Know what is real GOA .

Non-Goans thinks Goa is having only 3 B's(Beaches, Bottles and Babes) but this time as aGoan lets share some interesting facts of Goa and let non-Goans know abt real Goa. Did u know...?

1. Goa is the first state in India were in one canregister car, bike or other vehicle on line from thedealers directly which started in June'06 and oneneeds not go to R.T.O. for registration.

 2. That Goa is the smallest state of India having anational highway road span of only 120 km N to Sand around 80 km’s E to W.

3. That Goa’s official language Konkani is the onlyIndian language that is written in

 5 scripts,Devnagari, Kannada, urdu, Malayalam and Roman English script.

4. That Goa is the only state where the state roadtransport is named after an old age dynasty called Kadamba.

5. That Goa is the second state after Orissawherethe world famous Olive Ridley Turtles come to laytheir eggs on Morjim beach.

6. That Goa is the state having the whole non-decomposing miraculous remains of St FrancisXavier at old Goa.

7. That Goa is the only Indian state with an activeand enforced uniform Civil Code implemented bythe Portuguese.

8. That if you are a Goan you can avail ofPortuguese Nationality Passport.

9. That the first printing press of Asia was installed in Goa at St Paul’s college in 1556.

10. That the first medical school of India wasestablished in Goa set up in 1842 at Panaji,demolished in 2004.

11. That Goa is exporting 60% of India’s MineralOre to Japan.

12. That Goa is the first state in India topermanently host the international film festival.

13. That Goa is the only place where one can hirea two wheeler taxi called “pilots”.

14. That Goa’s only airport is military airport ofthe Navy.

15. That the one and only one Naval AviationMuseum of Asia is located at Vasco in Goa.

16. That India has only two temples dedicated tothe Brahma of the Hindu Trinity. One is inRajasthan and other in Goa, 17. 7 km from Valpoiin the village of Carambolim Brahma temple.

17. That Mumbai owes its daily bread to Goa more precisely, to migrant bakers from Saligao and Siolim who brought with them the blessedPao to Mumbai.

18. That Goa, even though the smallest state inIndia has the highest bank saving deposit.

19. That Asia’s only floating casino is launched in Goa’s coastal waters at Panaji harbour known as“Caravela”.

20. That India’s largest laterite stone carving of St.Mirabai is at ancestral Goa at Loutolim village.

21. That Goa is the only state of India having thehighest forest destiny cover of 33% of total landmass.

22. That the first English medium high school in Goa was established in 1896 at St. Joseph’s highschool, Arpora.