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Events on Tuesday 19 December 1961 1
1961India annexes GoaOperation Vijay ends Portuguese colonial ruleIndian military forces invaded and seized the Portuguese enclaves of Goa, Daman, and Diu after negotiations for a peaceful transfer failed. The brief operation ended over four centuries of Portuguese colonial presence on the Indian subcontinent.