In the year 2009, the was Sam Fransikachea Visvaxiponnachea Dekhin, Jezu-Noketra Bhaxen Porzollum-ia, which translates from Konkani into English as ' Inspired by the faithfulness of Saint Francis, let us shine like Jesus, the Star ', probably based on the year's pastoral theme of the Archdiocese of Goa e Damão Noketram Bhaxen, Sonvsarant Porzollum-ia which translates into English as ' Shine like Stars, in the World '.

Suresh Kalmadi at the inauguration of the First World Konkani Convention in 1995.

With three fine Russian films in recent months on World War 2, -- `` The House I Live In '', `` The Cranes Are Flying '' and `` Ballad Of A Soldier '' -- we had every right to expect a real Soviet block-buster in `` The Day The War Ended ''.

* World Health Day – April 7

* World Intellectual Property Day ( International )

* 1937 – Chinese Air Force Day: The beginning of air-to-air combat of the Second Sino-Japanese War and World War II in general, when 6 Imperial Japanese Mitsubishi G3M bombers are shot down by the Nationalist Chinese Air Force while raiding Chinese air bases.

* World Humanitarian Day ( International )

** World Day for Safety and Health at Work ( International )

* World Autism Awareness Day

Several of ASU's graduate schools also appear among the top of the US News & World Report rankings, including the 30th-ranked W. P. Carey School of Business ( along with its 4th-ranked program in Supply Chain Management and the 15th-ranked program in Information Systems ), the 26th-ranked Sandra Day O ' Connor College of Law, the 43rd-ranked Ira A. Fulton School of Engineering ( including five individual programs ranked in the top 30 ), the 16th-ranked School of Public Affairs, the 26th-ranked Mary Lou Fulton Teachers College, the 21st-ranked College of Nursing and Health, and 25th-ranked Healthcare Management.

* World Hemophilia Day ( International )

Since 1977, New Zealand has celebrated Arbor Day on June 5, which is also World Environment Day, prior to then Arbor Day, in New Zealand, was celebrated on August 4 – which is rather late in the year for tree planting in New Zealand hence the date change.

* World Tapir Day, raises awareness of threatened tapir species

Beneath the Arc is the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier from World War I. Interred here on Armistice Day 1920, it has the first eternal flame lit in Western and Eastern Europe since the Vestal Virgins ' fire was extinguished in the fourth century.

* 1945 – Elbe Day: United States and Soviet troops meet in Torgau along the River Elbe, cutting the Wehrmacht of Nazi Germany in two, a milestone in the approaching end of World War II in Europe.

* World Day for Laboratory Animals ( UN recognized )

* World Health Day ( International )

:* Liège celebrates the Bastille Day each year since the end of the First World War, as Liège was decorated by the Légion d ' Honneur for its unexpected resistance during the Battle of Liège.

He announced before the 2007 Cricket World Cup that this would be his last appearance in One Day Internationals.

While typical sports championship parades have been showered with some 50 tons of confetti and shredded paper, the V-J Day parade on August 14 and August 15, 1945 – marking the end of World War II – was covered with 5, 438 tons of paper, based on estimates provided by the New York City Department of Sanitation.

The ICC Cricket World Cup is the premier international championship of men's One Day International ( ODI ) cricket.

In the late 1970s, Kerry Packer established the rival World Series Cricket ( WSC ) competition, and it introduced many of the features of One Day International cricket that are now commonplace, including coloured uniforms, matches played at night under floodlights with a white ball and dark sight screens, and, for television broadcasts, multiple camera angles, effects microphones to capture sounds from the players on the pitch, and on-screen graphics.

The One Day International playing nations automatically enter the final qualification tournament, the World Cup Qualifier, along with other nations who have qualified through separate competitions.

* World AIDS Day ( December 1 )

On 16 May 1545, Xavier wrote to the King of Portugal to establish the Inquisition in Goa: " The second necessity for the Christians is that Your Majesty establish the Holy Inquisition in Goa because there are many who live according to the Jewish Law and according to the Mohammedan Sect, without any fear of God or shame of the World.

He played for England in the 2002 Chess Olympiad in Bled, scoring 6½ / 11, and won the silver medal at the World Junior Championship in Goa.

Recently a Wax Museum ( Wax World ) has also opened in Old Goa housing a number of wax personalities of Indian history, culture and heritage.

During the World War I Portugal joined the Allies, which resulted in confiscating 6 merchant vessels ( 5 German and 1 Austrian ) anchored in Marmugao port in Goa.

* The World of Goa Trance ( ZYX Music 1998 )

* The World of Goa Trance, Volume 2 ( ZYX Music 1999 )

* The World of Goa Trance, Volume 3 ( ZYX Music 2000 )

* The World of Goa Trance, Volume 4 ( ZYX Music 2001 )

The Basilica of Bom Jesus or Borea Jezuchi Bajilika () is located in Goa, India, and is a UNESCO World Heritage Site.

