“LIBERATION DAY”
(december 19th)
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(hindi: विजय vijay, lit. “victory”)
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(‘operation vijay’ (the code name of the armed action), was an action by the “indian armed forces” that ended the rule of portugal in its exclaves in india in ‘1961’)
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(the operation involved air, sea and land strikes for over 36 hours, and was a decisive victory for india, ending 451 years of portuguese overseas provincial governance in “goa”)
(the “war” lasted two days and twenty-two indians and thirty portuguese were killed in the fighting)
(the brief conflict drew a mixture of worldwide praise and condemnation.
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(in ‘india’, the action was seen as a liberation of historically indian territory, while portugal viewed it as an aggression against ‘national soil’ + its ‘citizens’)
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*🌈✨ *TABLE OF CONTENTS* ✨🌷*
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🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥*we won the war* 🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