedočanstva, koje navodi Jakov Lukarević (1605),[21] neki su istraživači pretpostavili postojanje dubrovačke kolonije São Braz u blizini Goe, ali za potvrdu te tvrdnje za sad nema dovoljno dokaza (Bašić, 1999: 85–93).
  6. ^ "Why this Goan village will root for Croatia". The Times of India. 14 July 2018.
  7. ^ a b D’Souza, Clinton (16 July 2024). "Unveiling a 400-yr-old bond: Historical connection between Croatia & Goa". The Goan. Retrieved 20 January 2026.
  8. ^ "The Croats of Goa, India". 27 May 2018.
  9. ^ Mendizabal, Isabel (6 December 2012). "Reconstructing the Population History of European Romani from Genome-wide Data". Current Biology. 22 (24): 2342–2349. doi:10.1016/j.cub.2012.10.039. hdl:10230/25348. PMID 23219723.
  10. ^ "Ured vlade za nacionalne manjine-Obilježja Roma u RH". Archived from the original on 16 February 2013. Retrieved 9 March 2013.
  11. ^ Tomas, Lora (19 May 2014). "Distant liaisons". Himal Southasian.
  12. ^ Sindya N. Bhanoo (11 December 2012). "Genomic Study Traces Roma to Northern India". New York Times.
  13. ^ "Can Romas be part of Indian diaspora?". khaleejtimes.com. 29 February 2016. Retrieved 4 March 2016.
  14. ^ "Gaundalim Bridge, Goa | TPF". www.tpf.eu.
  15. ^ "Gaundalim, Cumbarjua bridges opened for traffic". The Goan EveryDay.
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