Panaji: Although India became independent on August 15, 1947, foreigners ruled a part of independent India for many years. This part was the country's coastal area, Goa, where the Portuguese were in possession. And it took another 14 years to make Goa independent from the Portuguese. After which, Goa Revolution Day is celebrated every year on this day i.e. on 18 June.

But Goa's independence is incomplete without a person, and he was a freedom fighter and a believer in socialist ideology, Dr Ram Manohar Lohia. On this day in 1946, Dr Ram Manohar Lohia inspired the people of Goa to raise their voice against the Portuguese. This revolution strengthened and carried forward the freedom struggle. There was a wide and long movement for the independence of Goa, and on 19 December 1961, the Indian Army invaded here and liberated the area from Portuguese rule. Only after that Goa joined India.

In fact, in 1946, when it seemed that the British would not be able to last long in India, the national leaders were assuming that the Portuguese would leave Goa along with the British. However, Ram Manohar Lohia did not believe so. This was the reason that Lohia called a meeting on June 18, 1946, at the Lohia ground in Goa, by Ram Manohar Lohia and Dr Julio Menges of Goa, in which thousands of Goans attended. These two patriots had lit the flame of freedom in the hearts of Goans on that day. And that's why this day is recorded in the history of Goa in golden letters.

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