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- December 18-19, 1961: A former Portuguese province;
the Portuguese overseas territory of Portuguese India
existed for about 450 years until it was annexed by India in
1961 on this day.
- The 1961 Indian annexation of Goa (also referred to
as the Invasion of Goa, the Liberation of Goa by Indian
forces, and the Fall of Portuguese India), was an action
by India's armed forces that ended the rule of Portugal
in its exclaves in India on this day.
- The armed action, codenamed Operation Vijay by the
Indian government, involved air, sea and land strikes
for over 36 hours (Dec 18-19, 1961), and was a decisive victory for India,
ending 451 years of Portuguese overseas provincial
governance in Goa.
- Twenty two Indians and thirty Portuguese were killed
in the fighting.
- The brief conflict drew a mixture of worldwide
praise as well as condemnation.
- In India, the action was seen as a liberation of
historically Indian territory, while Portugal viewed it
as an aggression against national soil and its
citizens.
- May 30, 1987: Goa became the 25th State of India
on this day.
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Description |
- Indian state located in the South western region
of India.
- It is bounded by the state of Maharashtra
to the north, and by Karnataka to the east
and south, while the Arabian Sea forms its
western coast.
- It is India's smallest state by area
and the fourth smallest by population.
- Goa is one of India's richest states
with a GDP per capita two and a half times that of the
country.
- Panaji is the state's capital, while
Vasco da Gama is the largest city.
- Goa is visited by large numbers of international
and domestic tourists each year for its beaches,
places of worship and world heritage architecture.
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