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This is an accepted version of this page This is the latest accepted revision, reviewed on 10 February 2025. 1961 Indian military operation This article is about the Indian annexation of Goa. For the conquest by Portugal in 1510, see Portuguese conquest of Goa. "Operation Vijay (1961)" redirects here. For the 1999 Indian operation, see Kargil War. See also: Annexation of Dadra and Nagar Haveli ...
Goa, Daman and Diu Liberation Day [2] is observed on December 19 every year in Goa, India. [ 3 ] [ 4 ] The Goa Liberation Day is celebrated in commemoration of the Indian armed forces annexing Portuguese -ruled Goa in 1961, [ 5 ] after which India was free of any European rule.
The Goa liberation movement was a movement which fought to end Portuguese colonial rule in Goa, Portuguese India.The movement built on the small scale revolts and uprisings of the 19th century, and grew powerful during the period 1940–1961.
Prabhakar Sinari (born 23 November 1928) is an Indian freedom fighter, IPS officer, former Inspector General of Police and former assistant director of the R&AW.A founding member of the Azad Gomantak Dal, he was part of the Liberation of Dadra and Nagar Haveli.
Gerald Pereira (20 September 1929 – 4 March 1976) was an Indian freedom fighter, author, lawyer and trade unionist from Goa. Active in the Goa liberation movement, he founded the first trade union in Goa. He is the author of the book, An Outline of Pre-Portuguese History of Goa.
Vaman Balkrishna Naique Prataprao Sardesai (5 May 1923 – 6 May 1994) was an Indian poet, freedom fighter and diplomat from Goa.Along with Libia Lobo Sardesai, whom he later married, he ran an underground radio station, Voice of Freedom, that transmitted across Portuguese Goa from 1955 to 1961, advocating the cause of the Goan independence movement.
Libia "Libby" Lobo Sardesai (born 25 May 1924) is an Indian independence activist and lawyer from Goa.Along with Vaman Sardesai, whom she later married, she ran an underground radio station, Voice of Freedom, that transmitted across Portuguese Goa from 1955 to 1961, advocating the cause of the Goan independence movement. [1]
In 1946, Deshpande moved to Goa, where he became a teacher and engaged in the political activities intended to liberate the region from Portuguese rule. He joined prominent activists, including Ram Manohar Lohia , on 18 June 1946, Goa Revolution Day , to further the liberation movement.