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Baçaim uprising 1636

Synopsis
Around the beginning of 1636, in an attempt to increase the area of religious influence on the outskirts of the Terras do Norte, the vicar of Baçaim, Father Francisco Calaça, accompanied by the vicar-general of the Dominicans and local Holy Office commissioner, Friar Jerónimo da Paixão, went to the village of Cassumba (owned by André Teles de Menezes), on the Solgão pragana, to destroy a pagode, or temple, which was very popular in the region. Both men were killed by the local population and another Dominican friar and the officers of the vicarage who accompanied them were wounded. By decision of the Council of the State of India on March 7, 1636, the civil high magistrate (ouvidor geral do cível), accompanied by the captain general of Baçaim, were to punish those responsible for what had happened, salt the village and have a church built in place of the pagoda. There is no information on whether this retaliation was carried out.
Additional info

Starting date: . Ending: . Duration: 1 day. Name in sources: Atroz caso sucedido em Baçaim. Location: Village of Cassumba, district of Baçaim/Vasai, Northern Province of Estado da India Country (current): India. Monarchy: Portuguese. Main participants: Indigenous. Number of participants: unknown. Main reasons & motivations: Religion. Leadership: Unknown. Relevance: low.

Further reading
TEIXEIRA, André Pinto de Souza Dias (2010). Baçaim e seu território: política e economia (1534-1665). Lisbon: Universidade Nova de Lisboa (PhD Dissertation), p. 183.
Cite this entry

(2023) "Baçaim uprising 1636", in J. V. Serrão and M. S. Cunha (coord), Rebellions in the Early Modern Iberian World. (accessed on ).