saint francis xavier was initially buried in kochi and taken to portugal.
saint francis xavier was initially buried in kochi and taken to portugal.
which personality was initially buried in kochi and taken to portugal?
saint francis xavier
portuguese navigator, pedro álvares cabral founded the first european settlement in india at kochi in 1500. from 1503 to 1663, fort kochi (fort emmanuel) was ruled by portugal. this portuguese period was a harrowing time for the saint thomas christians and the jews, as the inquisition was active in portuguese india. kochi hosted the grave of vasco da gama, the first european explorer to set sail for india, who was buried at st. francis church until his remains were returned to portugal in 1539. the portuguese rule was followed by that of the dutch who renamed fort immanuel as fort stormsburg. in meantime, the royal family of kochi relocated the capital of kochi kingdom to thrissur, leaving nominal authority over islands of kochi. in 1664, fort kochi municipality was established by dutch, making it the first municipality in indian subcontinent, which got dissolved when dutch authority got weaker in the 18th century. the remaining part of kochi were governed by governors of kochi kingdom. by 1773, the mysore ruler hyder ali extended his conquest in the malabar region to kochi forcing it to become a tributary of mysore. the hereditary prime ministership of kochi held by the paliath achans ended during this period.
kochi
the first league game of the shikoku league season was at home against koyo sealing techno; a team from aizumi, tokushima prefecture. after a slow start, kochi broke the deadlock at the end of the first half. in the second half they scored a further 5 goals with no reply, winning 6-0. the following match was a kochi derby against llamas. they led 2-0 at the break and in the second half scored six more goals for an 8-0 victory. another home game followed against niisho club of niihama, ehime prefecture. they took a slender 1-0 lead into half-time and scored 2 more in the second for a 3-0 win. the next match was their first away game proper in kagawa prefecture against r.velho takamatsu. it took 40 minutes for kochi to take the lead, but they scored 7 goals in the second half, including 3 in injury time, giving them their second 8-0 win of the season and another clean sheet. kochi's 5th game in the league was played in noichi town on the banks of the monobe river, east of kochi city. the opposition was tadotsu fc from the nakatado district, kagawa. ryo taguchi fired a 28-minute hat-trick, followed by a brace from kai murakami before half time. in the second half, they added three more goals to give them their third 8-0 victory of the season. the 6th league game of the season was not only a local derby, but also a top of the table clash with leaders kochi united sc taking on second placed kufc nangoku in a repeat of the emperor's cup tie earlier in the season. an own goal gave kochi a 1-0 lead and in-form striker ryo taguchi added another before half time. kochi went 3-0 up in the 17th minute of the second half, but kufc nangoku pulled one back 12 minutes later; the first goal conceded by kochi united sc in the league: final score: 3-1. however, the 7th match of the season saw kochi united sc lose for the first time in 20 league games; conceding a goal in the second minute of injury time and going down 1-0 away to fc tokushima. a result which moved tokushima within 2 points of kochi at the top of the table. after a two-week break, kochi united sc travelled back up to tokushima for the first reverse fixture of the league season against koyo sealing techno. they were rampant in the first half against bottom of the table koyo, scoring seven goals. the second half however produced just one injury time goal: the 4th 8-0 win of the season for kochi utd. a kochi derby followed against llamas and kusc started well with an early goal and added 3 more before the break for a healthy half-time lead. they scored two more in the second half: final score: 6-0. towards the end of august, kochi united faced r. velho takamatsu; a home game but played in the larger athletics stadium and broadcast live on local television. kochi scored 5 goals in each half for a season's best 10-0 victory. kochi's next match was a trip to kagawa to play tadotsu f.c. for the 3rd time that season. they established a 2-0 half time lead and went on to win the match 5-1. in the battle between 2nd and 3rd, f.c. tokushima came out on top to remain just 2 points behind kochi united with 3 games to play. september 9 however, saw results that swung the league title in kochi's favor. in torrential rain at sakawa sports park,the kochi derby between kufc nangoku and kochi united was delayed twice due to lightning and just one goal decided it; kochi united legend kota sugawara striking in the first half to give the defending champions a vital 1-0 victory and end kufc nangoku's slim title hopes. in addition, fc tokushima only managed a 2-2 draw at tadotsu f.c. which meant kochi united's lead at the top stretched to 4 points with only 2 games left. a draw in their next match against fc tokushima would give them a second consecutive shikoku league title. a big crowd turned up for the final home game; 600+ according to official figures. it was the away team that drew first blood, scoring after just 10 minutes, but kochi equalized in the 24th minute with a goal by top scorer kazuki nakabayashi. in the 31st minute kochi midfielder kai murakami received a straight red card for a challenge on the tokushima goalkeeper. down to ten men, kochi surprisingly managed to take the lead 8 minutes later with a close range goal by paulo: halftime score 2-1. in the second half kochi started brightly and scored a third goal after 53 minutes through shuhei horie. after that though tokushima began to control the game. on 65 minutes they pulled a goal back, and 7 minutes later they equalized. tokushima had further chances and kochi rather wasted theirs, but the home team managed to hold on through 5 minutes of additional time and get the draw, thus winning the title with one game left. the last league game saw kochi united heading north to niihama in ehime prefecture to play niisho club; a game that had been rescheduled due to a typhoon earlier in the season. kochi completed their championship winning season in style with an emphatic 11-0 win: paulo scoring 4 goals: a fitting end to the title winning league season.
kochi united sc