Indian annexation of Portuguese India

URI: https://gptkb.org/entity/Indian_annexation_of_Portuguese_India
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Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:historical_event
gptkb:military_operation
gptkbp:alsoKnownAs gptkb:Operation_Vijay
gptkbp:annexedBy gptkb:Goa
gptkb:Dadra_and_Nagar_Haveli
gptkb:Diu
gptkb:Daman
gptkbp:casualties Indian: 22 killed, 51 wounded
Portuguese: 30 killed, 57 wounded
gptkbp:combatant gptkb:India
gptkb:Portugal
gptkbp:commander gptkb:Jawaharlal_Nehru
gptkb:Vassalo_e_Silva
gptkbp:commemoratedBy Goa Liberation Day (19 December)
gptkbp:date December 1961
gptkbp:duration 36 hours
gptkbp:endDate 19 December 1961
gptkbp:followedBy Goa, Daman and Diu become Indian territories
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Indian annexation of Portuguese India
gptkbp:IndianPrimeMinister gptkb:Jawaharlal_Nehru
gptkbp:internationalInvolvement No action taken by UN
Portugal appealed to the United Nations
UN Security Council debated the issue
gptkbp:location gptkb:Goa
gptkb:Dadra_and_Nagar_Haveli
gptkb:Daman_and_Diu
gptkbp:method gptkb:military_operation
diplomatic pressure
gptkbp:notableUnit gptkb:Indian_Air_Force
gptkb:Indian_Navy
Indian Army
Azad Gomantak Dal
gptkbp:opposedBy gptkb:Portugal
gptkbp:partOf gptkb:Decolonization_of_Asia
Post-independence consolidation of India
gptkbp:PortugueseColonialRuleBegan 1510
gptkbp:PortugueseColonialRuleEnded 1961
gptkbp:PortugueseGovernor gptkb:Manuel_António_Vassalo_e_Silva
gptkbp:PortuguesePrimeMinister gptkb:António_de_Oliveira_Salazar
gptkbp:precededBy gptkb:Indian_independence
gptkbp:prisonerOfWar Portuguese: over 3,000
gptkbp:relatedEvent gptkb:Goa_Liberation_Day
gptkb:Liberation_of_Dadra_and_Nagar_Haveli
gptkbp:result Annexation of Portuguese India by India
gptkbp:significance End of Portuguese colonial rule in India
gptkbp:startDate 18 December 1961
gptkbp:supportedBy gptkb:Indian_National_Congress
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Governorship_of_Portuguese_India
gptkb:Annexation_of_Goa_(1961)
gptkbp:bfsLayer 7