Re: What would have happened
The Portuguese would not have been easily overthrown even with Indian help if the native Goans were divided. At the time of independence, the hindus were around 57% and Christians were around 40% of the population. In spite of being a sizable minority, the goan christians were united with their hindu brothers in demand for freedom against Portuguese rule. Many of the initial Goan freedom fighters were Goan christians .Anthony D’Souza, Mark Fernandes, Alfred Afonso and Rancour Patriota are some of the notable Goan-christian freedom fighters. I think this was the only instance in colonial India where a community stood together for freedom without bringing religion into the picture. Imagine if the 40% goan Christians had sided with Portugal only cos they shared a common religion, the whole scenario would have turned out into an even worse Religio-political quagmire.