Independence Day 2024: Prime Minister Narendra Modi addressed the 78th Independence Day celebrations on the historic Purple Fort on August 15. The theme for this yr, ‘Viksit Bharat 2047’, highlights the federal government’s imaginative and prescient for India to change into a developed nation by 2047.
When India achieved independence from British rule at midnight on August 15, 1947, Goa remained underneath colonial management. Goa remained a Portuguese colony till December 19, 1961, fourteen years after India’s independence. Established as a Portuguese territory in 1510, Goa’s colonial historical past predates British presence in India by practically a century. Regardless of India’s sovereignty, Portugal refused to cede management over Goa.
All through the 19th and mid-20th centuries, numerous revolts and uprisings fueled the Liberation Motion, which aimed to expel the Portuguese. After a number of unsuccessful makes an attempt at negotiation, Prime Minister Jawaharlal Nehru sanctioned navy intervention, resulting in Goa’s eventual integration with India and the conclusion of Portuguese rule.
On December 18, 1961, India launched ‘Operation Vijay,’ a coordinated navy motion involving the Military, Navy, and Air Power in opposition to Portuguese Goa, which simply 3,300 Portuguese troopers defended. By the top of the day, the Portuguese Governor-Normal Manuel António Vassalo-e Silva had agreed to give up.
The next morning, December 19, Main Normal Candeth hoisted the Indian nationwide flag on the Secretariat. The operation resulted within the lack of seven younger Indian sailors and different personnel, commemorated as Goa Liberation Day.
