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== Background ==

== Background ==

[[File:Stamp of India – 2011 – Colnect 978272 – Golden Jubilee of Goa Liberation.jpeg|thumb|2011 Indian postage stamp dedicated to the golden jubilee of Goa’s annexation]]

[[File:Stamp of India – 2011 – Colnect 978272 – Golden Jubilee of Goa Liberation.jpeg|thumb|2011 Indian postage stamp dedicated to the golden jubilee of Goa’s annexation]]

[[Goa]] was [[annexed]] by the [[Indian Armed Forces]] on 19 December 1961 after 451 years of [[Portuguese rule in India|Portuguese rule]].<ref>{{cite news |title=Here’s to the folks of Goa, Daman and Diu! |url=https://www.rediff.com/news/special/goa-liberation-fifty-years-on/20111219.htm |work=[[Rediff.com]] |date=December 19, 2011}}</ref> The [[Indian Rebellion of 1857|movement for independence in the 19th century]] in India had a smaller impact in Goa as well, with a few residents of participating in [[Satyagraha]] up to the 1960s.{{cn|date=February 2025}} Portugal did not let Goa join India at the same time as the majority of the subcontinent [[Partition of India|granted by the British]] in 1947,{{Efn|France held [[French India|territory in India until 1954]].|group=lower-alpha|name=one}} stating that Goa was culturally and religiously distinct from the rest of India and that Goa was a part of Portugal proper rather than a colony.{{cn|date=December 2025}} India didn’t take any military action then, as it was more concerned with integrating the [[princely states]]. The Indian government asked Portugal to open negotiations in 1950, but after Portugal refused to respond to subsequent aide-mémoires in regards to Goa, India withdrew its diplomatic mission to Portugal on 11 June 1953.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Lambert Mascarenhas |date=2012-02-14 |title=Ancient Goan History – GOACOM – Goa – India – Information and Services in Goa. Goa News, Goa Konkani News, Goa Sunaparant News, Goan Konakani News, Goa Video News, Goa Yellow Pages |url=http://www.goacom.com/culture/history/history4.html |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120214125132/http://www.goacom.com/culture/history/history4.html |archive-date=2012-02-14 |access-date=2024-11-19 |website=}}</ref> India liberated Goa and merged with rest of India in late December 1961.

[[Goa]] was [[annexed]] by the [[Indian Armed Forces]] on 19 December 1961 after 451 years of [[Portuguese rule in India|Portuguese rule]].<ref>{{cite news |title=Here’s to the folks of Goa, Daman and Diu! |url=https://www.rediff.com/news/special/goa-liberation-fifty-years-on/20111219.htm |work=[[Rediff.com]] |date=December 19, 2011}}</ref> The [[Indian Rebellion of 1857|movement for independence in the 19th century]] in India had a smaller impact in Goa as well, with a few residents of participating in [[Satyagraha]] up to the 1960s.{{cn|date=February 2025}} Portugal did not let Goa join India at the same time as the majority of the subcontinent [[Partition of India|granted by the British]] in 1947,{{Efn|France held [[French India|territory in India until 1954]].|group=lower-alpha|name=one}} stating that Goa was culturally and religiously distinct from the rest of India and that Goa was a part of Portugal proper rather than a colony.{{cn|date=December 2025}} India didn’t take any military action then, as it was more concerned with integrating the [[princely states]]. The Indian government asked Portugal to open negotiations in 1950, but after Portugal refused to respond to subsequent aide-mémoires in regards to Goa, India withdrew its diplomatic mission to Portugal on 11 June 1953.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Lambert Mascarenhas |date=2012-02-14 |title=Ancient Goan History – GOACOM – Goa – India – Information and Services in Goa. Goa News, Goa Konkani News, Goa Sunaparant News, Goan Konakani News, Goa Video News, Goa Yellow Pages |url=http://www.goacom.com/culture/history/history4.html |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120214125132/http://www.goacom.com/culture/history/history4.html |archive-date=2012-02-14 |access-date=2024-11-19 |website=}}</ref> India and in late December 1961.

== Observance ==

== Observance ==

Latest revision as of 09:51, 21 January 2026

Annual observance, 19 December

Goa, Daman and Diu Liberation Day[1] is observed annually on 19 December in Goa, India.[2][3] It is celebrated to mark the Indian Armed Forces‘ annexation of Goa from the Portuguese government in 1961,[4] after which India was free of any European rule.[5][6]

2011 Indian postage stamp dedicated to the golden jubilee of Goa’s annexation

Goa was annexed by the Indian Armed Forces on 19 December 1961 after 451 years of Portuguese rule.[7] The movement for independence in the 19th century in India had a smaller impact in Goa as well, with a few residents of participating in Satyagraha up to the 1960s.[citation needed] Portugal did not let Goa join India at the same time as the majority of the subcontinent granted by the British in 1947,[a] stating that Goa was culturally and religiously distinct from the rest of India and that Goa was a part of Portugal proper rather than a colony.[citation needed] India didn’t take any military action then, as it was more concerned with integrating the princely states. The Indian government asked Portugal to open negotiations in 1950, but after Portugal refused to respond to subsequent aide-mémoires in regards to Goa, India withdrew its diplomatic mission to Portugal on 11 June 1953.[8] India invaded and annexed Goa in late December 1961.

Various programmes organised across Goa to mark the Goa Liberation Day.[9] In 2021, the observance consisted of a women’s parliament and a youth parliament. Prime Minister of India Narendra Modi inaugurated new projects like the Super Specialty Block at the Goa Medical College and Hospital, renovation of Fort Aguada Jail Museum in North Goa, Aviation Skill Development Center at Mopa Airport, the Gas-insulated Substation at Dabolim-Navelim, Margao, and the newly constructed South Goa District Hospital.[10]

  1. ^ “जब भारतीय सेना ने गोवा को 450 साल पुराने पुर्तगाली शासन से कराया था आजाद” (in Hindi). Dainik Jagran. 19 December 2018.
  2. ^ Bose, Abhimanyu (19 December 2018). “Country Celebrates 57th Goa Liberation Day, Parade Held In Coastal State”. NDTV.
  3. ^ “This is how Goa celebrated its 57th Liberation day”. The Times of India. 20 December 2018.
  4. ^ Bose, Abhimanyu (19 December 2018). “Country Celebrates 57th Goa Liberation Day, Parade Held In Coastal State”. NDTV.
  5. ^ “Goa Liberation Day 2021: Operation Vijay 1961”. SA News Channel. 20 December 2021. Retrieved 20 December 2021.
  6. ^ “Goa Liberation Day Highlights: Goa would have been liberated earlier had Sardar Patel lived longer, says PM Modi”. The Indian Express. 19 December 2021. Retrieved 20 December 2021.
  7. ^ “Here’s to the folks of Goa, Daman and Diu!”. Rediff.com. 19 December 2011.
  8. ^ Lambert Mascarenhas (14 February 2012). “Ancient Goan History – GOACOM – Goa – India – Information and Services in Goa. Goa News, Goa Konkani News, Goa Sunaparant News, Goan Konakani News, Goa Video News, Goa Yellow Pages”. Archived from the original on 14 February 2012. Retrieved 19 November 2024.
  9. ^ “On Goa Liberation Day, govt calls to make state plastic-free”. Indian Express. 19 December 2018.
  10. ^ “Goa Liberation Day 2021: History, significance, theme, quotes and messages”. India Today. 19 December 2021. Retrieved 22 December 2021.

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