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Indo-Pakistan War 1947-1948 Module - V

Major Wars Post
important sea port located on the South-West India on May 20, 1498 AD. The
Independence
rise of Portuguese in India took place in 1505 AD, Francisco de Almeida was
appointed as first Portuguese Governor in India. His policy to control the Indian
Ocean was known as the Blue Water Policy.

(b) Goa was captured by the Portuguese Governor Alfonso de Alberqueque in
1510 AD and he is considered the real founder of Portuguese power in India.
Note
Goa subsequently became the headquarters of Portuguese settlement in India.
The Portuguese hold over the coastal areas and superiority in naval power helped
them significantly. By the end of 16th century, the Portuguese captured not only
Goa, Daman, Diu and Salsette but also vast stretches of land along the Indian
coast.
The Goa Inquisition

The Portuguese colonial administration enacted anti-Hindu laws with the intent to
humiliate Hindus and encourage conversions to Christianity. They passed laws banning
Christians from employing Hindus and making the public worship by Hindus a
punishable violation. The Goa Inquisition refers to the office of Inquisition acting in the
Indian state of Goa and the rest of Portuguese empire in Asia established in 1560.

Post Independent India's View on Goa

After India's independence from the British in 1947, Portugal refused to accede to
India's request to relinquish control of its Indian territory. From 1954 the Portuguese
brutally suppressed peaceful Satyagraha campaigns by Indians, aimed at forcing the
Portuguese to leave Goa. The Portuguese used force and took actions. The leaders.
As a result India closed its consulate which had operated at Panjim since 1947, imposing
an economic embargo against the territory of Portuguese Goa. The Indian government
adopted a 'wait and watch' attitude from 1955 to 1961 with numerous representations
to the Portuguese Salazar regime and attempts to highlight the issue before the
International community. In 1961, India launched Operation Vijay and liberated Goa
from the Portugeuse. The Salazar regime in Portugal refused to recognize Indian
sovereignty over Goa, Daman and Diu and continued representation in Portugal's
National Assembly until 1974. Following the Carnation Revolution that year, the new
government in Lisbon restored diplomatic relations with India, recognizing Indian
sovereignty over Goa, Daman and Diu. Due to the military takeover, and wishes of the
people of Portuguese India were not taken officially, the people continue to have the
right to Portuguese citizenship. Since 2006, that has been restricted to those born
during Portuguese rule.

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