| Novas Conquistas | |
| Native Name Lang: | pt |
| Settlement Type: | Region |
| Subdivision Type: | Country |
| Subdivision Name: | Portuguese Empire |
| Subdivision Type1: | Region |
| Subdivision Name1: | Estado da India |
| Subdivision Type2: | Historical Province |
| Subdivision Name2: | Goa Província do Norte |
| Subdivision Type3: | Concelhos |
| Subdivision Name3: | Goa: 7 Província do Norte: 8 |
| Subdivision Type4: | Parishes |
| Subdivision Name4: | 25 |
| Seat Type: | Capital |
| Seat: | Nova Goa (Pangim) |
| Unit Pref: | Metric |
| Population Density Km2: | auto |
The Novas Conquistas or "New Conquests" are a group of seven concelhos (municipalities) of Goa and Damaon, officially known as Portuguese India. They were added into Goa in the 18th century AD, a comparatively later date than the original three concelhos that make up the Velhas Conquistas or "Old Conquests".
The seven concelhos of the Novas Conquistas are:
Silvassa was a newly acquired area in the Província do Norte.
In writing postal addresses, the Novas Conquistas were abbreviated "N.C."
In December 1764, Hyder Ali, the king of Mysore, sent his general Fazalullah Khan northward into Soonda via Bednur, where landowners who resisted his administration met severe retribution. Fearing capture, the Raja of Soonda fled to Goa, surrendering his territories below the Western Ghats to the Portuguese in exchange for sanctuary and a fixed annual stipend. The lower territories including the port of Sadashivgad near Karwar were absorbed into the Kingdom of Mysore.[1]
These new areas granted by the Raja of Soonda were incorporated into Portuguese Goa.
Later in 1783 the Kingdom of Sawantwadi, in order to get Portuguese help against Kolhapur, ceded some parts of Pernem, Bicholim and Sattari to Portugal. The remaining part of Pernem (including Terekhol Fort) was ceded in 1788 and thus came to be known as the Novas Conquistas (New Conquests). Unlike the Velhas Conquistas, these areas remained predominantly Hindu as the Portuguese lost their zeal of Christianization.[2]
Some lands in what would become the Novas Conquistas region were acquired by the Portuguese prior to the 1783 treaty.