Percival Noronha – a fine human being with a repository of everything Goan.

Today, 19th August is the death anniversary of Mr. Percival Noronha – the chronicler, the historian, the informant, the civil servant and above all a fine human being with a repository of everything Goan. He passed away last year at the age of 96.

This mural was painted by Solomon Souza @solomonsouza who has his ancestral roots in Goa, being the grandson of internationally acclaimed Francis Newton Souza, as part of the The ICON – Mundo Goa Special Project for the Serendipity Arts Festival 2019.

Read more:
Adeus Percival: ‘Um goes exemplar’
by Maria de Lourdes Bravo da Costa Rodrigues
https://www.heraldgoa.in/Cafe/Adeus-Percival-Um-goes-exemplar

Percival Noronha: In one man, the loss of a national treasure
by Luis Dias
https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/goa/in-one-man-the-loss-of-a-national-treasure

Remembering the legend that was Percival Noronha
by Mark Rocha
https://itsgoa.com/percival-noronha/

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