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Goa Liberation Day – December 19
December 21 , 2022
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- It is celebrated to commemorate the state's liberation from Portuguese rule in 1961.
- Goa had been under Portuguese rule for roughly 450 years since 1510.
- After Portugal became part of the US-led Western military alliance NATO (North Atlantic Treaty Organisation) in 1949, Goa too became part of the anti-Soviet alliance by extension.
- Operation Vijay was launched to liberate the three Portuguese territories: Goa, Daman and Diu.
- It was supposedly the first tri-service operation of the Indian armed forces.
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