@@aldrintoscano sure but I think we all know who has a better claim to the territory. The overseas empire? Or the actual country which had its territory stolen?
As an Indian, thank you for making a video on this, also one thing you forgot about is that Portugal did send their Navy to respond but Egypt blocked the Suez canal for them because India had supported Egypt in the 1956 Suez crisis
@@alexandrearaujo2877 Invasion is taking over someone else's native territory. The Portuguese have never been native to the Indian subcontinent. It's the simple words that twist people's beliefs, India just took back what was rightfully hers. By your logic even India's freedom struggle would be invading British territory.
India was also like today's Europe and the EU , constituted of many different independently ruled states always fighting against each other. It was during the period of Ashok, Akbar, Aurangzeb and finally Britishers this separate and vast Southern Asian geographical region turned into one and administrated by a single ruler with capital cities as Patna, Delhi, Agra, Calcutta and then finally at Delhi.
@@rdsc.455So the historical timeline u have given - is basically u wanted to mention that India was , is & will always be a United State!! We don't fight with each other, it's a family matter, but when we need to bash any other country we are extremely together - do you wanna see??
India took it "back"?? The Portuguese territory of Goa existed for hundreds of years before the British Raj territory known today as "Republic of India" was formed by the British Parliament. RoIndia learnt from China in 1950 when the Chinese took Tibet by force, and learnt again in 1962 when the RoI lost a major part of Ladakh to the Chinese. And learnt again in 2020...abhi thali aur tali bajao.
@@brevitygreaves2321goan people majorly speak indian language and they majorly wanted to join india. Portugese wasn't having democratic rule in Goa so just shut up. If you want non democratic place then find one. Don't teach other.
this channel made me so paranoid about Napoleon appearing in historical events that have nothing to do with him that I half expected him to somehow show up in this episode
Portugal didn't have the military resources to keep Goa because its empire had started collapsing ever since Brazil went independent in the 1820s, which happened right after the Portuguese Royal Family fled to Brazil in order to escape... that's right, Napoleon! There you go!
"In a twist that would shock exactly ZERO people, the Indian government wasn't willing to be lectured by their former colonial masters..." Bahaha, you're simply the best history narrator!
Also Because Portugal conducted genocides in Goa slaughtered Hindus destroyed temples, Raped and tortured women just because they were Hindus. Portuguese Christian missionaries and their evil Saint Xavier introduced this concept. Read about the famous goa inquisition holocaust It's horrific and the worst part is europeans knew about it...they let it happen.
As a Goan, India invading us has been the best thing for us in more than 400 years. I would implore anyone reading this comment to read 'The Goa Inquisition' Book by Anant Priolkar. The horrific things the Portuguese did to my people in the name of Catholicism will never be forgotten nor forgiven.
It always was part of India. The culture of Goa was always clearly Indian. Invasions first began by Muslims and then Christians. Don't talk as if Goa was an independent country.
But i don't think it's the same thing. Argentina is also a settler colony, just like the Falklands. Just because they choose to be nominally part of the UK doesn't change much.
@@_tsu_las Malvinas son Argentinas. Ingleses piratas vayan a sus tierras que sus mujeres están siendo conquistadas por moros, subsaharianos e hindúes.
That would have been the case if the UK was in the same declining state as the Portugal, but unfortunately for them Britain still had a formidable military.
@@Impuritex very close run thing if the Argentine has more working exocets. Or the one that was aimed at the sole aircraft carrier had sunk it instead of the large troops carrier escort the war would have ended in failure
Worth noting that the response to the invasion of Goa is one of the things that leads to the Falkkands war, because the Argentinian government sees this as evidence that governments would not intervene in situations like this. Of course, the situations were very different. Britain had a large, navy, Argentina was a much weaker country than India, and it was clear to everyone from the start that the population wanted to be British, but Argentina did not realize how serious these differences were until it was too late.
While all of them are valid points, the last point is the most important one. People in Goa wanted to join India, while people in Falkland wanted to stay British.
@@εγεω You're very clearly applying false analogy. Unlike Ukraine, Portugal was NOT a democracy back then, and not to forget the *brutal* colonial past where thousands of Goans had died in the inquisition among other things. False analogy doesn't work.
Trivia: The Portuguese Prime Minister then, Antonio Salazar, was so upset with his country's surrender that the offered a reward of US$10,000 for the capture of an Indian Brigade commander, Brigadier (Later Lt. General) Sagat Singh, who led the Airborne forces. His photo was posted everywhere in Lisbon, but nobody seemed to care.
Also Because Portugal conducted genocides in Goa slaughtered Hindus destroyed temples, Raped and tortured women just because they were Hindus. Portuguese Christian missionaries and their evil Saint Xavier introduced this concept. Read about the famous goa inquisition holocaust It's horrific and the worst part is europeans knew about it...they let it happen.
@@JesusismyHopeandMyStrength Not even the same comparable scenario. Goa is important hindu land forcefully taken and converted Portuguese have no business in goa
@@Surfer-vi1pm USA had no business in Taiwan either just like Portuguese had bo business in Goa. The USA itself identify Taiwan as a part of china . I'm not saying that i support the Communist Party but just to be fair both USA and Portugal and UK are Colonialist , invader and robbers.
@@ronmka8931 Question is for how long and to what extent though. There's already division among Ukraine's partners about letting Russia have Crimea or not, among other stuff. South Korea in 1950 would be a much better example, since the world apart from the Communists overwhelmingly condemned North Korea's invasion and the UN authorized a large intervention force led by the United States.
I am from Goa. Goa was a colonized territory and was under the oppression of the Portuguese. There were several revolts within Goa which were later supported by people from all over India. Goa had been part of the Indian subcontinent and hence Indian govt liberated Goa. Later the Portuguese sent Army back to Goa to recapture it, but our good friend Egypt closed the Suez canal and blocked their entry into the eastern oceans
@@abygorsonabor7982 it's Called liberation when local people are opressed. We aren't opressed under india. India is ours and today Portuguese army won't be able to stand Indian army for even more than 1 day 😂😂
It's a rare episode that ends like this with "and then everybody got over it and went on with their lives." Edit: LOKI'S DARTS, I'VE NEVER GOTTEN THIS MANY LIKES BEFORE
Astonishing? Nah. The location as a sea link between europe, africa and china as well as (people) resources made it an obvious target. Add in pre-existing divisions and it was inevitable that someone was going to make an attempt. It had happened before, much of modern India itself had been colonised by Muslim rulers previously.
Ancient India temples were much better than Taj Mahal Mughals were barbaric rulers They came from poor nations They killed many Hindus and destroyed many temples @@knightsnight5929
Also Because Portugal conducted genocides in Goa slaughtered Hindus destroyed temples, Raped and tortured women just because they were Hindus. Portuguese Christian missionaries and their evil Saint Xavier introduced this concept. Read about the famous goa inquisition holocaust It's horrific and the worst part is europeans knew about it...they let it happen.
@@ShiftySqvirrel As a matter of fact, UK and France did send their warships to India, but Egypt blocked them from entering the Suez Canal as Egypt was a friend of India in the NAM.
@@okayy6780Why not just go around South Africa then? Sure it's a longer route, but I doubt blocking the suez canal would’ve really stopped their navies from traveling anywhere.
The reason why NATO didn't respond, btw, isn't just that no one cared, the members are obliged to defend each other to the death regardless of how much they care or not. It was because NATO only applies to member's territories in Europe and North Atlantic and *nowhere else*, so attacking French posessions in the Pacfic, for example, wouldn't trigger NATO Article 5 even today. The one exception to that was French Algeria which was specifically covered by NATO as NATO was drawn up when Algeria was part of France but that's all null and void now since Algerian independence.
I wouldn't sat to the death tho: "[...] such action as it deems necessary, including the use of armed force, to restore and maintain the security of the North Atlantic area" good point otherwise
I read somewhere that the territories need to be above the Ecuatorial Line for the treaty to take effect. For example in 1982 when the Argentines invaded the Falklands which were a core British territory the treaty couldn't take effect since it happened below the Ecuator, but when 9/11 happened the treaty took effect cuz NYC is above the Ecautor. Another little tidbit is that if Hawaii is struck by a foreign attack NATO Article 5 doesn't take effect cuz when the alliance was formed in 1949 Hawaii was a U.S. territory and below the Ecuator. EDIT:It appears I have made a mistake. For a country or territory of a member country to be under coverage of NATO article 5 they must be located in Europe and North America and above the Tropic of Cancer.
Nay, NATO sit that out because ... NATO was entirely anti-Soviet no matter what its written on the paper. India was a non-aligned nation, that was game they played so neither block wanted to throw then into the other arms (as Pakistan found out ). Decolonization was still never much in the agenda and it would been very unpopular to aid Portugal to keep a overseas territory that as far people saw it was India (funny enough the current PM of Portugal grandfather is Goan). If India was under the Soviet sphere you can bet NATO response would be different but at it stood what it seem politically as India reclaiming their lands from a colonial power and Portugal being under the Estado Novo dictatorship didnt exactly help, that why the Colonial War was a bit different as NATO looked the other way because of Soviet backed independent movements even if there were western backed.
@@samsmith2635Portugal doesn't have any future. It's a stagnant economy. The Indian economy on the other hand is growing well under the leadership of BJP. Western media is too busy watching slumdog millionaire.
My mom's former father-in-law was deployed to Goa, he ended up spending some half-a-year in an Indian prison. He made it out of there pretty unscathed, and even brought some curry recipes back to Portugal, so no hard feelings. Also interesting to note that Brazil heavily condemned India's actions in an act of "Lusophone solidarity", but then proceeded to back the rebels in Portugal's African colonies under the same logic. Edit: People seem to think that I am Portugal's spokesperson for some reason. When I say "no hard feelings" I am speaking about how my family doesn't have any resentment towards India due to his imprisonment, I am not implying the Portuguese nation was "wronged" by India or something.
You forgot to mention one thing, During this liberation of Goa Portuguese did sent their Navy but our Egyptian friends blocked them at Suez Canal. Kudos Egyptian boys!
Portugal: UK my old brother, come help me! UK: well young brother, we packed up and left in 1947 for a reason before we were forcibly kicked out, you should have taken some notes.
Portugal did not started a famine and made a harsh caste system, a lot of goans would flee from goa and into Portugal, and even get their nationality as a portuguese citizen It's a myth that the majority wanted a integration with india, yes, a part of the native society had wanted to join india but they never said that they could not just go to india and have a indian citizenship
@@esequieltrindade9244if the famine you are talking about is the one that happened in world war 2, then the Brits didn't make that one. They in fact helped them. There's Churchill's documents asking for US's help even to counter the famine
@@mione12gft71 they did not burned the crops and killed cattle/farmers, yes, but they indirectly made it happen by negligence and the use of indian resources to the war, yes, the war was important, but stalling the germans in the desert is really worth countless of lives? No. The british asked for all their allies for food, even the colonies, yes, but by the time they solved the issue, the damage had been done
@@esequieltrindade9244 indirectly making something happen and then cutting the war budget (yes, they did that) to send more aid is nowhere as bad as directly working towards a goal whose aim is to genocide Indians
Also Because Portugal conducted genocides in Goa slaughtered Hindus destroyed temples, Raped and tortured women for centuries just because they were Hindus. Portuguese Christian missionaries and their evil Saint Xavier introduced this concept. Read about the famous goa inquisition holocaust It's horrific and the worst part is europeans knew about it...they let it happen.
