Learn about Goa Liberation Day 2025, celebrated on Dec 19th. Discover the history of Operation Vijay and how Goa was freed ...

Goa was freed from Portuguese domination on December 19, 1961, and subsequently joined India. Notably, "Goa Liberation Day" ...

In 1961, the Indian Armed Forces during then PM Pandit Jawahar Lal Nehru's tenure, launched 'Operation Vijay' to capture Goa ...

December 19 marks a significant milestone in Goan history, as the coastal state was liberated from Portuguese rule and ...

Though India was freed from British rule in 1947, Portugal did not grant Goa independence or allow it to join India. Portugal ...

Observed on December 19, Goa Liberation Day marks the end of Portuguese rule in 1961. Here's the history, significance, ...

Spain, New Zealand and even the United States condemned the use of military force by New Delhi in Goa, but the Soviet Union ...

Panaji: Goa Liberation Day is observed every year on December 19. The significant day in the history honours the conclusion ...

President Droupadi Murmu, Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Union Home Minister Amit Shah greeted the people of Goa on ...

Free of Portuguese rule, Goa integrated into India on December 19, 1961. After a successful ‘Operation Vijay’ (not to be confused with a second one executed during Kargil, 1999), the Indian Army ...

A punchline in the Epilogue which very well explains the position of Goa in modern India is credited to “A journo-humourist [who] wondered if he had his geography wrong: all this time he thought Goa ...

Aruna Asif Ali addressing the Delhi Convention for Liberation of Goa in April 1961. (Photo courtesy of Krishnadas Shama State Central Library, Goa) Goa. December 18, 1961. Operation Vijay: People ...