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Goa Revolution Day 2023: Five facts about the successful liberation
Updated On: 16 June, 2023 10:41 PM IST | Mumbai | mid-day online correspondent
Like every year, the Goa Revolution Day will be marked on June 18
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Raj Bhavan, Goa. Pic/rajbhavan.goa.gov.in
The Goa Revolution Day is celebrated on June 18 to mark the day when the liberation struggle against Portuguese colonial rule began in the year 1946. The Goa Revolution Day is also known as Goa Kranti Diwas. The day is remembered for the Indian National Army led by Captain Ram Manohar Lohia, along with the people of Goa, began their struggle to make Goa independent from Portuguese rule.
Remembering the history of this day, Goa`s Raj Bhavan website states that the evening of June 18, 1946 at Margao in Goa is an unforgettable day in the history of Goa’s Freedom struggle. It is on this evening that Dr. Ram Manohar Lohia, a great nationalist and valiant freedom fighter against British Rule in India arrived in Margao and defied the Portuguese regime to make a speech that electrified the masses to aggressively fight for their freedom from a very repressive Portuguese colonial rule.
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