My Dad is one of the last generations of indians to be born and brought up in Goa and speak portuguese as his first language. Born in 1951, number 3 of 11 children. The children born before 1961 (including my dad) were never given an indian passport, but the siblings born after did. Ive been back to Goa to see my family many times and always have fond memories
"The children born before 1961 (including my dad) were never given an indian passport," I guess this is only becuase they were holding Portugese passports. As per Indian law, you cannot have dual citizenship. So people refused to surrender Portugese citizenship were denied Indian passports. Thats all.
@@hardtrailrider no they didn’t have any passports. At 18 my dad was forced to the Portuguese army because Salazar said anyone who fought would be given Portuguese nationality. That’s how he managed to leave.
@@hardtrailriderwell they were not given indian passport because they were allowed to have Portugal passport. As many people leaving india today from goa are those people.
To Foreign European invaders it was only a colony but for India it were their own people & for Goans India was their country. Every 19 December is called as Liberation day in our state and celebrated by all people as remembrance of unification with homeland.
The only invaders were the Indians they were the ones who were foreign. Don’t forget that India wasn’t a country before 1947 so they had no historical claim there or anywhere really. India is an artificial country
@@tiagogomes3807 Really it was idea of those who came and settled in goa from Portuguese regime to not let goa join India. Goans were treated as slaves here and by the way not like citizens of their homeland. Many temples were destroyed and people were forced to change religion but it was over when we got freedom.
You missed the fact that India didn’t just simply randomly decided to use military force. India being India was using negotiations and diplomacy all the way until an Indian fishing boat/trawler was attacked/shot at by the Portuguese in Goa and Indian fishermen died. This was the last straw for India (naturally) of a bunch of Europeans killing Indians on their own soil.
They would have attacked at some point, even if no fishermen were shot. Elections were near and Nehru had to do something to become an overnight hero to the Indian people. Look it up.
@@youtubeuserxixNehru didn't even order the invasion, while he was away the temporary PM at the time ordered the invasion, Nehru was against a military takeover so the temporary PM knew he had to something to get goa.
@@dylancool I see, wasn't aware. Anyway, I feel like if de-colonisation and transfer of power was the whole point, Goa should've gone the Hong Kong/Macau route and given the status of a special administrative region like those two territories instead of a full-blooded military campaign that violated international law.
My grandfather( a freedom fighter, I'm a Goan) told me it was the most casual peaceful war. As soon as the British army saw the sheer strength(no of personals) of Indian army they dumped their arms and surrendered and left.
Yes. Matches with what my father said. It was more of a stroll in the park with the Indian military encountering little resistance. But a year later came the horrific Chinese aggression. @@AoptimisticNihilist
If I were Portugal, I would have packed up and left in 1947 with at least some of my dignity intact instead of being thrown out. Lol. Love present day Portugal... beautiful country. I hope to Goa there to visit some day. ;)
@@MikoyanGurevichMiG21 They were equally stubborn for both. Goa was over quickly because the Indian army had such numerical supremacy that even thinking about fighting was suicide. The local garrison surrendered quickly.
If there is a thing you can undoubtedly say on the Iberians(both Spanish and Portuguese)is they are probably(historically atleast)the most stubborn people on this earth(just watch the Portuguese/Ottoman wars),I mean they had 700 year old total war against the Muslims on their land if I remember correctly.
@@MikoyanGurevichMiG21 They knew they couldn't win a war with India so the government in Portugal commanded the governer in Goa to scorch earth and destroy everything so there would be nothing much left for India. He was to blow up the churches and destroy all the big infrastructure. However he decided not to obey the order and on his return to Portugal he was arrested, stripped of all his titles and lands and was exiled from Portugal. He was finally pardoned after the fall of the regime. He visited Goa later on and he was given a warm welcome for disobeying his orders to fight till the last man standing.
Not only Goa but there were smaller territories called Diu & Daman and Dadra & Nagar Haveli. These still exist as Union Territories while the much larger Goa, understandably, became a State.
@@lobo981 only because of india, goans are independent and out of brutal prortugal regime... that's why having one great nation is important... India take over by Europeans in first place because of this mentality only.
@@lobo981 wo hindi mei ek kahawat hai, jisko jitna zyada mil jata hai, usko wo utna hi kam laga rahta hai, 10 doge to 100 chahiye, 100 to hazaar, aapka wahi haal hai...
0:13 just one error here - the state of Sikkim between 🇳🇵Nepal & 🇧🇹Bhutan (that you’ve made a video about as well) didn’t fully join 🇮🇳India until 1975 - over a decade later.
As far as invasions and invaders go, that was the most polite invasion I've ever heard of. India: "Hey... Listen, can I have a minute? So.. About that piece of land you have colonized.. Yeah, can you give that back please? It would mean a lot." Portugal: "No." India: "Please?" 😢 Portugal: "No." ** India: "Hey, it's been two years, can we please have it back now?" Portugal: "No." India: "Sigh... You KNOW I hate doing this right? Jfc no good deed goes unpunished huh?" ** Portugal: "A'ight imma head out." 😒
@@chevyjd2007 Back then, seemingly no matter what, you just didn't kill heads of state. That's partly, I think, due to the fact that everyone in power knew that one disastrous war would be all it took for THEM to go to the chopping block so it was best just to settle everything with a nice cozy exile. Just in case. Also, part of the reason the Coalitions formed was because the French killed Louis XVI so there was a bit of a public image to uphold. Although nations usually don't care too much about being proven hypocrites this plus the other reason I gave probably tipped the scales. Finally, after his second defeat he was pretty much done in French politics, so even if he somehow came back, which since they put him much farther away wasn't going to happen, he wouldn't be able to rally enough support to threaten the status quo again.
I can only imagine Portugal asked for Britain's help in sorting out the problem due to our historic alliance....Because that was a really stupid idea. As if India would care what we had to say about it after what we had done.
That alliance was a joke anyway, remember that one time Britain threatened war on Portugal to get colonial territories in Africa? It kinda did throw us in the rabbit hole that ended up in the backwards dictatorship that clinged to our colonies all the way to 1974
Problem was somebody had assassinated Hammarskjold and installed India's buddy the Soviet loving U Thant as the new UN Secretary General ; on top of that the 'Non-Align' bloc that India & Indonesia had just co-sponsored used it's effective veto power to block the attempt by US, UK and France to pass their Security Council motion denouncing India's invasion. Goa was the first and smaller of two nations that got sacrificed in the US/Soviet collaboration to pretend nobody had hi-jacked the UN despite the rather obvious Asian take over.
Many people from Goa wrongly think that the Portuguese weren't as cruel to Indians as the British were. Portugal occupied Indian territory 2 centuries before Britain did and carried out a horrific program called "the Goa Inquisition" for centuries. But by the 1900s, the Portuguese realized that they had very little control over the people of Goa because the rest of the country was strongly revolting against British rule and the Portuguese knew that they would face the same in Goa if they tried to assert their control over the people.
Why are you contradicting yourself! Yes as they absolutely weren't as horrific as British were, on that scale. Of course there were barbaric in early days just like rest of the rulers during 16-17th century
Portugese were even more cruel than British. They committed several atrocities in kerala. They didn't even spare the native Christians (syrian Christians of kerala) and tried to force their european influence on them. They attacked and tortured muslim traders and they blackmailed and tricked and bribed the Hindu rulers of Kerala to be their puppets. Portugese were much worse.
@@vatsal7640yeh there were cruel Hindu kings difference os we don't celebrate them Even Ravana was Hindu and Duryodhana was hindu doesn't make them good people we still hate them.
I'd disagree. I'm from vasai, also a Portuguese colony with Goa in Mumbai. I've heard from my grandparents, who know it from theirs, that Portuguese were the people who actually helped us. Yes they converted because they thought it was the right religion for the people. But it wasn't forced here, my family was a Hindu at first but most of vasai was converted voluntarily. After the Portuguese were driven out till late 1960s, a certain descendant of Shivaji came here and looted. Well, it was always like this but the Portuguese were helping us. The Marathi king had sent his men over here who looted from us our own lands and made us work in those fields just for us to pay taxes on the crops grown and what not. I'm not making any of this up nor I want to spread hate, just saying what I heard from my grandparents who were actually alive at the time.
You forgot to mention Portugal Navi fired at an Indian fishing boat and killed Indian fishermen in response India launched military operation Vijay(victory). Goa was not invaded it was liberated as the local population was already protesting against the colonial suppression and when the Indians army was about to enter Goa PM António de Oliveira Salazar asked Manuel António Vassalo e Silva (Portuguese general in Goa) to burn down everything so India has a hollow victory but Silva loved Goa and decided to not follow orders he was court marshall and sent into exile on his return to Portugal. (Edited: I do not wish to engage in comment wars with anyone be it nationalistic my statement is simple the title Annexation is wrong Goa is a part of land mass that's called Indian subcontinent and a country that is half world away has no right to control/ govern/ colonize it, assimilate sure but calling it their territory no. Same for US, UK France etc I condemn it thanks)
I think this is one of the reasons why nobody wanted to react to the invasion. Everyone knew that Goa actually belonged to India, even though they might not have admitted it for diplomatic reasons. It's similar to the international lack of support for Rhodesia when it declared independence from Britain. Most People in Europe realised that the age of colonialism was over that it was wrong to keep the land taken from the natives.
@robertolang9684 I should point out that there was not a war but rather a political struggle, and it hardly fazed the British in my opinion. The aftermath of WW2 was the main reason why Britain gave up it's colonies in Africa and Asia over the next 10-15 years. It was becoming economically and militarily difficult to keep control over most of the colonies.
@@dkpandey1996 you are forgetting the Indian national army and the very real threat of british Indian army mutiny at the end of world War 2 that prompted the british to yeet out of India
Also Because Portugal conducted genocides in Goa slaughtered Hindus destroyed temples, Raped and tortured women just because they were Hindus. Portuguese Christian missionaries and their evil Saint Xavier introduced this concept. Read about the famous goa inquisition holocaust It's horrific and the worst part is europeans knew about it...they let it happen.
According to Article 6 of NATO an armed attack on one or more of the Parties is deemed to include an armed attack: on the territory of any of the Parties in Europe or North America , on the territory of Turkey or on the Islands under the jurisdiction of any of the Parties in the North Atlantic area north of the Tropic of Cancer. So an attack on Goa or Falkland Islands was not a NATO issue.
I believe that you mean Article V. That's where an attack on one country is considered an attack on the whole Alliance. The US is so far the only country to successfully invoke Article V for the September 11th terrorist attacks.
The territory of turkey sounds like quite the loophole. Turkey could annex Armenia making it territory of turkey and then have it protected by nato, no?
@@cyan_oxy6734Turkey could probably get away with that and a lot more, since all NATO will ever give it is a strongly worded letter. NATO values Turkey way too much for its own good
@@cyan_oxy6734Its written that way because most of Turkey is not in Europe. That said, the loophole would not work because other articles assumes the parties to abide by the UN Charter. And even if theres still a loophole, there are roundabout ways to say "no". And its highly unlikely any country is going to defend a Turkish act of aggression except maybe against Syria.
