GOA WAS INVADED BY INDIA BY SOHAIL NAIK, MAPUSA

GOA was not liberated in any sense of the word in 1961. Goa was actually
invaded by the Indian armed forces, then militarily occupied, and finally
annexed by India. There never was any plebiscite where Goans could decide
the future of their country. The Indian government of the day simply took
over and occupied Goa by force. Portugal granted independence to all its
colonies after 1961, and the fact remains that if the Indian invasion had
not taken place Goa would have today been a free and independent country.
And the Indian government has not even honoured the promise made by its
then prime minister that Goa would be given a special status. So should
Goans be tolerating, much less celebrating anything like a ‘Liberation’
day, or should they be bemoaning Goa’s Occupation Day?