The first permanent resident of Saint Helena was exiled there after defecting during a conflict in this colony. The first ruler of this colony would later be killed in a raid off the coast of South Africa in the Battle of Salt River. The real life Abbé Faria was implicated as a leader of a revolt in this colony known as the Revolt of the Pintos. The codename for the military operation that abolished this colony was later re-used for one side’s offensive in the (*) Kargil War. A city in this colony, whose first viceroy was Francisco de Almeida, was transferred to the English as a part of the dowry of Catherine of Braganza. For 10 points, name this South Asian colony that dissolved after Operation Vijay liberated Goa from the government of António Salazar. ■END■
ANSWER: Portuguese India [accept Goa before mention; accept the Portuguese State of India; prompt on Cochin, Daman, Diu, or Bom Bahia]
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