Those who say Portuguese were in Goa to liberate the common, they should learn about it, for instance 'Hatkatro Khaamb in Goa'. There are many such inhumane things about Inquisition of Goa under Portuguese rule.
India literally went against NATO without any plan to counter ! This needs some serious balls ! I've been to Goa atleast 3 times it's an absolute paradise ! Love Goa - Live Long India PS : Use the correct map of India next time
It is juat a matter of balance of powers: the Argentinian army could not compete with the British Army, and Goa could not be defended by the weak Portuguese empire in front of hundred of thousand Indian soldiers.
How do u even compare the argentine army with the indian army? There's levels to this and they ain't even on the same playing field. Britian was going to run right through argentina at falklands but Britain nor Portugal would not stand a chance against the Indians in goa
Definitely India will support Argentina in future...currently India is going through major reforms in every sector..once we reach 10 tillion$ mark..geopolitics will change lot after it
Bruh, the problem is the Falklands r occupied by Bri'ish settlers.... Goa is basically Indian in every definition, except many Portuguese settlers did mix with the locals, but the sheer size of the population made that very irrelevant.... The inhabitants play a big role in such circumstances...
India still wanted to go diplomatically on the Goa topic, until the Portugese opened fire on an Indian Boat and a fisherman died because of that. After that India took the initiative of the Annexation.
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The Portuguese idea of "Pluricontinentalism" definitely was a strange one. It was an attempt by the Estado Novo regime to incorporate its overseas colonies like Angola, Mozambique, Macau, Goa, and even East Timor as "essential" parts of the nation of Portugal. This idea mostly died off with the Carnation Revolution of 1975.
@heyabowa Well, it is weird if you consider that Portugal was an colonial empire with a rather small population. And it was a far-right dictatorship. So you had all power centralised in the capital of a small country that ruled over colonies around the globe. It is far from treating all citizens equally when all the political decisions are made by a small group of people in Europe. The people in the colonies had no say in what their future would be. French Algeria was similar in that the French empire tried to forcefully assimilate the country. That’s also a huge difference if you compare it to French-Guyana. If the people in an overseas territory overwhelmingly demand to decide their own fate it would simply be subjugation. Where that’s not the case making everyone citizens is actually a step towards equality. Don’t get me wrong: I think that nowadays in most cases solutions based on compromises and autonomy are better. But when looking at that time period we’re talking about the age of decolonisation.
Finished reading Roger Crowley's 'Conquerors: How Portugal Forged the First Global Empire' last night. It covers Afonso de Albuquerque's conquest of Goa in the early 16th century. Today I saw this video posted about the loss of Goa for Portugal. Funnily enough Albuquerque did say he wanted to build a fort on Goa to protect the island to the end of days. If they had greater knowledge of astrophysics in the Renaissance perhaps he would've said 'heat death of the Universe'.
Also Because Portugal conducted genocides in Goa slaughtered Hindus destroyed temples, Raped and tortured women for centuries just because they were Hindus. Portuguese Christian missionaries and their evil Saint Xavier introduced this concept. Read about the famous goa inquisition holocaust It's horrific and the worst part is europeans knew about it...they let it happen.
Also Because Portugal conducted genocides in Goa slaughtered Hindus destroyed temples, Raped and tortured women for centuries just because they were Hindus. Portuguese Christian missionaries and their evil Saint Xavier introduced this concept. Read about the famous goa inquisition holocaust It's horrific and the worst part is europeans knew about it...they let it happen.
My girlfriends grandfather was from Portugal and fought in this war and the Portuguese Angolan independence war. He was a descendant of settling soldiers in Angola. He fled back to Portugal when the war was lost and lost everything.
India: "Get out of our country" Portugal: "Excuse me? this is Portugal" India: "My army says it's ours so leave" Portugal: "Yeah well we have NATO" NATO: *Crickets*
Portugal: "Excuse me? This is Portugal" Goans: "But we consider ourselves as Indians, and you are the brutal colonial oppressers who killed thousands of our people in the inquisition among other things!" Portuguese leadership:"But the facts doesn't matter!"
What was the best thing the Indian government did after the Portuguese left? Goa was a barren costal land. It was so barren that even the previous Indian monarchs didn't even bother about this piece of land. It's only after the Portuguese made Goa, an international trade zone that the British and even the Indian's monarchies wanted to take over. Portugal didn't just build a port, they built and layed the foundations of Goan society. They established a bloody civilization. You got to respect and give the Portuguese some merit.
The only thing Portuguese did for goa was religious genocide, there were already forts and naval bases in Goa before the Portugrease came in @@jp_skywalker
If I remember correctly, the mutual defense clause of NATO only applies to territories in the North Atlantic region, so they were only under obligation to defend portugal proper and it's Atlantic islands.
As explained in the video, Portugal at the time did not distinguish between Portugal proper and its overseas territories. Of course, NATO was not obligated to take the same view as Portugal.
Hey I had a question, so why did Nato back the USA in Iraq and Afghanastin if their not in the European continent? Wouldn't that be a breach in the treaty or do they just bend the rules as they see fit as usual.
@@はいたわごとを食べる good question. First, nato intervened in Afghanistan as a direct result of the September 11th terrorist attacks. North America is covered under the treaty. In fact its the only time article 5 guaranteeing collective defense was invoked. Nato, however, was not involved in Iraq. That was just the US, UK, and a couple other nations acting in their own defensive interests.
@@はいたわごとを食べる No one breaks the rules. In fact a lot of the world seems to think actions by states who happen to be members of NATO are NATO actions. They are not. The only time article 5 was invoked is after the terrorist attack on the US on Sep 11. That led to the invasion of Afghanistan and the follow up UN-endorsed mission to establish a stable democratic state in Afghanistan. (As an aside for the particular case of GOA, NATO article 5 is worded in a way that excludes colonial territories because most of the alliance was not interested in defending colonialism which was a dying remnant of the 19th century). The first Iraq War to expel Iraq from Kuwait was widely supported and included demands by the UN for Iraq to withdraw. Again, nothing to do with NATO although many NATO member states were involved. The second Iraq War also had nothing to do with NATO and this time the majority of NATO countries opposed it. This led to politics in the US which talked about the "new Europe" and the "old Europe" -- the old meaning NATO members opposed to the war and the new meaning countries (following the collapse of the USSR) seeking to join NATO for protection from Russia which the US tried to portray as the future of Europe. The new were oft motivated by proving their readiness for membership.
I like how atleast 2 different versions of north border of India has been used in this video, because being from India, I had never seen other versions of our map until a few years ago! That northern border really worries me at times, because of the constant tension with neighbours who are nuclear powers as well.
The tension isn't with the nuclear armed country and it's army.. it's because of terrorist and insurgents that are TRAINED by them, for a convectional country to country standoff India is very much safe and stronger and secured but terrorism and insurgency is the thing that is hard to grab around. also the map is SO WRONG
India behaved like a true chad after getting independence, showed the middle finger to USA and conducted Nuclear tests despite the whole of the west against it. Beat USA's ally Pakistan blue and black in the 1971 war despite threats of attack by the US. Despite being sucked dry by the Britishers, we have come to such a great position today by our resolute decisions of favouring our own Nation rather than trying to please any superpower.
It only took centuries of foreign rule by literally anyone else with a half decent army since the time of the Indo-Aryans but finally India is a free nation capable of selling itself dry to anyone with money. Beautiful!
At least, India went through the diplomatic route for as long as it could before conquering it back. I didn't know about this historical event. Little-known-history matters!
@@tiagogomes3807 So Goa was part of Portugal then ? By your logic India was never a part of India since they were actually British colony ? White people dont get understand logic ,do they ?
@@prodigyy505 no. India was only a country, a single entity after the independence from Britain. So Goa was never part of India until they invaded it in the 60s.
@@tiagogomes3807 Sorry but later to the India’s independence Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel managed to reunify and amalgamate all the 550 princely states and the states under the British colonial rule to form a distinct nation.
I had a geography olympiad today. There was a task with points in a map and descriptions under the map. We had to connect the points to the correct descriptions. 2 of the descriptions went like "locals know the nuts originating from this region as para nuts, but rest of the nuts call them by their countrie's name" and "This former colony of Portugal is now the smallest state of the country" I connected the one about nuts to India (since cashews are called indian nuts) and the colony one to Brasil. Then I remembered about this video. I instantly reconected them. Thank you. Your video just saved me points.
I had a friend whose parents were young adults during the annexation and his father told the story that his family had packed up to leave during the invasion to get on the boats the Portuguese provided but they heard of a plan to blow up the bridges so they just went back home and it was basically over the next day. The jewel of the Portuguese empire for 450 years gone in a whimper.
It would be an interesting Alternate history to see a Hong Kong or Singapore style of City State style of government for Goa on the Indian Sub-continent. Another great video on topic I never knew about
It would be pretty shit. Singapore is as great as it is because of Geography, being at such a perfect position in the trade path to China at the straight of Malaca. Goa's position isn't terrible for trade but it's not fantastic either. It wouldn't be fantastically wealthy and there's no way portugal could keep it.
@@moritamikamikara3879 It would probably still be wealthier than India because it would be a haven for ambitious businesspeople fleeing the Soviet-style License Raj which crippled the Indian economy. Hong Kong only succeeded because the Chinese mismanaged their economy.
When I heard about this I thought "Why in the world would anyone have helped Portugal keep Goa? Why did they even bother asking?". It's hard for me to think of this as some sort of invasion when decolonization had been in full swing for a while at that point. Much stronger countries had relinquished much more valuable possessions to much weaker adversaries, either because of necessity or coercion from the US and the broader global community. Maybe I am getting too realpolitik but it's just ridiculous they expected those same nations to see them as the last straw and start a major war with India. Sorry, Portugal, but decolonization had to happen and to be honest, it's kind of unbelievable your empire held on as long as it did.
I've read a bit about the annexation of Goa, and I assumed that the world's lack of response had something to do with decolonization. Now, I see that this was part of the reason: NATO wasn't interested in defending a dying empire, the USSR welcomed the annexation, and the people of Goa supported India! Thanks for the video! Also, the deadline at 0:47 for returning Goa was quite funny!
@@KenpachiAjax a unified Indian identity, u like other countries, is a modern manufactured thing. Pakistanis, Bangladeshis and Burmese were all "Indians" until only fifteen years before 1961.
What do you mean lack of response have to do with decolonization? So many colonized countries got their independence though revolutions. Actually I think getting independence through peace is the exception. The colonizers would never let go if it was their choice... they were the invaders by force to begin with.
Awesome as usual. Still waiting for a video on why Guantanamo Bay as a military base was not taken over unilaterally by Cuba or why it wasn't used by the United States as an invasion point. What is the nature of the relationship between Cuba and the military base? Why didn't Cuba take over Guantanamo?
My best guess is as follows: -US: too costly and too little to gain from doing it, other than international condemnation, not that they *really* care about that last thing. -Cuba: invade US-claimed territory? Do you want nukes on the side with that?
Everybody (even the US) acknowledges Guantanamo Bay as sovereign Cuban territory. The US claims they are renting it from Cuba as per a treaty with the pre-Castro government. The US keeps sending rent payment to Cuba which Cuba refuses to accept, wanting the US to GTFO and stop using their land for illegal prisons.
