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Azadi Ka Amrit Mahotsav India@75
GOA REVOLUTION DAY
GOA'S FIRST MOVEMENT
FOR INDEPENDENCE
On August 15, 1947, India gained independence from the British Raj,
but a part of independent India remained subject to foreign rule for
many years after independence. This part of the country's coastal
region of Goa, which was then under Portuguese control, took another
14 years to be liberated. The British were clearly getting ready to leave
India, but the Portuguese were not. Ram Manohar Lohia, a socialist
leader, arrived in Goa on June 18, 1946, and launched the anti-
Portuguese movement. Thousands of Goans joined this movement over
the years, and Goa gained independence in 1961.
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