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TIMELINES - Goans in Africa

Timeline - Kenya

Year	Place	Event
1594	Mombasa	Portuguese build Fort Jesus
1698	Mombasa	Omani Arabs seize Fort Jesus and end Portuguese rule
1865	Zanzibar	C.R. de Souza opens store on island
1884	Zanzibar	M.R. de Souza starts a business
1889	Mombasa	M.R.de Souza opens branch of his store
1900	Nairobi	Creation of township of Nairobi
1901	Mombasa	Goan Reading Room opened in house of D.L. Pereira
1904	Nairobi	Portuguese Cricket Club formed by 29 employees of the Uganda Railway
1905	Nairobi	Portuguese Cricket Club closed by Uganda Railway authorities due to disputes between railway and non-railway employees
1905	Nairobi	Non-Railway Goan members of the former Portuguese Cricket Club re-group and form the Goan Institute
1905	Mombasa	St. Francis Xavier Goan Tailors Society formed
1906	Mombasa	C.R. de Souza opens Mombasa branch
1909	Nairobi	M.R. de Souza opens branches in Nairobi and Nakuru
1909	Nairobi	Railway Goan employees re-organize to form the Railway Goan Institute
1911	Mombasa	Goan Reading Room name changed to the Goan Institute
1915	Mombasa	Dr. A.C.L. de Sousa arrives in E. Africa and is appointed a Government Medical Officer
1916	Nairobi	St. Francis Xavier Goan Tailors Society formed
1919	Nairobi	Dr. A.C.L. de Sousa moves to Nairobi and enters private practice with his wife, Mary, also a doctor
1927	Mombasa	Goan Institute opens new building on Salim Road
1927	Nairobi	Goan Overseas Association formed by Dr. A.C.L. D'Souza on 9th. July
1928	Nairobi	Dr. Ribeiro Goan School opens in April with 38 children in premises loaned by Dr. Ribeiro
1931	Nairobi	New Dr. Ribeiro Goan School Building opens on 19th July
1934	Nairobi	Dr. A.C.L. de Sousa serves a member of the Kenya Legislative Council for four years
1936	Nairobi	Goan Gymkhana formed by break away group of Goan Institute members
1943	Nairobi	Goan Gymkhana opens stone building club house
1946	Mombasa	Eighty delegates from all parts of East Africa assemble for the East African Goan Conference with Dr. A.C.L. D'Souza as Chairman
1955	Nairobi	Goan Institute moves from downtown to new premises in Pangani suburb
1956	Nairobi	Goan Overseas Association opens new Secondary School building on May 24
1958	Nairobi	Dr. A.C.L. de Sousa dies on July 17th, at age 75
1959	Mombasa	Tailors Society open 3-storey club and rest house
1963	Kenya	Kenya becomes independent
1967	Nairobi	Closing of Railway Goan Institute
1962	Uganda	Uganda becomes independent
1961	Tanzania	Tanganyika becomes independent
1963	Tanzania	Zanzibar becomes independent, and joins Tanganyika to form Tanzania

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