Significant1961

Annexation of Goa

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Goa · Daman · Diu

Estimated casualties

52single estimate · no range published

22 Indians and 30 Portuguese killed in the ~36-hour operation.

SOURCEscholarly

India's December 1961 military action (Operation Vijay) that annexed the Portuguese territories of Goa, Daman and Diu, ending 451 years of Portuguese rule in India after a roughly 36-hour campaign.

Belligerents2

India
Portugal

Sources

Wikipedia: Annexation of Goa
UCDP Conflict Encyclopedia
Wikipedia — text reused under CC BY-SA 4.0

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