@@mar71n32n0v1lLL0 good point but there are other scenarios that could have occurred. Also, if the United States already had a base there could pressure have been exerted from that point across the island? It's just that throughout the entire Cuban Missile Crisis topic that military base and now military base / prison is not mentioned at all. Just curious as to how that is
Under Article 6 of the North Atlantic Treaty, Article 5 can only be invoked over attacks in Europe, North America, Turkey, or Atlantic islands north of the Tropic of Cancer. Goa is none of those, so NATO had no obligation to respond. Interestingly, the US has interpreted that as meaning that Hawaii isn't covered (this interpretation was stated in 1965, after the invasion of Goa).
Also Because Portugal conducted genocides in Goa slaughtered Hindus destroyed temples, Raped and tortured women for centuries just because they were Hindus. Portuguese Christian missionaries and their evil Saint Xavier introduced this concept. Read about the famous goa inquisition holocaust It's horrific and the worst part is europeans knew about it...they let it happen.
The tip is called Tierra del Fuego. Long story short, but Argentina and Chile had border disputes when both countries expanded south to the Patagonia (Spain never colonized it). As to Tierra del Fuego itself, in 1881, Chile and Argentina agreed to split it in two, the west for Chile and the east for Argentina. There is a lot to this story as Argentina and Chile didn’t resolve their border issues until 1984.
@@SG003 From what I understand the Mapuche successfully resisted Spanish colonization for 300 years which is why Spain never colonized the southern tip of South America. However, the postcolonial nations of Chile and Argentina did. Mapuche still live there, but are marginalized (to an extent). And I think some native Patagonians still exist further south than the Mapuche.
not just Goa - Darman and Diu as well on the same day , and then Dadra and Nagar Haveli who freed themselves already also applied to join India . You can only imagine how horrible the colonizers are for the people to want them gone
One fact that is omitted but essential for context is that the reason France was so willing to part with Indian possessions is because they had already fought and lost two costly wars for colonial territories and wasn't going to try again a third time
France gave independance to Algeria on its own will. It was not forced by military defeat. There is actually not one single defeat of the French army in Algeria and at the end of the war, the French army was still present on all algerian territory. But for political reasons, independance was given cuz any future with algeria was impossible after the horrors of this war
@@skiteufr Can we all just agree that was the most embarrasing military defeat for France and the US(Until recently before they lost in Afghanistan as well)?
You missed Dadra and Nagar Haveli. They were tiny Portuguese enclaves surrounded by Indian state of Gujarat. Being landlocked, they were in a dire situation when India imposed the blockade of Estado Português da Índia. The case went to International Court of Justice and they implicitly recognised Portuguese claim while declaring that Portugal had the right of passage between it's territories. But they did rule that India had not broken any law by blocking military movements between territories. Soon, in 1954, a co-ordinated group of Left wing communists and Right wing Hindu nationalists (yes, they worked together) stormed the Portuguese police station, assassinated the Police inspector, and hoised the Indian flag. Dadra and Nagar Haveli became a de-facto Indian territory. But funny enough, India herself did not recognise the annexation de jure, owing to the ICJ verdict, and subsequently officially annexed it only in 1961 after making a Constitutional amendment. Indian constitution makes annexations legal and requires amendments before annexing any territory. In 1961 such amendment was made. Till then Dadra and Nagar Haveli was a de jure unrecognised independent state, while being de-facto run by Indians. The last time such a constitutional amendment to add a territory to India was made in 1975 when Kingdom of Sikkim was annexed after a Referendum.
" *The last time such a constitutional amendment to add a territory to India was made in 1975 when Kingdom of Sikkim was annexed after a Referendum* " I wonder why India didn't make a referendum in Goa??? He says Goans wanted to join India so what would be the problem? Mmmmh I'm very curious to know
@@lxportugal9343 there was a referendum BTW in 1967. But on the status of Goa whether they wanted to stay as a Union territory (federal subjects directly ruled by Indian Central government) or join adjacent State of Maharashtra. Goans voted to stay as a seperate Union territory. Goa was made a state in 1980s. Voter turnout was 81%. So yes, Goans, by implication voted to stay in India, going by voter turnout itself. They literally chose for 2 decades to stay under the rule of India's federal/central government. Go ahead. Cry some more.
@@no_more_spamplease5121 He attempted suicide but was airlifted to Kolkata. Few years later, he soon died of cancer nonetheless. His American wife, the last Queen of Sikkim, now lives in US.
@@no_more_spamplease5121 A fun fact about the monarch. He had funded the Academy award winning Indian director Satyajit Ray to make a documentary on Sikkim in early 1970s. India had banned the documentary after annexation and it was lifted only like 10 years back.
Suggestions for the next video: 1. Why did tsarist russia give finland autonomy? 2. Why didn't the netherlands colonize australia and new zealand (given that it was a dutch explorer who discovered them)?
Dutch were good at discovering land and bad at colonjsing them. Dutch were the first ones to discover India from Europe. At that time Mughals ruled in India. There was a slave trade between Shahjahan, the Mughal emporer and the Dutch South Africa in 16th Century
Interesting to know that Egypt denied Portugal from sending reinforcements through the Suez since Nehru and Nasser had good relations back then. Also, unlike the French the Portuguese actually had industrial work in Goa. The French were simply using the Indian colonies as markets and after losing Indochina those lands were pretty much useless. Despite that the French dragged the diplomatic procedure to a lengthy eight years and agreed to secession after declaring French the offical language and imposing French academia and legal structures.
"Roughly 5 minutes after the heat death of the Universe" as a term for "NEVER" beats "Until the sun burns out" or "until Judgement Day" by a magnitude of.. well.. 10 to the power of 1000...
And Bandel, a town on the Hooghly river, 50kms or so from Kolkata. One of a rather interesting stretch of European colonies lining a 30km stretch of the Hooghly river - Bandel (Portuguese), Chinsurah (Dutch), Chandannagar (French), Srerampore (Danish) and probably others I'm forgetting.
Also Because Portugal conducted genocides in Goa slaughtered Hindus destroyed temples, Raped and tortured women for centuries just because they were Hindus. Portuguese Christian missionaries and their evil Saint Xavier introduced this concept. Read about the famous goa inquisition holocaust It's horrific and the worst part is europeans knew about it....they let it happen.
Wait what? A military that overthrew a dictatorship to install a democracy? What timeline is this.... Please make a video about why the Portugiese military overthrew its government/dictator.
Yeah the military got fed up with the pointless colonial wars, and overthrew the government. Only seven people died, who were killed by the secret Police. We call it the Carnation revolution, and it hapenned on April 25, 1974. Go read on it it's interesting.
Basically the government had put us on a decade long period of attrition war The military formed a revolutionary clique and stormed the streets without firing a shot, the people proceeded to follow them euphorically and the soldiers were given carnation flowers to put on their gun barrels Afterwardd a left coalition took over, notoriously former political prisoners who were liberated A failed communist coup and a Estado Novo counter-coup later and we got our modern democracy....which sucks ass but is leagues betters than not being allowed an opinion. The people are the ones who rule supreme
The reason why you didn't hear about it because it isn't as simple. History Matters for the sake of brevity summarized it down to the beginning and its end; I don't blame him for that through. This period spanned a couple years. To begin with, one needs to understand what was Portugal prior to the revolution. Portugal had been ruled for decades by its prime minsiter, Antonio do Oliviera Salazar. Salazar had created what amounted to a dictatorship and called it the Estado Novo. One thing to note is that Salazar was a civilian and the Estado Novo was virtually civilian in nature. At the beginning of his reign in the 30s, the Portuguese empire was intact. But as it progressed it started to fall apart. In fact, the very invasion of Goa happened under him. After the invasion of Goa, several insurgencies began in the various colonies. He instituted conscription within Portugal to retain them; and thus the Portuguese colonial war began. By the time he died, the empire was embroiled conflict. His successor only had partial success in containing the rebellion, but there was still no light at the end of the tunnel. Futhermore, Portugal was blowing upwards of 40% of its budget on this conflict. Many troops by 1974 had lost their morale, but by and large they remained loyal to the government. The problem was that within the military, emerged a organization of lower ranking leftist officers. These officers, to clarify were in the vast minority within the military, but they were enough to plot a coup right under their higher ups noses'. They struck in 1974 in what was the Carnation Revolution. They were in part successful because no one in the government expected it. The coup plotters promise of a negotiated end to the war ensured that the rest of war weary army acquiesced. With the demise of the government, the coup plotters united with their senior officers to form a junta. This junta was rather ideolgically diverse to say the least. On one hand, you had the establishment officers, then the moderates, and finally the leftists. Because of such an acrimonious union, the parties sort of agreed that transitioning to democracy would be the best. Well only two of them did, because the leftist ones(the same ones who planned the coup to begin with) wanted to use this opportunity to transition Portugal into a Marxist socialist state. Portugal for the next two years, was teetering on the brink of civil war. On one hand, the leftist officers were pushing the junta to the left, while right wing officers wanted to get rid of the junta altogether, and then there was the junta trying to enact democracy. Didn't help the junta ended the colonial war by unconditionally granting their colonies independence; resulting in a mass influx of Portuguese settlers who were more often of than not stripped of any wealth when they fled. Regardless of the chaos, democratic elections were finally held in 1976 and helped put this crisis(mostly) to bed
My dad was in the Navy and was on foot from the sea side. Some of his colleagues died. I still have pictures of the surrendered Portuguese armed forces - My dad and his colleagues surround them with guns. The portugese with raised hands and arms lying on the ground. Very filmy shots.
During the internment of the Portuguese prisoners of war at various camps around Goa, the prisoners were visited by large numbers of Goans-described by Captain Azeredo as "Goan friends, acquaintances, or simply anonymous persons"-who offered the internees cigarettes, biscuits, tea, medicines and money. This surprised the Indian military authorities, who first limited the visits to twice a week, and then only to representatives of the Red Cross.
Happy to see my home state of Goa getting some coverage on a major history channel! Would also mention that India were pretty patient with trying to get the Portuguese to leave peacefully, but Salazar was so stubborn that using force was inevitable.
Also Because Portugal conducted genocides in Goa slaughtered Hindus destroyed temples, Raped and tortured women for centuries just because they were Hindus. Portuguese Christian missionaries and their evil Saint Xavier introduced this concept. Read about the famous goa inquisition holocaust It's horrific and the worst part is europeans knew about it...they let it happen.
@@mysticondeflamme yep..fighting with bows and arrows is enough for Portugal nowadays😂😂😂😂does Portugal even have an army..the only modern contribution they did to modern world is Ronaldo
This is an amazing coincidence since my brother is going this Sunday to Goa as part of his culinary degree. Let me just say that I love everything from your channel, your video quality is superb in therms of humour and simplyfing history. Keep going at it! ^^
Portugal should have learnt from French, who gave Pondicherry to India, gracefully. Although, i wonder, what would have happened if French didn't cooperate and India invaded Pondicherry. Would the response of Nato be same as in Portugal case or French and Portugal coalition would attack India? Even the timeline is similar. India gained Pondicherry in 1961(1955 French had agreed to hand it to India, delay was due to ratification by French Parliament)and Goa also in 1961.
france had colonies in SEA but after the french empire was defeated pondicherry was of no use to them so they just gave it but even if france would have been able to hold it's colonies in south east asia nehru would have tried to take pondicherry by diplomacy and negotiations rather than invasion because france compared to portugal is very very strong plus we are taking into consideration that they have defeated the french indochina so no way an invasion would have taken place goa might not have been a part of india if pondicherry was already french
The Portuguese did capture it on request of the Vijayanagara empire after they lost it to the sultanate of Beijapur or at least were recognised because of the many wars again the muslim sultanates it was a welcome ally. Also locals saw it then as preferable to Muslim rule with high taxes for non believers. Honestly the Portuguese proved themselves horrible leaders later on, so they have that to blame themselves. But it was not completely unjustified claim or unrecognised at the time they gained control
@@stanleymcmillan4389 Fun fact, JK Rowling lived in Portugal and took inspiration from Portugals cruel fascist dictator Salazar to name her book character Salazar Slytherin.
