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Goa Liberation Day 2024 - December 19
December 28 , 2024
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- It commemorates the liberation of Goa in the year 1961, even though India became independent in 1947.
- Goa was under 450 years of tyranny under Portuguese colonial rule.
- The Indian Armed Forces have launched the Operation Vijay, a strategic military operation and successfully liberated Goa.
- On December 19, 1961, the Portuguese Governor-General Vassalo e Silva had surrendered.
- Thus, Goa became part of the Indian Union and granted full statehood in 1987.
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