Goa has two World Heritage Sites: the Bom Jesus Basilica

Yugādi, Ugādi, or Samvatsarādi ( or స ం వత ్ సర ా ద ి samvatsarādi,, Konkani / Marathi: य ु ग ा द ी yugādi ) is the New Year's Day for the people of the Deccan region of India.

Sam Fransisku Xaviera is a Konkani hymn, which is sung as the recessional hymn at most of the novenas held at Bom Jesus Basilica, Velha Goa, the place where the relics of St. Francis Xavier are kept.

In 1583, Thomas Stephens, an English Jesuit missionary in Goa, in a letter to his brother that was not published until the 20th century, noted similarities between Indian languages, specifically Konkani, and Greek and Latin.

In Goa, Konkani is the sole official language ; however, Marathi may also be used for all official purposes.

The Roman Catholic Brahmin caste among the Goan Catholics and Mangalorean Catholics are descended from Konkani Brahmins who converted to Roman Catholicism during the Portuguese colonial rule in Goa.

Old Goa ( Konkani: प ो रण ें ग ों य – Pornnem Goem ; Hindi ओल ् ड ग ो व ा – Old Gova, प ु र ा ण ा ग ो व ा – Purana Gova ) or Velha Goa ( Velha means " old " in Portuguese ) is a historical city in North Goa district in the Indian state of Goa.

The name Old Goa was first used in the 1960s in the address of the Konkani monthly magazine, dedicated to spread the devotion of the Sacred Heart, Dor Mhoineachi Rotti which was shifted to the Basilica de Bom Jesus in 1964.

It continued to be the de jure capital of Gôa until 1843, when the capital was then shifted to Pangim ( Ponnjê in Konkani, Nova Goa in Portuguese and Panjim in English ).

The Kannada, Marathi, Telugu and the Konkani diaspora in Karnataka, Maharashtra, Goa, Andhra Pradesh, Tamil Nadu and Kerala celebrate the festival with great fanfare ; gatherings of the extended family and a sumptuous feast are ' de rigueur '.

Dakhini was the lingua franca of the Muslims of Deccan, chiefly living in Hyderabad state, Mysore state and the Hyderabad – Karnataka Region, covering most of Deccan plateau except for Moplah Muslims of Kerala and the Labbewaar Muslims in Tamil Nadu in the south, to the Beary Bhashe language and Konkani speaking Muslims along the western coast of Karnataka, Goa and Maharashtra.

Mainly Hyderabad City, Telangana Region, Marathwada, Hyderabad-Karnataka, Gulbarga, Bidar & Raichur in Present day Karnataka, minority native Goan Konkani Muslims in the Uttara Kannada district of Karnataka with some variation of Nawayath, and Goan Muslim dialect in Goa.

The name is also in use among some Konkani Catholics who trace their ancestry to the Goud Saraswat Brahmins of Goa.

These primitive Australoid tribes, once were pre-historic inhabitants of Goa and Konkan. Nothing more is known about the. Modern communities like Gaudes, Kunbis, Mahars of Konkan today are supposed to be the modern representatives of Proto-Australoids. Originally hunter-gatherers later developed a primitive form of agriculture. Few Konkani words related to agriculture find their roots in Proto-Australoid dialects, e. g.: kumeri-type of farming, mer-field boundary, zonn-share of the surplus production, khazan-type of farm land, kudd-room, body, khomp-hut. These tribes from Konkan speaking early Dravidian languages ( see: Kurukh language ) are believed to be the Mediterraneans. Historians ( Sbjobreg1990: 48 ) maintain that the paleo-Mediterraneans who came to India from north-west passes as early Dravidians formed a heterogeneous racial sub-type. These Mediterraneans or Dravidians as many historians call them, knew the craft of systematized agriculture, and inhabited most of the neolithic India.

Devadasis exist in temples in Goa in some form or the other ( prominent Indian Classical vocalists like Kesarbai Kerkar, Lata Mangeshkar, Kishori Amonkar, Mogubai Kurdikar belong to Devadasi community of God, called as Kalavant in Konkani ).

* Music of Goa ( Konkani songs similar to baila )

** In the state of Goa, English or Konkani is used.

Canacona ( pronounced in Konkani ) is an administrative region in south Goa, in India.

Books from Goa. Professor Peter Nazareth points out that that Goans have written in thirteen languages, of which the chief are Konkani, Marathi, English and Portuguese.

* Konkani writer Pundalik Naik's short stories touches traditional themes very important in yesterday's Goa.

* Alberto de Noronha translated a collection of short stories written in Marathi, Konkani and English under the title Onde Canta o Moruoni ( Panjim, Goa: Third Millennium, 2003 ).

Goa University Library: It has a large collections in the languages of Konkani, Marathi, English, Portuguese, French.