Question: Consider the following statements:
(1) Every year, the Goa Liberation day is celebrated on December 19 in India.
(2) The day is celebrated to mark the victory of Indian armed forces to free Goa from the Portuguese rule.
Which of the following is/are correct?
(a) Only 1
(b) Only 2
(c) Both 1 and 2
(d) None of the these
Answer: (c)
Related Facts:
- Every year, the Goa Liberation day is celebrated on December 19 in India.
- The day is celebrated to mark the victory of Indian armed forces to free Goa from 450 years of the Portuguese rule.
- On 19 December 1961, the Indian Army invaded with Operation Vijay. The operation took 36 hours and ended with the surrender of the Portuguese Governor General Vassalo da Silva and the annexation of Goa, and of Daman and Diu islands into the Indian union.
- Goa, along with Daman and Diu, was organised as a centrally administered union territory of India.
- On 30 May 1987, the union territory was split, and Goa became India’s twenty-fifth state, with Daman and Diu remaining a union territory.
BY: AMIT GUPTA
Reference: https://www.officeholidays.com/holidays/india/goa/india-goa-liberation-day