Portuguese Goa for several years, ostensibly to protect it from a French takeover. The Goans were encouraged to migrate to Bombay and find employment. Because of the influx of Goans, called "Goan Portuguese" by the English, the "Bombay Portuguese" decided to rename themselves with a name emphasising their status as subjects of the English Crown, to distinguish them from the Goans, who were Portuguese citizens (since Pombal enfranchised Goa). These Norteiros began calling themselves "Bombay East Indians", to identify with the English East India Company which ruled them on behalf of England. Other communities, such as that of Kristi creole people of Chaul, Damaon& Dio, continued to identify Luso-Indians. Both the Damanese and the Kristi communities are often wrongly called Norteiro people, derived from the native Marathi people. However, the Dio, Damaonite& Kristi Norteiros share a single trait, as compared to the Bombay East Indians who are culturally different from them. See also History of Konkan Konkani people Marathi people List of topics on the Portuguese Empire in the East References Ethnic groups in India History of Portugal History of Maharashtra History of Mumbai History of Christianity in Asia History of Goa Colonial India