Goa was one of Portugal's oldest colonies, since the Portuguese conquest of Goa in 1510. During the Napoleonic Wars , Britain and Portugal were allies (on account of the Anglo-Portuguese Alliance) but the Portuguese were  unable to defend their empire from either the French military stationed in French India or France's allied navies. Hence the British dispatched a Royal Naval squadron as well as  an army of 10,000 soldiers. These military personnel were posted at strategic locations like Fort Aguada, Miramar, Caranzalem, Dona Paula and Mormugão. The British military also built fortifications in these areas  to help defend Goa. (These structures were eventually demolished after their departure .) There are two distinct phases of the period, from 1797 to 1798 and from 1802 to 1813. The Iberian campaigns of  the Peninsular War ended in 1813. This led to the amicable termination of the British military occupation of Portuguese India . Note that the Portuguese were still  in charge of the administration of the territory throughout this time period (the local government was headed by the Viscount of Mirandela from 1794 to 1806, then by the Count of Sarzedas from 1806 to 1816). Only military personnel from the UK were stationed temporarily. British cemetery A British military cemetery is the only evidence of the presence of British forces in Goa that was otherwise ruled by the Portuguese. The cemetery came into existence over two centuries ago when the Portuguese sought help from the British to protect Goa from French troops. There are a total of 108 tombs, the oldest of them dates to 1808 and the latest of them dates to 1912.
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