You didn't mention one very important part. There was a resolution in UNSC against Indias military action and the majority voted in favour of the resolution but thanks to Russia that they vetore it and we finally become part of india.
Goa was liberated in 2 days whereas Indian army fought in Kashmir for 15 months before the ceasefire was declared .. POK was more easily accessible from Pakistan's side than Indian, and they had dug in defensive positions, which were not easy to uproot.
I can't believe Portugal didn't leave when they were told to Goa way
I saw what you did there...
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Groan.
Well, they were there since 1509.
The Republic of India wasn't in existence until 1950
@@aldrintoscano still they take it and Portuguese can't do anything till this day other than crying
@@aldrintoscano sure but I think we all know who has a better claim to the territory. The overseas empire? Or the actual country which had its territory stolen?
As an Indian, thank you for making a video on this, also one thing you forgot about is that Portugal did send their Navy to respond but Egypt blocked the Suez canal for them because India had supported Egypt in the 1956 Suez crisis
As an Indian you should be reporting this video because they are not using an accurate map of India Don't you see ?
You're an Indian with a Russian name and a communist flag? Sounds really Indian to me
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I am happy that he is showing LoC & LAC
@@jirachi-wishmaker9242 showing or giving away there's a difference bro he gave it away and that's not right
@@vivekanand3189 It's prior to the annexation of the lands you're discussing so not inaccurate in fact it's great attention to historical detail.
Goa: gets invaded
Portugal: “Help”
UK: “I already knew this would happen. I’m just that experienced.”
You don't say invaded you say taken back
To be honest due to the reaction if India had let the UK preside they probably would have gotten Goa anyway
@@eliteevildarkness5830 It was still technically an invasion, regardless of whether or not you believe that India had the right to own Goa.
@@alexandrearaujo2877 Invasion is taking over someone else's native territory. The Portuguese have never been native to the Indian subcontinent. It's the simple words that twist people's beliefs, India just took back what was rightfully hers. By your logic even India's freedom struggle would be invading British territory.
@@idkatthispoint-s9s no, the disagreement is where India kicks out the invading Portuguese by invading itself, the territory belongs to Goa not India
Goa was never leased or sold to Portuguese but it invaded Goa state through force.Sameway India took it back by force.
India was also like today's Europe and the EU , constituted of many different independently ruled states always fighting against each other. It was during the period of Ashok, Akbar, Aurangzeb and finally Britishers this separate and vast Southern Asian geographical region turned into one and administrated by a single ruler with capital cities as Patna, Delhi, Agra, Calcutta and then finally at Delhi.
@@rdsc.455So the historical timeline u have given - is basically u wanted to mention that India was , is & will always be a United State!! We don't fight with each other, it's a family matter, but when we need to bash any other country we are extremely together - do you wanna see??
India took it "back"?? The Portuguese territory of Goa existed for hundreds of years before the British Raj territory known today as "Republic of India" was formed by the British Parliament. RoIndia learnt from China in 1950 when the Chinese took Tibet by force, and learnt again in 1962 when the RoI lost a major part of Ladakh to the Chinese. And learnt again in 2020...abhi thali aur tali bajao.
@@brevitygreaves2321goan people majorly speak indian language and they majorly wanted to join india. Portugese wasn't having democratic rule in Goa so just shut up. If you want non democratic place then find one. Don't teach other.
@@brevitygreaves2321ye last me what did you write Hindi😅😅
this channel made me so paranoid about Napoleon appearing in historical events that have nothing to do with him that I half expected him to somehow show up in this episode
Portugal didn't have the military resources to keep Goa because its empire had started collapsing ever since Brazil went independent in the 1820s, which happened right after the Portuguese Royal Family fled to Brazil in order to escape... that's right, Napoleon!
There you go!
@oenr Thanks for fueling our paranoia, mate!
Napoleon actually commanded The Indian Army at the time.
@@oenrn I am going to paint the ceiling using shotgun
Ah, americans
"In a twist that would shock exactly ZERO people, the Indian government wasn't willing to be lectured by their former colonial masters..." Bahaha, you're simply the best history narrator!
Also Because Portugal conducted genocides in Goa slaughtered Hindus destroyed temples, Raped and tortured women just because they were Hindus. Portuguese Christian missionaries and their evil Saint Xavier introduced this concept. Read about the famous goa inquisition holocaust It's horrific and the worst part is europeans knew about it...they let it happen.
So true lol
But india can lecture sri lanka on what they should do with their ports? Hush clown.
I was actually shocked, so I guess I'm the only one for that matter.
UK: "Hey India can you not invade Goa?"
India: "Shut the fuck up"
As a Goan, India invading us has been the best thing for us in more than 400 years. I would implore anyone reading this comment to read 'The Goa Inquisition'
Book by Anant Priolkar. The horrific things the Portuguese did to my people in the name of Catholicism will never be forgotten nor forgiven.
India not invaded but reclaimed back
@@sanketmarkad6924 their dictionary is different.
It always was part of India. The culture of Goa was always clearly Indian. Invasions first began by Muslims and then Christians. Don't talk as if Goa was an independent country.
India claimed back it's land not invaded Goa please take the reference through the maratha empire
Don't sweat it guys. I meant "invading" not invading literally. Please read it as such. Cheers.
Goa is one of the reasons Argentina was sure the international community would force the UK to the negotiation table over the Falklands.
But i don't think it's the same thing. Argentina is also a settler colony, just like the Falklands. Just because they choose to be nominally part of the UK doesn't change much.
@@_tsu_las Malvinas son Argentinas. Ingleses piratas vayan a sus tierras que sus mujeres están siendo conquistadas por moros, subsaharianos e hindúes.
@@_tsu_do you have a list of settler colonies and real countries. Be helpful to know which ones can be invaded and which not.
That would have been the case if the UK was in the same declining state as the Portugal, but unfortunately for them Britain still had a formidable military.
@@Impuritex very close run thing if the Argentine has more working exocets. Or the one that was aimed at the sole aircraft carrier had sunk it instead of the large troops carrier escort the war would have ended in failure
Worth noting that the response to the invasion of Goa is one of the things that leads to the Falkkands war, because the Argentinian government sees this as evidence that governments would not intervene in situations like this. Of course, the situations were very different. Britain had a large, navy, Argentina was a much weaker country than India, and it was clear to everyone from the start that the population wanted to be British, but Argentina did not realize how serious these differences were until it was too late.
But now Argentina can try
While all of them are valid points, the last point is the most important one. People in Goa wanted to join India, while people in Falkland wanted to stay British.
@@Iamalemonwhy BRUH 💀
@@Progamermove_2003 It reminds me a lot of the 2014 Crimea situation and referendum.
@@εγεω You're very clearly applying false analogy. Unlike Ukraine, Portugal was NOT a democracy back then, and not to forget the *brutal* colonial past where thousands of Goans had died in the inquisition among other things. False analogy doesn't work.
Trivia: The Portuguese Prime Minister then, Antonio Salazar, was so upset with his country's surrender that the offered a reward of US$10,000 for the capture of an Indian Brigade commander, Brigadier (Later Lt. General) Sagat Singh, who led the Airborne forces. His photo was posted everywhere in Lisbon, but nobody seemed to care.
He was member of parachute regiment and he landed first troops in panji (goa capital)
Also Because Portugal conducted genocides in Goa slaughtered Hindus destroyed temples, Raped and tortured women just because they were Hindus. Portuguese Christian missionaries and their evil Saint Xavier introduced this concept. Read about the famous goa inquisition holocaust It's horrific and the worst part is europeans knew about it...they let it happen.
Sagat also mogged the Chinese during the 1967 Battle.
Interesting....is this the same Sagat Singh who led the airborne heli drop operations in the 1971 Bangladesh liberation war?
@@bhavinvasavada4562 The one and only.
“They’d be happy to do that after the heat death of the universe” I love this channels humor
Same, i love this joke
This channel has the best jokes in its videos, like they are never awful or cringe worthy
@@thatonejoey1847 true
@@thatonejoey1847 very true
@@thatonejoey1847 you right
Because Goa was rightfully ours.
Finally could argue with Indian claiming something to them
If Goa belong to Mainland India then Taiwan belongs to Mainland China too.
Just earn 1000 Social Credit. Lol 😂
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Not even the same comparable scenario. Goa is important hindu land forcefully taken and converted
Portuguese have no business in goa
Umm you're not Indian are you? @@JesusismyHopeandMyStrength
@@Surfer-vi1pm USA had no business in Taiwan either just like Portuguese had bo business in Goa. The USA itself identify Taiwan as a part of china . I'm not saying that i support the Communist Party but just to be fair both USA and Portugal and UK are Colonialist , invader and robbers.
“Operation: Cry for Help” went down in military history as one of the most brilliant strategic plans ever.
@@MimOzanTamamogullar or the turks for even better results.
Ukraine is doing that with plenty of success
@@dimk735 bro deleted his comment 💀
@@ronmka8931 tbf tbe first time it didn't go well for them in 2014. Everybody just kinda forgot.
@@ronmka8931 Question is for how long and to what extent though. There's already division among Ukraine's partners about letting Russia have Crimea or not, among other stuff. South Korea in 1950 would be a much better example, since the world apart from the Communists overwhelmingly condemned North Korea's invasion and the UN authorized a large intervention force led by the United States.
I am from Goa. Goa was a colonized territory and was under the oppression of the Portuguese. There were several revolts within Goa which were later supported by people from all over India. Goa had been part of the Indian subcontinent and hence Indian govt liberated Goa. Later the Portuguese sent Army back to Goa to recapture it, but our good friend Egypt closed the Suez canal and blocked their entry into the eastern oceans
Hope Goa will be liberated again from Indianization and be it's own state!
@@abygorsonabor7982 it's Called liberation when local people are opressed. We aren't opressed under india. India is ours and today Portuguese army won't be able to stand Indian army for even more than 1 day 😂😂
@@AmodShindeDev yeah, yeah, go Indianize somehwere else
@@abygorsonabor7982 yeha sure, but we don't opress people even if we indianize, your UK is already indianized indirectly 😂😂😂
@@abygorsonabor7982 u can keep hoping but we goans are indians.
It's a rare episode that ends like this with "and then everybody got over it and went on with their lives."
Edit: LOKI'S DARTS, I'VE NEVER GOTTEN THIS MANY LIKES BEFORE
*for now, don't discount the second portugese empire just yet
Cute
@@Snix121 soon the new demographics of Portugal will be Indian.
You mean like the video why did the world let russia annex ukraine well see in 10-15 years here
With statements such as these, I always expect him to follow up with the phrase "Fun fact, NO".
