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Annexation of Goa (1961)
On the Indian independence map as “Panjim — Goa joins India”
18–19 Dec 1961 — After fourteen years of refused negotiation, some 45,000 Indian troops entered Goa, Daman and Diu. The governor-general surrendered within two days against Salazar’s order to fight to the last man; about 22 Indians and 30 Portuguese were killed, and 451 years of Portuguese rule ended.
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- India under Nehru (chapter 15 of Indian independence)
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- Indian Independence & Partition, 1857–1964
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