Indian annexation of Goa
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The Indian annexation of Goa was the process in which the Republic of India annexed the Portuguese State of India, the then Portuguese Indian territories of Goa, Daman and Diu, starting with the armed
A Canberra bomber of the Indian Air Force. The Indian Air Force used 20 small and lightweight Canberra bombers.
The NRP Afonso de Albuquerque
Dassault MD450 Ouragan of the Indian Air Force, this type of aircraft formed the backbone of the air strikes on Diu.
António de Oliveira Salazar
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António de Oliveira Salazar was a Portuguese dictator, academic, and economist who served as the Prime Minister of Portugal from 1932 to 1968. Having come to power under the Ditadura Nacional, he refr
Indian annexation of Goa
…September 1955, India shut its consul office in Goa. In 1956, the Portuguese ambassador to France, Marcello Mathias, along with Portuguese Prime Minister António de Oliveira Salazar, argued in favour of a referendum in Goa to determine its future. This proposal was however rejected by the Ministers for Defence and Foreign Affairs…
Formal portrait, c. 1968
Salazar's birthplace in Santa Comba Dão
A propaganda poster depicting Salazar as King Afonso I of Portugal. The motto on the shield says "Everything for the nation, nothing against the nation" and that at the foot says "Fortunate fatherland that has such sons".
Tarrafal concentration camp