It is astonishing how many European Colonisers were aiming for India couple of centuries ago just because of the enormous wealth India had.
Astonishing? Nah. The location as a sea link between europe, africa and china as well as (people) resources made it an obvious target. Add in pre-existing divisions and it was inevitable that someone was going to make an attempt. It had happened before, much of modern India itself had been colonised by Muslim rulers previously.
@@th3oryO bro learned history from WhatsApp
@@TonyStark-vx9qzJust remind us who built most of the best monuments in India, including the Taj Mahal..... The truth hurts.
@@knightsnight5929 lol, which monuments are you talking about? Ever heard of ancient Indian temples?
Ancient India temples were much better than Taj Mahal
Mughals were barbaric rulers
They came from poor nations
They killed many Hindus and destroyed many temples
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Egypt also played a major role by blocking Suez canal for Portugal naval forces
Prasant dhawann???
Also Because Portugal conducted genocides in Goa slaughtered Hindus destroyed temples, Raped and tortured women just because they were Hindus. Portuguese Christian missionaries and their evil Saint Xavier introduced this concept. Read about the famous goa inquisition holocaust It's horrific and the worst part is europeans knew about it...they let it happen.
@@whitewhite4462 I was looking for this comment "
I didn't knew that, the present day growing relations with egypt comes more naturally then.
Also don't forget that indian navy Aircraft carrier was waiting over Goa cost!
Portugal to NATO: “They just invaded our territory. Time to trigger Article 5 right?”
NATO: (*read)
What could NATO do lets be real it was India and Soviet Union was friends with India
@@ShiftySqvirrel Read the article 5 again
@@ShiftySqvirrel In the end, NATO works with it's smaller members like CSTO works with Armenia
@@ShiftySqvirrel As a matter of fact, UK and France did send their warships to India, but Egypt blocked them from entering the Suez Canal as Egypt was a friend of India in the NAM.
@@okayy6780Why not just go around South Africa then? Sure it's a longer route, but I doubt blocking the suez canal would’ve really stopped their navies from traveling anywhere.
The reason why NATO didn't respond, btw, isn't just that no one cared, the members are obliged to defend each other to the death regardless of how much they care or not. It was because NATO only applies to member's territories in Europe and North Atlantic and *nowhere else*, so attacking French posessions in the Pacfic, for example, wouldn't trigger NATO Article 5 even today. The one exception to that was French Algeria which was specifically covered by NATO as NATO was drawn up when Algeria was part of France but that's all null and void now since Algerian independence.
I wouldn't sat to the death tho: "[...] such action as it deems necessary, including the use of armed force, to restore and maintain the security of the North Atlantic area"
good point otherwise
So if French Guyana was attacked today, Nato wouldn't respond?
I read somewhere that the territories need to be above the Ecuatorial Line for the treaty to take effect. For example in 1982 when the Argentines invaded the Falklands which were a core British territory the treaty couldn't take effect since it happened below the Ecuator, but when 9/11 happened the treaty took effect cuz NYC is above the Ecautor.
Another little tidbit is that if Hawaii is struck by a foreign attack NATO Article 5 doesn't take effect cuz when the alliance was formed in 1949 Hawaii was a U.S. territory and below the Ecuator.
EDIT:It appears I have made a mistake. For a country or territory of a member country to be under coverage of NATO article 5 they must be located in Europe and North America and above the Tropic of Cancer.
Nay, NATO sit that out because ...
NATO was entirely anti-Soviet no matter what its written on the paper.
India was a non-aligned nation, that was game they played so neither block wanted to throw then into the other arms (as Pakistan found out ).
Decolonization was still never much in the agenda and it would been very unpopular to aid Portugal to keep a overseas territory that as far people saw it was India (funny enough the current PM of Portugal grandfather is Goan).
If India was under the Soviet sphere you can bet NATO response would be different but at it stood what it seem politically as India reclaiming their lands from a colonial power and Portugal being under the Estado Novo dictatorship didnt exactly help, that why the Colonial War was a bit different as NATO looked the other way because of Soviet backed independent movements even if there were western backed.
@@ElanElanElan No.... lets annex french guyana into guyana
As a Goan I am glad you covered this historical topic.
How do you feel about being Robbed of EU benefits? Since Goa was considered an equal province to any of that back in Portugal?
@@samsmith2635 why Did Britain left EU then??
Secondly You don't have to be in EU to grow your economy.
Look at china, South Korea,
@@samsmith2635Portugal doesn't have any future. It's a stagnant economy. The Indian economy on the other hand is growing well under the leadership of BJP. Western media is too busy watching slumdog millionaire.
@@samsmith2635 You keep ur shit EU rights for yourself. Noone wants it here bro.
@@crichighlights2531 Look at india too
My mom's former father-in-law was deployed to Goa, he ended up spending some half-a-year in an Indian prison. He made it out of there pretty unscathed, and even brought some curry recipes back to Portugal, so no hard feelings.
Also interesting to note that Brazil heavily condemned India's actions in an act of "Lusophone solidarity", but then proceeded to back the rebels in Portugal's African colonies under the same logic.
Edit: People seem to think that I am Portugal's spokesperson for some reason. When I say "no hard feelings" I am speaking about how my family doesn't have any resentment towards India due to his imprisonment, I am not implying the Portuguese nation was "wronged" by India or something.
ah yes, Brazil when Portugal
@@salciano What are you talking about “sole survivors”? This was one of the least bloody invasions in history.
@@adamesd3699 Least Bloody doesn't mean completly bloodless, it lasted for 2 days after all
@@UnwiseWords only 30 Portuguese soldiers actually died
@@JohnSmith-sl2qc quite dismissive of human life there.
Britain, wiping a tear from its eye: "Finally, he understands!"
They grow up so fast… his first invasion…
@@felicitys3621 'They grow up so fast'? 'First invasion'? You may want to brush up on your history of European colonialism. . .
@@dominicguye8058 you deserve to get smacked by a handsome body builder
@@felicitys3621 Lol! I laughed irl
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You forgot to mention one thing, During this liberation of Goa Portuguese did sent their Navy but our Egyptian friends blocked them at Suez Canal. Kudos Egyptian boys!
Suez Canal is open during Times of War as it is open in times of peace .
@@aniket385 check it thoroughly what I said.
Yeah egypt did it to return the favour when india helped them during the 50s suez crisis
Nice piece of history, thanks for sharing I genuinely didn't know that specific bit.
Very good. Must remember Egyptians. ❤️
Portugal: UK my old brother, come help me!
UK: well young brother, we packed up and left in 1947 for a reason before we were forcibly kicked out, you should have taken some notes.
Ironically enough Portugal is older than the UK.
Portugal did not started a famine and made a harsh caste system, a lot of goans would flee from goa and into Portugal, and even get their nationality as a portuguese citizen
It's a myth that the majority wanted a integration with india, yes, a part of the native society had wanted to join india but they never said that they could not just go to india and have a indian citizenship
@@esequieltrindade9244if the famine you are talking about is the one that happened in world war 2, then the Brits didn't make that one. They in fact helped them. There's Churchill's documents asking for US's help even to counter the famine
@@mione12gft71 they did not burned the crops and killed cattle/farmers, yes, but they indirectly made it happen by negligence and the use of indian resources to the war, yes, the war was important, but stalling the germans in the desert is really worth countless of lives? No. The british asked for all their allies for food, even the colonies, yes, but by the time they solved the issue, the damage had been done
@@esequieltrindade9244 indirectly making something happen and then cutting the war budget (yes, they did that) to send more aid is nowhere as bad as directly working towards a goal whose aim is to genocide Indians
India to Portugal: "Goa way."
This was nice
Also Because Portugal conducted genocides in Goa slaughtered Hindus destroyed temples, Raped and tortured women for centuries just because they were Hindus. Portuguese Christian missionaries and their evil Saint Xavier introduced this concept. Read about the famous goa inquisition holocaust It's horrific and the worst part is europeans knew about it...they let it happen.
My Dad is one of the last generations of indians to be born and brought up in Goa and speak portuguese as his first language. Born in 1951, number 3 of 11 children. The children born before 1961 (including my dad) were never given an indian passport, but the siblings born after did. Ive been back to Goa to see my family many times and always have fond memories
"The children born before 1961 (including my dad) were never given an indian passport," I guess this is only becuase they were holding Portugese passports. As per Indian law, you cannot have dual citizenship. So people refused to surrender Portugese citizenship were denied Indian passports. Thats all.
@@hardtrailrider no they didn’t have any passports. At 18 my dad was forced to the Portuguese army because Salazar said anyone who fought would be given Portuguese nationality. That’s how he managed to leave.
@@JadesFitnessBucketListI wonder on what reason he was denied Indian passport.
Old hag
@@hardtrailriderwell they were not given indian passport because they were allowed to have Portugal passport. As many people leaving india today from goa are those people.
To Foreign European invaders it was only a colony but for India it were their own people & for Goans India was their country. Every 19 December is called as Liberation day in our state and celebrated by all people as remembrance of unification with homeland.
The only invaders were the Indians they were the ones who were foreign. Don’t forget that India wasn’t a country before 1947 so they had no historical claim there or anywhere really. India is an artificial country
Brainwashing works incredibly well.
Goanese were healthier and had more rights in the 50s than today.
And obviously didn't want to join India.
Goa Indians different religion and culture to rest of India ?
@@gold3084 goan people have same culture as India & its similar to that of Maharashtra
@@tiagogomes3807 Really it was idea of those who came and settled in goa from Portuguese regime to not let goa join India. Goans were treated as slaves here and by the way not like citizens of their homeland. Many temples were destroyed and people were forced to change religion but it was over when we got freedom.
You missed the fact that India didn’t just simply randomly decided to use military force. India being India was using negotiations and diplomacy all the way until an Indian fishing boat/trawler was attacked/shot at by the Portuguese in Goa and Indian fishermen died. This was the last straw for India (naturally) of a bunch of Europeans killing Indians on their own soil.
They would have attacked at some point, even if no fishermen were shot. Elections were near and Nehru had to do something to become an overnight hero to the Indian people. Look it up.
@@youtubeuserxixNehru didn't even order the invasion, while he was away the temporary PM at the time ordered the invasion, Nehru was against a military takeover so the temporary PM knew he had to something to get goa.
@@dylancool I see, wasn't aware. Anyway, I feel like if de-colonisation and transfer of power was the whole point, Goa should've gone the Hong Kong/Macau route and given the status of a special administrative region like those two territories instead of a full-blooded military campaign that violated international law.
My father was part of the Indian forces that entered Goa to liberate it. He was in the Indian Air Force. He had just joined 3 years earlier in 1958.
Imagine your dad brought 'Merican "liberty" to Goa 💀
My grandfather( a freedom fighter, I'm a Goan) told me it was the most casual peaceful war. As soon as the British army saw the sheer strength(no of personals) of Indian army they dumped their arms and surrendered and left.
Yes. Matches with what my father said. It was more of a stroll in the park with the Indian military encountering little resistance. But a year later came the horrific Chinese aggression. @@AoptimisticNihilist
My Grandfather was also there for Goa liberation. Who knows, Maybe they both were together and were also even friends
It was a small military then. Highly possible. He was 24.@@jayK914
All of this could've been prevented if Portugal had asked James Bissionette for help instead
Was looking for this comment not disappointed
The Mugwopper would have provided a fleet too ~_^
And Spinning 3 Plates would have most certainly joined in
this never would have happened back when boogleywoogley was running things
@@haplon33 God bless boogleywoogley, he knew how to save us from a bad crisis.
