Goa Liberation Day 2020: All about its history and significance


Goa Freedom Day is set apart by a plenitude of occasions and merriments in Goa however this time in view of the pandemic the festivals are required to be quieted. 


Goa Freedom Day is seen on December 19 consistently in India and it denotes the day Indian military liberated Goa in 1961 keeping 450 years of Portuguese guideline. The Portuguese colonized a few pieces of India in 1510 yet before the finish of the nineteenth century Portuguese settlements in India were restricted to Goa, Daman, Diu, Dadra, Nagar Haveli and Anjediva Island. The Goa freedom development, which tried to end Portuguese pioneer rule in Goa, begun with little scope revolts. 


On August 15, 1947, when India picked up its Autonomy, Goa was as yet under the Portuguese guideline. The Portuguese would not surrender their hold over Goa and other Indian domains. Following a heap of ineffective arrangements and political endeavors with the Portuguese, the previous leader of India, Jawaharlal Nehru, concluded that military mediation was the lone choice. The 36-hour military activity, directed from December 18, 1961, was code-named 'Activity Vijay' signifying 'Activity Triumph,' and included assaults by the Indian Naval force, Indian Flying corps and Indian Armed force. 


As indicated by the Indian Naval force site, Indian soldiers recovered the Goan region on December 19 with little opposition and the ousted lead representative general Manuel António Vassalo e Silva marked the authentication of give up in this manner finishing Portuguese principle in the district. This made India totally liberated from unfamiliar principle. "The War Remembrance at Indian Maritime Boat Gomantak was built in memory of seven youthful brave mariners and other staff who set out their lives on 19 Dec 1961 in the "Activity Vijay" attempted by the Indian Naval force for the freedom of Anjadip Island and Regions of Goa, Daman and Diu," the site said. 


Goa Freedom Day is set apart by a plenitude of occasions and merriments in Goa however this time due to the pandemic the festivals are required to be quieted. A torchlight parade is touched off from three unique areas in the state, in the end all gathering at the Azad Maidan. This is the place where an accolade is made to the individuals who lost their lives in the takeover of Goa. Different social projects like Sugam Sangeet — an Indian melodic kind with verse in the Kannada language — are additionally held to stamp the event.