गोव्याचे पंडित महादेवशास्त्री जोशी यांची दोन्ही लग्ने महाराष्ट्रात का झाली? Portuguese Civil Code1906

१९०६ साली आंबेडे , गोवा येथे जन्मलेले पंडित महादेवशास्त्री जोशी साधारण १९२१ साली पहिल्यांदा चतुर्भुज झाले ... ते लग्न गोव्यात होऊ शकले नाही कारण गोव्याचे कायदे , सोबतचा  जोशींच्या आंत्मचरित्रातील मजकूर वाचा ... ते लग्न  वाळपई, साखळी जवळच्या ओझरे  या संस्थांनी गावी ब्रिटिश हद्दीत झाले ... 

 (पृष्ठ ७५-७६, '।। आत्मपुराण||' , १९८५-२००९)

त्यांची पत्नी त्याच्या अथक प्रयत्नानंतर सुद्धा क्षयाने वारली आणि त्याचे दुसरे लग्न झाले (१९३० च्या आगेमागे, ते सुद्धा  ब्रिटिश हद्दीत ... 

they had to walk a lot from the border of Goa to reach their wedding place, Joshi was walking and his soon to be bride was being carried on someone's shoulder! Finally still short by a mile, they gave up and got married in Goa in evening right in the face of Portuguese civil code....

if you google for such kind of information including using AI tools as I did, you will never know the practical problems Joshi describes , but here they are ...

Key Aspects of the Portuguese Civil Code Regarding Marriage, 1910:

Civil Contract: Marriage is recognized as a civil contract rather than a religious one, secularizing the institution and allowing for divorce.

Registration: All marriages, both Catholic and non-Catholic, must be mandatorily registered with the civil registrar.

Age of Marriage: The legal age to marry is 21 for both men and women, though this can be waived with the consent of a guardian for minors.

 What this does not say is- what Joshi  informs - provision of mandatory smallpox inoculation...no google search in Sept 2025 pointed to this...

It's also interesting to note that none of this was applicable in British occupied India!