If I were Portugal, I would have packed up and left in 1947 with at least some of my dignity intact instead of being thrown out. Lol. Love present day Portugal... beautiful country. I hope to Goa there to visit some day. ;)
At least they were less stubborn for Goa than Angola
@@MikoyanGurevichMiG21 They were equally stubborn for both. Goa was over quickly because the Indian army had such numerical supremacy that even thinking about fighting was suicide. The local garrison surrendered quickly.
@@thechosenone1533 yeah, that's true
If there is a thing you can undoubtedly say on the Iberians(both Spanish and Portuguese)is they are probably(historically atleast)the most stubborn people on this earth(just watch the Portuguese/Ottoman wars),I mean they had 700 year old total war against the Muslims on their land if I remember correctly.
@@MikoyanGurevichMiG21 They knew they couldn't win a war with India so the government in Portugal commanded the governer in Goa to scorch earth and destroy everything so there would be nothing much left for India. He was to blow up the churches and destroy all the big infrastructure. However he decided not to obey the order and on his return to Portugal he was arrested, stripped of all his titles and lands and was exiled from Portugal. He was finally pardoned after the fall of the regime. He visited Goa later on and he was given a warm welcome for disobeying his orders to fight till the last man standing.
Using the words ‘India Annexed Goa’ is by itself western hypocrisy.
Was it not a separate political entity? (Yes it was, for centuries, a united India isn’t even 100 years old)
@@looinrims true, a united india is not even 100 years old even now.
@@looinrimsby that logic entire USA is annexed
And UK also annexed whales
@@RajSingh-yd8ue …no it’s a verb silly
We still use it today in the US for when areas annex land
Annex - append or add as an extra or subordinate part
Not only Goa but there were smaller territories called Diu & Daman and Dadra & Nagar Haveli. These still exist as Union Territories while the much larger Goa, understandably, became a State.
Indias land hijacked by Portuguese. How are these Portuguese. Is Portugal in asia?
Yep,I live in daman
I wish we were a different country ...small and beautiful one ..
@@lobo981 only because of india, goans are independent and out of brutal prortugal regime... that's why having one great nation is important... India take over by Europeans in first place because of this mentality only.
@@lobo981 wo hindi mei ek kahawat hai, jisko jitna zyada mil jata hai, usko wo utna hi kam laga rahta hai, 10 doge to 100 chahiye, 100 to hazaar, aapka wahi haal hai...
0:13 just one error here - the state of Sikkim between 🇳🇵Nepal & 🇧🇹Bhutan (that you’ve made a video about as well) didn’t fully join 🇮🇳India until 1975 - over a decade later.
It was not a sovereign nation bro
@@South_Asian.Fascist-98 That sound like another video idea :)
It was still a protectorate
1972??
Oh, there's a lot more than one.
As far as invasions and invaders go, that was the most polite invasion I've ever heard of.
India: "Hey... Listen, can I have a minute? So.. About that piece of land you have colonized.. Yeah, can you give that back please? It would mean a lot."
Portugal: "No."
India: "Please?" 😢
Portugal: "No."
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India: "Hey, it's been two years, can we please have it back now?"
Portugal: "No."
India: "Sigh... You KNOW I hate doing this right? Jfc no good deed goes unpunished huh?"
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Portugal: "A'ight imma head out." 😒
I'm still surprised that they waited two years.
@@SpiderSid007 we like to take our time
@@anantamohanty1035 Sad but true. 😔
People really be exploiting someone's docility
Not invades it's rightfully taken back
Would u talk the same bout India's freedom struggle cmon
0:17 min - that's not a map of India. You cannot blatantly show POK to be a part of Pakistan.
Well he isn't technically showing it to be a part of Pakistan although later it does, I've heard the whole world uses that map except us.
A question I’ve occasionally asked but never gotten an answer for.
The question I've never gotten was why did the coalition exile Napoleon twice instead of just killing him?
@@chevyjd2007 Back then, seemingly no matter what, you just didn't kill heads of state. That's partly, I think, due to the fact that everyone in power knew that one disastrous war would be all it took for THEM to go to the chopping block so it was best just to settle everything with a nice cozy exile. Just in case. Also, part of the reason the Coalitions formed was because the French killed Louis XVI so there was a bit of a public image to uphold. Although nations usually don't care too much about being proven hypocrites this plus the other reason I gave probably tipped the scales. Finally, after his second defeat he was pretty much done in French politics, so even if he somehow came back, which since they put him much farther away wasn't going to happen, he wouldn't be able to rally enough support to threaten the status quo again.
@@GJMEGA1 And not to forget that a living person does not make a good martyr.
@@Progamermove_2003 True, very true.
@@chevyjd2007 Didn't want to make a martyr
I can only imagine Portugal asked for Britain's help in sorting out the problem due to our historic alliance....Because that was a really stupid idea. As if India would care what we had to say about it after what we had done.
yeah I feel like literally anyone would of made a better mediator unless portugal's objective was just to piss off the Indians
Thanks but don't use the word "we". I am sure that you weren't personally responsible for any of that stuff. Love from India bro.
That alliance was a joke anyway, remember that one time Britain threatened war on Portugal to get colonial territories in Africa?
It kinda did throw us in the rabbit hole that ended up in the backwards dictatorship that clinged to our colonies all the way to 1974
Problem was somebody had assassinated Hammarskjold and installed India's buddy the Soviet loving U Thant as the new UN Secretary General ; on top of that the 'Non-Align' bloc that India & Indonesia had just co-sponsored used it's effective veto power to block the attempt by US, UK and France to pass their Security Council motion denouncing India's invasion. Goa was the first and smaller of two nations that got sacrificed in the US/Soviet collaboration to pretend nobody had hi-jacked the UN despite the rather obvious Asian take over.
That why INDIA built Atom bombs
Many people from Goa wrongly think that the Portuguese weren't as cruel to Indians as the British were. Portugal occupied Indian territory 2 centuries before Britain did and carried out a horrific program called "the Goa Inquisition" for centuries. But by the 1900s, the Portuguese realized that they had very little control over the people of Goa because the rest of the country was strongly revolting against British rule and the Portuguese knew that they would face the same in Goa if they tried to assert their control over the people.
Why are you contradicting yourself! Yes as they absolutely weren't as horrific as British were, on that scale. Of course there were barbaric in early days just like rest of the rulers during 16-17th century
Portugese were even more cruel than British. They committed several atrocities in kerala.
They didn't even spare the native Christians (syrian Christians of kerala) and tried to force their european influence on them.
They attacked and tortured muslim traders and they blackmailed and tricked and bribed the Hindu rulers of Kerala to be their puppets.
Portugese were much worse.
Many people also think that previous mughal or hindu rulers weren't cruel. Honestly,even talking about the Indian history is so controversial .
@@vatsal7640yeh there were cruel Hindu kings difference os we don't celebrate them Even Ravana was Hindu and Duryodhana was hindu doesn't make them good people we still hate them.
I'd disagree. I'm from vasai, also a Portuguese colony with Goa in Mumbai. I've heard from my grandparents, who know it from theirs, that Portuguese were the people who actually helped us. Yes they converted because they thought it was the right religion for the people. But it wasn't forced here, my family was a Hindu at first but most of vasai was converted voluntarily. After the Portuguese were driven out till late 1960s, a certain descendant of Shivaji came here and looted. Well, it was always like this but the Portuguese were helping us. The Marathi king had sent his men over here who looted from us our own lands and made us work in those fields just for us to pay taxes on the crops grown and what not. I'm not making any of this up nor I want to spread hate, just saying what I heard from my grandparents who were actually alive at the time.
really good video, thanks!
You forgot to mention Portugal Navi fired at an Indian fishing boat and killed Indian fishermen in response India launched military operation Vijay(victory). Goa was not invaded it was liberated as the local population was already protesting against the colonial suppression and when the Indians army was about to enter Goa PM António de Oliveira Salazar asked Manuel António Vassalo e Silva (Portuguese general in Goa) to burn down everything so India has a hollow victory but Silva loved Goa and decided to not follow orders he was court marshall and sent into exile on his return to Portugal. (Edited: I do not wish to engage in comment wars with anyone be it nationalistic my statement is simple the title Annexation is wrong Goa is a part of land mass that's called Indian subcontinent and a country that is half world away has no right to control/ govern/ colonize it, assimilate sure but calling it their territory no. Same for US, UK France etc I condemn it thanks)
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From a white mans point of view, if they're invading it's good. If others reclaim it it's bad.
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@Chicken Fujiwara 🤡
We see it more as reclaiming a piece of our territory that had been colonised by an overseas power for over 400 years, thank you very much.
I think this is one of the reasons why nobody wanted to react to the invasion. Everyone knew that Goa actually belonged to India, even though they might not have admitted it for diplomatic reasons. It's similar to the international lack of support for Rhodesia when it declared independence from Britain. Most People in Europe realised that the age of colonialism was over that it was wrong to keep the land taken from the natives.
@robertolang9684 I should point out that there was not a war but rather a political struggle, and it hardly fazed the British in my opinion. The aftermath of WW2 was the main reason why Britain gave up it's colonies in Africa and Asia over the next 10-15 years. It was becoming economically and militarily difficult to keep control over most of the colonies.
@@dkpandey1996 you are forgetting the Indian national army and the very real threat of british Indian army mutiny at the end of world War 2 that prompted the british to yeet out of India
Also Because Portugal conducted genocides in Goa slaughtered Hindus destroyed temples, Raped and tortured women just because they were Hindus. Portuguese Christian missionaries and their evil Saint Xavier introduced this concept. Read about the famous goa inquisition holocaust It's horrific and the worst part is europeans knew about it...they let it happen.
and now goans want to become portugese citizens because portugal is better
According to Article 6 of NATO an armed attack on one or more of the Parties is deemed to include an armed attack: on the territory of any of the Parties in Europe or North America , on the territory of Turkey or on the Islands under the jurisdiction of any of the Parties in the North Atlantic area north of the Tropic of Cancer. So an attack on Goa or Falkland Islands was not a NATO issue.
It´s not about Article 6. It´s about NATO won´t declare war to a country like India and the UK can defeat Argentina by its own.
I believe that you mean Article V. That's where an attack on one country is considered an attack on the whole Alliance. The US is so far the only country to successfully invoke Article V for the September 11th terrorist attacks.
The territory of turkey sounds like quite the loophole. Turkey could annex Armenia making it territory of turkey and then have it protected by nato, no?
@@cyan_oxy6734Turkey could probably get away with that and a lot more, since all NATO will ever give it is a strongly worded letter. NATO values Turkey way too much for its own good
@@cyan_oxy6734Its written that way because most of Turkey is not in Europe.
That said, the loophole would not work because other articles assumes the parties to abide by the UN Charter. And even if theres still a loophole, there are roundabout ways to say "no". And its highly unlikely any country is going to defend a Turkish act of aggression except maybe against Syria.
Those who say Portuguese were in Goa to liberate the common, they should learn about it, for instance 'Hatkatro Khaamb in Goa'. There are many such inhumane things about Inquisition of Goa under Portuguese rule.
