Bastora
| Bastora | |
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 Bastora
Bastora
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| Coordinates: 15°35′N 73°49′E / 15.583°N 73.817°ECoordinates: 15°35′N 73°49′E / 15.583°N 73.817°E | |
| Country |
 India
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| State | Goa |
| District | North Goa |
| Languages | |
| • Official | Konkani |
| Time zone | IST (UTC+5:30) |
| Vehicle registration | GA |
| Nearest city | Mapusa |
| Website | goa |
Bastora is a village in North Goa, India. It is located on the outskirts of Mapusa town. Green and still scenic, this is one of the many communities and villages that makes up mainly-rural, but fast-urbanising Goa.
Bastora was earlier known as Bastodem, when it is believed to have been by the Kadamba and Vijaynagara dynasties that ruled the region. Like the rest of the region of Bardez came under Portuguese rule some 33 years after Lisbon conquered the region now known as Old Goa in 1510.
Bastora was earlier home to St Xavier's College, which later shifted to Mapusa. It is also home to the Holy Cross School, and a prominent publishing and printing institution that played a key role in Goa's intellectual life for decades, Tipografia Rangel. It is now home to Asha Bawan a drug rehabilitation's home at Boa Vista.
St Xavier's College was founded in 1963 in Bastora, and initially run by the Jesuits, who deputed former St Xavier's College, Bombay principal Fr Edward D'Cruz to take over as principal. Fr. Nicolau Pereira, who had a doctorate from the United States, oversaw the shifting of the college to Mapusa in 1968.
According to Dr Jaime Rangel, there earlier was a proposal to locate the college complex in Bastora itself, on land to be acquired from the local Comunidade of Bastora. But, writes RAngel, due to some disagreements with some comunidade functionaries, land was instead acquired from the Mapusa Comunidade.
Launched in 1886, this printing press and publishing house—whose imprint marks many books published in Goa during the period—continued in operation till 1994. It was founded by Janin Rangel. Its books are still visible in libraries across the world.
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