Goa liberation: How routed Portugal played Russian roulette
- Gauree Malkarnekar
- TIMESOFINDIA.COM Dec 19, 2023, 01:52 IST IST
Indian forces vanquished the Portuguese in Goa, but the colonisers scurried to the UN, flailing about for support from the West.
Even after India mounted a land, sea, and air attack forcing the Portuguese out in December 1961, the colonisers tried to invoke the UN charter in their favour as a last-ditch attempt to hang on to Goa.
Even after India mounted a land, sea, and air attack forcing the Portuguese out in December 1961, the colonisers tried to invoke the UN charter in their favour as a last-ditch attempt to hang on to Goa.
