

The brief conflict drew a mixture of worldwide praise and condemnation. The engagement lasted two days, and twenty-two Indians and thirty Portuguese were killed in the fighting. It involved air, sea and land strikes for over 36 hours, and was a decisive victory for India, ending 451 years of rule by Portugal over its remaining exclaves in India.
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The "armed action" was code named Operation Vijay (meaning "Victory" in Hindi) by the Indian Armed Forces. India claimed the Portuguese territories by military power means after the Salazar dictatorship of Portugal refused to leave.

They included the areas of Goa, Damaon, Silvassa, Diu & Anjediva on the west coast of the Indian peninsula. Dadra and Nagar Haveli had already been declared independent by the locals.Īfter Indian Independence from the United Kingdom and the subsequent Partition of India and Pakistan, a few pockets in the Konkan region called " Portuguese India" were among the last colonies in Asia. Jawaharlal Nehru had hoped that the popular movement in Goa and the pressure of world public opinion would force the Portuguese Goan authorities to grant it independence but since it did not have any effect, he decided to take it by force. In Portugal, it is referred to as the " Invasion of Goa". In India, this action is referred to as the " Liberation of Goa". The Annexation of Goa was the process in which the Republic of India annexed Estado da Índia, the then Portuguese Indian territories of Goa, Daman and Diu, starting with the armed action carried out by the Indian Armed Forces in December 1961.

