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Goa Liberation Day - 19 December
December 20 , 2018
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- Goa Liberation Day is observed every year on 19th of December,
- To celebrate the liberation of Goa from Portuguese control after almost 450 years of colonial rule.
- To pay their homage to the martyrs who laid down their lives on 19 Dec 1961 in the “Operation Vijay”.
- It was provided the statehood in 1987 and thereby became one of the richest and top per capita income states of India.
- It is 57th Liberation Day for Goa.
- It was on 19 December, 1961 the “Operation Vijay” was undertaken by the Indian Navy for liberation of Anjadiv Islands and Territories of Goa, Daman and Diu from the Portuguese rule.
- The deposed Governor General of Portugal in India Manuel Antonio vassalo e silva surrendered to the then Chief of Army Staff General Pran Nath Thapar.
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