Goa Joined India After 36-Hour Operation Vijay in 1961
Goa was not part of British India and remained under Portuguese rule when India became independent in 1947. Portugal had established control there in 1510. After years of failed diplomacy and a…
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Quit India Movement: How Indians Defied British Rule in 1942
The Quit India Movement became a mass uprising after Congress leaders were arrested on August 9, 1942. Gandhi had urged Indians to “Do or Die” after the failure of the Cripps Mission,…
