The 1961 Indian annexation of Goa (also referred to as the Invasion of Goa, the Liberation of Goa, and the Fall of Portuguese India ), was an action by India's armed forces that ended the colonial rule of Portugal in its exclaves in India in 1961. The armed action, codenamed Operation Vijay by the Indian government, involved air, sea and land strikes for over 36 hours, and was a decisive victory for India, ending 451 years of Portuguese colonial rule in Goa. Twenty two Indians and thirty Portuguese were killed in the fighting. The brief conflict drew a mixture of worldwide praise and condemnation. In India, the action was seen as a liberation of historically Indian territory, while Portugal viewed it as an aggression against national soil.
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| - The 1961 Indian annexation of Goa (also referred to as the Invasion of Goa, the Liberation of Goa, and the Fall of Portuguese India ), was an action by India's armed forces that ended the colonial rule of Portugal in its exclaves in India in 1961. The armed action, codenamed Operation Vijay by the Indian government, involved air, sea and land strikes for over 36 hours, and was a decisive victory for India, ending 451 years of Portuguese colonial rule in Goa. Twenty two Indians and thirty Portuguese were killed in the fighting. The brief conflict drew a mixture of worldwide praise and condemnation. In India, the action was seen as a liberation of historically Indian territory, while Portugal viewed it as an aggression against national soil.
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- 6(xsd:integer)
- 8(xsd:integer)
- 20(xsd:integer)
- 200(xsd:integer)
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| - After Indian Independence from the United Kingdom, Portuguese India remained Portuguese colonies. They included the provinces of Goa, Daman & Diu, as well as the Anjidiv Islands on the west coast of the Indian Peninsula. India claimed the Portuguese territories by military means after the refusal of the Portuguese authorities to leave.
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| - Jawaharlal Nehru
- V. K. Krishna Menon
- Air Vice Marshal Elric Pinto
- Américo Tomás
- António de Oliveira Salazar
- Major General K. P. Candeth
- Rajendra Prasad
- Governor-General of Portuguese India Manuel António Vassalo e Silva
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| Casualties
| - 1(xsd:integer)
- 22(xsd:integer)
- 30(xsd:integer)
- 54(xsd:integer)
- 57(xsd:integer)
- 4668(xsd:integer)
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| Result
| - Decisive Indian victory and incorporation of territories into the Republic of India
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| - India
- Portugal
* Portuguese India
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| Place
| - Portuguese India and surrounding sea and airspace
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| Conflict
| - Invasion of Goa, Daman and Diu
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| - The 1961 Indian annexation of Goa (also referred to as the Invasion of Goa, the Liberation of Goa, and the Fall of Portuguese India ), was an action by India's armed forces that ended the colonial rule of Portugal in its exclaves in India in 1961. The armed action, codenamed Operation Vijay by the Indian government, involved air, sea and land strikes for over 36 hours, and was a decisive victory for India, ending 451 years of Portuguese colonial rule in Goa. Twenty two Indians and thirty Portuguese were killed in the fighting. The brief conflict drew a mixture of worldwide praise and condemnation. In India, the action was seen as a liberation of historically Indian territory, while Portugal viewed it as an aggression against national soil.
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