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| 2011, GOA LIBERATION - GOLDEN JUBILEE India Rs 5.00 |
2011, GOA LIBERATION - GOLDEN JUBILEE India Rs 5.00 MNH
Text: 2011, GOA LIBERATION - GOLDEN JUBILEE India Rs 5.00
Condition: MN H
| Country / Post | India |
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| Date of Issue | 19 December 2011 |
| Primary theme | History (Geographical history) |
| Subject | Goa Liberation - Golden Jubilee |
| Width | 29.0 mm |
| Height | 28.5 mm |
| Denomination | 5.00 INR |
| Number in set | 1 |
| Layout/Format | sheet |
| Perforations | 13.5 by 13.5 |
| Stamp issuing authority | Ministry of Communications Department of Posts |
| Printer | India Security Press, Nasik |
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THE PORTUGUESE ADVENT IN INDIA GAINED MOMENTUM IN 1510, WITH THE INVASION OF THE WESTERN COAST LINE AND ANNEXATION OF A FEW COLONIES INCLUDING GOA. THOUGH THE PEOPLE OF GOA WERE PEACE LOVING THEY RESENTED PORTUGUESE OCCUPATION OF THEIR TERRITORY AND THE ACCOMPANYING REPRISAL MEASURES. THEY SOUGHT LIBERATION. THE FIRST SPARK OF THE FREEDOM MOVEMENT WAS IGNITED BY THE RAINS WHEN DIPAJI RANE SPEARHEADED A REVOLT IN 1852. ANOTHER ONE FOLLOWED IN 1885 LED BY DADA RANE. THE LAST REBELLION TOOK PLACE IN 1912, AND THE LEADERS AT THE FOREFRONT MORYA SAWANT, JIJI SAWANT AND THEIR COMPANION CUSTODIO WERE KILLED DUE TO TREACHERY. IN ALL THERE WERE 14 REBELLIONS BY RANES BUT ALL OF THEM WERE CRUSHED. CONSEQUENTLY,ACTIVITIES OF THE FREEDOM MOVEMENT WERE SHIFTED BEYOND THE BORDERS OF GOA. ON 18TH JUNE 1946 PEOPLE ASSEMBLED UNDER THE LEADERSHIP OF DR. RAM MANOHAR LOHIA TO DEFY THE CURBS ON CIVIL LIBERTIES AND CHART OUT OF THE FEATURE COURSE OF ACTION TOWARDS FREEDOM AND DEMOCRACY. IN INDIAN ARMY ASSISTED BY AIR FORCE AND NAVY LAUNCHED AN ARMED ACTION CODE NAMED ‘OPERATION VIJAY’ ON 18TH DECEMBER 1961. THE LIBERATION OF GOA FROM PORTUGUESE OCCUPATION WAS COMPLETED ON 19TH DECEMBER 1961. GOA IS SITUATED ALONG THE KONKAN COAST OF INDIA. THE CLIMATE OF GOA IS GENERALLY PLEASANT AND EQUITABLE THROUGHOUT THE YEAR. THE BEACHES OF GAO ATTRACT TOURISTS FROM ALL OVER THE WORLD. INDIA POST IS HAPPY TO ISSUE A POSTAGE STAMP TO COMMEMORATE THE GOLDEN JUBILEE OF GOA LIBERATION.
On19th December 2011, India Post released a stamp to celebrate the Golden Jubilee of Goa Liberation. In the background is the Fort Aguada Lighthouse which is a 16th century Portuguese built Lighthouse, about 10 km West of Panaji, the capital of Goa.
THE PORTUGUESE ADVENT IN INDIA GAINED MOMENTUM IN 1510, WITH THE INVASION OF THE WESTERN COAST LINE AND ANNEXATION OF A FEW COLONIES INCLUDING GOA. THOUGH THE PEOPLE OF GOA WERE PEACE LOVING THEY RESENTED PORTUGUESE OCCUPATION OF THEIR TERRITORY AND THE ACCOMPANYING REPRISAL MEASURES. THEY SOUGHT LIBERATION. THE FIRST SPARK OF THE FREEDOM MOVEMENT WAS IGNITED BY THE RAINS WHEN DIPAJI RANE SPEARHEADED A REVOLT IN 1852. ANOTHER ONE FOLLOWED IN 1885 LED BY DADA RANE. THE LAST REBELLION TOOK PLACE IN 1912, AND THE LEADERS AT THE FOREFRONT MORYA SAWANT, JIJI SAWANT AND THEIR COMPANION CUSTODIO WERE KILLED DUE TO TREACHERY. IN ALL THERE WERE 14 REBELLIONS BY RANES BUT ALL OF THEM WERE CRUSHED. CONSEQUENTLY,ACTIVITIES OF THE FREEDOM MOVEMENT WERE SHIFTED BEYOND THE BORDERS OF GOA. ON 18TH JUNE 1946 PEOPLE ASSEMBLED UNDER THE LEADERSHIP OF DR. RAM MANOHAR LOHIA TO DEFY THE CURBS ON CIVIL LIBERTIES AND CHART OUT OF THE FEATURE COURSE OF ACTION TOWARDS FREEDOM AND DEMOCRACY. IN INDIAN ARMY ASSISTED BY AIR FORCE AND NAVY LAUNCHED AN ARMED ACTION CODE NAMED ‘OPERATION VIJAY’ ON 18TH DECEMBER 1961. THE LIBERATION OF GOA FROM PORTUGUESE OCCUPATION WAS COMPLETED ON 19TH DECEMBER 1961. GOA IS SITUATED ALONG THE KONKAN COAST OF INDIA. THE CLIMATE OF GOA IS GENERALLY PLEASANT AND EQUITABLE THROUGHOUT THE YEAR. THE BEACHES OF GAO ATTRACT TOURISTS FROM ALL OVER THE WORLD. INDIA POST IS HAPPY TO ISSUE A POSTAGE STAMP TO COMMEMORATE THE GOLDEN JUBILEE OF GOA LIBERATION.
On19th December 2011, India Post released a stamp to celebrate the Golden Jubilee of Goa Liberation. In the background is the Fort Aguada Lighthouse which is a 16th century Portuguese built Lighthouse, about 10 km West of Panaji, the capital of Goa.
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