India became independent on 15 August 1947. British left India after ruling for 150 years. The dawn of independence dawned all over the country, but Goa, a small scenic island in India, remained in limbo. Goa was ruled by the Portuguese. From the time the Portuguese set foot in Goa in 1510, the destruction of Gomantika people started. The devastation of Goa, which had been under the rule for almost four and a half hundred years, ended on December 19, 1961.
After the war of 1961, the remaining Portuguese rule in India came to an end, and the territories of Goa, Daman and Diu were liberated. The scenic land of Goa, stretching from Konkan to Pedna, merged with India on 19th December 1961. The war of 1961 was a decisive part of the Goa Mukti Movement, but the Goa Mukti Movement has a long history. After the independence of the country on 15 August 1947, 565 institutions of the country merged with India, but the Portuguese refused to leave their colonies of Goa, Diu, Daman, Dadra and Nagarhaveli. He was not in favor of merging Goa with India.
Prime Minister Pandit Nehru was establishing good relations with the Portuguese colony but the administrators there were not cooperating with him. Gomantika people were also tired of the oppression of the Portuguese and were demanding the cooperation of the Indian government to merge with India. The Portuguese were against the merger of Goa with India but the people wanted it to be merged with India. Recognizing the wishes of the Gomantic people, Prime Minister Nehru put pressure on the Portuguese through the United Nations.
He gave a message to the Portuguese to leave India peacefully but the Portuguese did not accept this message. Prime Minister Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru, realizing that the Portuguese were not leaving the country peacefully, and negotiations were not succeeding, ordered the army to take action. The Portuguese tried to exert international pressure to prevent India from taking military action. In the background of the tyranny of the Portuguese government and the strong response of the people to the agitation, Nehru decided to enter Goa on 17th December 1961 despite international pressure.
The Indian Army completely defeated the Portuguese and hoisted the tricolor in Goa on December 19, 1961 and Goa was liberated. The dawn of independence dawned in Goa, which had been in seclusion for four and a half hundred years. Diu, Daman was already freed. Together these three were given the status of Union Territory by the Central Government. Later in 1967 Goa was declared as a constituent state by referendum. Goa has completed 62 years today after being freed from Portuguese slavery. This is the 62nd year of the Goa Liberation War. Various programs will be organized in Goa on this occasion. Best wishes to the people of Gomantika on Goa Mukti Day!
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