India literally went against NATO without any plan to counter ! This needs some serious balls !
I've been to Goa atleast 3 times it's an absolute paradise ! Love Goa - Live Long India
PS : Use the correct map of India next time
Nehru’s idealism hardly had any plans for International relations of India… he always wished “it would happen”… in rare cases he was right
Not any plan ?? did you miss that part about statement of kruschev? Nehru had the backing of soviets
Goa is a $hithole😂
@@praveendixit.parambhattaraka True. Goa was a fluke.
Because then we had Soviet Union. If it was today, the scenario would have been different.
India: Invades Goa without any major consequences
Argentina: .....Is it possible to learn this power!!
Falkland Island: ...........
It is juat a matter of balance of powers: the Argentinian army could not compete with the British Army, and Goa could not be defended by the weak Portuguese empire in front of hundred of thousand Indian soldiers.
How do u even compare the argentine army with the indian army? There's levels to this and they ain't even on the same playing field. Britian was going to run right through argentina at falklands but Britain nor Portugal would not stand a chance against the Indians in goa
Definitely India will support Argentina in future...currently India is going through major reforms in every sector..once we reach 10 tillion$ mark..geopolitics will change lot after it
@@vaibhavgupta9934 i like fanatism of Indian fascio-nationalists and their wet dreams
Bruh, the problem is the Falklands r occupied by Bri'ish settlers....
Goa is basically Indian in every definition, except many Portuguese settlers did mix with the locals, but the sheer size of the population made that very irrelevant....
The inhabitants play a big role in such circumstances...
India still wanted to go diplomatically on the Goa topic, until the Portugese opened fire on an Indian Boat and a fisherman died because of that. After that India took the initiative of the Annexation.
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use the correct map of India 0:12
Yes use the correct map
China didn't take over that part of Kashmir until 1962. India invaded Goa in late 1961
The Portuguese idea of "Pluricontinentalism" definitely was a strange one. It was an attempt by the Estado Novo regime to incorporate its overseas colonies like Angola, Mozambique, Macau, Goa, and even East Timor as "essential" parts of the nation of Portugal.
This idea mostly died off with the Carnation Revolution of 1975.
France did the same with some though not all of its colonies and still has nearly 1 million citizens in overseas departments.
I don't think it was strange for that reason at least
@heyabowa Well, it is weird if you consider that Portugal was an colonial empire with a rather small population.
And it was a far-right dictatorship.
So you had all power centralised in the capital of a small country that ruled over colonies around the globe.
It is far from treating all citizens equally when all the political decisions are made by a small group of people in Europe. The people in the colonies had no say in what their future would be.
French Algeria was similar in that the French empire tried to forcefully assimilate the country.
That’s also a huge difference if you compare it to French-Guyana.
If the people in an overseas territory overwhelmingly demand to decide their own fate it would simply be subjugation.
Where that’s not the case making everyone citizens is actually a step towards equality.
Don’t get me wrong: I think that nowadays in most cases solutions based on compromises and autonomy are better.
But when looking at that time period we’re talking about the age of decolonisation.
wasn’t france like that too
@heyabowa You mean white citizens, right?
Portugal: The first, last, and longest colonial empire in history. From 1415 to 1999.
France is pretty far from tahiti ngl
Not last since France still has colonies
@@Bibbedibob they still need a century to overtake us
@@Bibbedibob all those places are part of France and aren't colonies
@@Bibbedibob french overseas territories aren't to be considered colonies as of now
Finished reading Roger Crowley's 'Conquerors: How Portugal Forged the First Global Empire' last night. It covers Afonso de Albuquerque's conquest of Goa in the early 16th century.
Today I saw this video posted about the loss of Goa for Portugal. Funnily enough Albuquerque did say he wanted to build a fort on Goa to protect the island to the end of days. If they had greater knowledge of astrophysics in the Renaissance perhaps he would've said 'heat death of the Universe'.
Interesting book. I will look for it.
Also Because Portugal conducted genocides in Goa slaughtered Hindus destroyed temples, Raped and tortured women for centuries just because they were Hindus. Portuguese Christian missionaries and their evil Saint Xavier introduced this concept. Read about the famous goa inquisition holocaust It's horrific and the worst part is europeans knew about it...they let it happen.
Love from Goa, India
“Hey! Don’t change the Borders! Ever!”
“I mean maybe sometimes…”
just a litte bit… like … maybe a nibble…. *nibbles territory* mmmmm yeah mmm just like that mmmmm let me nibble your territory
Due to human nature, I can't see a world where borders stop changing/are removed.
Also Because Portugal conducted genocides in Goa slaughtered Hindus destroyed temples, Raped and tortured women for centuries just because they were Hindus. Portuguese Christian missionaries and their evil Saint Xavier introduced this concept. Read about the famous goa inquisition holocaust It's horrific and the worst part is europeans knew about it...they let it happen.
My girlfriends grandfather was from Portugal and fought in this war and the Portuguese Angolan independence war. He was a descendant of settling soldiers in Angola. He fled back to Portugal when the war was lost and lost everything.
@mnd7381 only if you knew the atrocities the government committed on the Portuguese settlers when they won independence. It was wide scale genocide.
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India: "Get out of our country"
Portugal: "Excuse me? this is Portugal"
India: "My army says it's ours so leave"
Portugal: "Yeah well we have NATO"
NATO: *Crickets*
Pamjeets go brrr
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Portugal: "Excuse me? This is Portugal"
Goans: "But we consider ourselves as Indians, and you are the brutal colonial oppressers who killed thousands of our people in the inquisition among other things!"
Portuguese leadership:"But the facts doesn't matter!"
^ ""facts""
I am from goa , I am happy that indian government took back goa
What language Goa people speak nowadays? I heard that some people in Goa still spoke Portuguese.
@@vastoaspecto they speak the native language Konkan
Obrigado
What was the best thing the Indian government did after the Portuguese left?
Goa was a barren costal land.
It was so barren that even the previous Indian monarchs didn't even bother about this piece of land.
It's only after the Portuguese made Goa, an international trade zone that the British and even the Indian's monarchies wanted to take over.
Portugal didn't just build a port, they built and layed the foundations of Goan society.
They established a bloody civilization.
You got to respect and give the Portuguese some merit.
The only thing Portuguese did for goa was religious genocide, there were already forts and naval bases in Goa before the Portugrease came in @@jp_skywalker
If I remember correctly, the mutual defense clause of NATO only applies to territories in the North Atlantic region, so they were only under obligation to defend portugal proper and it's Atlantic islands.
As explained in the video, Portugal at the time did not distinguish between Portugal proper and its overseas territories. Of course, NATO was not obligated to take the same view as Portugal.
Hey I had a question, so why did Nato back the USA in Iraq and Afghanastin if their not in the European continent? Wouldn't that be a breach in the treaty or do they just bend the rules as they see fit as usual.
@@はいたわごとを食べる good question. First, nato intervened in Afghanistan as a direct result of the September 11th terrorist attacks. North America is covered under the treaty. In fact its the only time article 5 guaranteeing collective defense was invoked.
Nato, however, was not involved in Iraq. That was just the US, UK, and a couple other nations acting in their own defensive interests.
NATO only exists to antagonize Russia and now China
@@はいたわごとを食べる No one breaks the rules. In fact a lot of the world seems to think actions by states who happen to be members of NATO are NATO actions. They are not. The only time article 5 was invoked is after the terrorist attack on the US on Sep 11. That led to the invasion of Afghanistan and the follow up UN-endorsed mission to establish a stable democratic state in Afghanistan. (As an aside for the particular case of GOA, NATO article 5 is worded in a way that excludes colonial territories because most of the alliance was not interested in defending colonialism which was a dying remnant of the 19th century).
The first Iraq War to expel Iraq from Kuwait was widely supported and included demands by the UN for Iraq to withdraw. Again, nothing to do with NATO although many NATO member states were involved. The second Iraq War also had nothing to do with NATO and this time the majority of NATO countries opposed it. This led to politics in the US which talked about the "new Europe" and the "old Europe" -- the old meaning NATO members opposed to the war and the new meaning countries (following the collapse of the USSR) seeking to join NATO for protection from Russia which the US tried to portray as the future of Europe. The new were oft motivated by proving their readiness for membership.
I like how atleast 2 different versions of north border of India has been used in this video, because being from India, I had never seen other versions of our map until a few years ago!
That northern border really worries me at times, because of the constant tension with neighbours who are nuclear powers as well.
It's not like you have to worry about the southern border cause there are no borders in the south 😂
@@indianinja420what?
The tension isn't with the nuclear armed country and it's army.. it's because of terrorist and insurgents that are TRAINED by them, for a convectional country to country standoff India is very much safe and stronger and secured but terrorism and insurgency is the thing that is hard to grab around. also the map is SO WRONG
I am amazed, even after losing battle westerns be like "It's we who allowed you to win against us, you couldn't've done it on own".
Everything starts from them and end at them
That's because you couldn't. Think about it while we eat cow beef.
@The Admiral oh no u didnt-
I mean it's not wrong. India wasn't really a superpower at the time.
@@HighAdmiral ?
India behaved like a true chad after getting independence, showed the middle finger to USA and conducted Nuclear tests despite the whole of the west against it. Beat USA's ally Pakistan blue and black in the 1971 war despite threats of attack by the US. Despite being sucked dry by the Britishers, we have come to such a great position today by our resolute decisions of favouring our own Nation rather than trying to please any superpower.
It only took centuries of foreign rule by literally anyone else with a half decent army since the time of the Indo-Aryans but finally India is a free nation capable of selling itself dry to anyone with money. Beautiful!
@@bruhbruh-us6gl jeet means victory so i don't know what you are trying to say
@@DhruvChanda-vq3hx
Jeet means you don’t know how to use a toilet
@@bruhbruh-us6gl says the guy who wipes his ass with toilet paper and walks around the rest of the day with a crusty ass
@@DhruvChanda-vq3hx
LMAO
"You clean you ass bro? What a loser, just use your hand lol"
At least, India went through the diplomatic route for as long as it could before conquering it back.
I didn't know about this historical event. Little-known-history matters!
Invading.
You conquer back what was yours and Goa had never been parte of India until they invaded.
@@tiagogomes3807 So Goa was part of Portugal then ? By your logic India was never a part of India since they were actually British colony ? White people dont get understand logic ,do they ?
@@tiagogomes3807 Goa was not a part of India?
@@prodigyy505 no. India was only a country, a single entity after the independence from Britain.
So Goa was never part of India until they invaded it in the 60s.
@@tiagogomes3807 Sorry but later to the India’s independence Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel managed to reunify and amalgamate all the 550 princely states and the states under the British colonial rule to form a distinct nation.
I had a geography olympiad today. There was a task with points in a map and descriptions under the map. We had to connect the points to the correct descriptions. 2 of the descriptions went like "locals know the nuts originating from this region as para nuts, but rest of the nuts call them by their countrie's name" and "This former colony of Portugal is now the smallest state of the country" I connected the one about nuts to India (since cashews are called indian nuts) and the colony one to Brasil. Then I remembered about this video. I instantly reconected them. Thank you. Your video just saved me points.
I had a friend whose parents were young adults during the annexation and his father told the story that his family had packed up to leave during the invasion to get on the boats the Portuguese provided but they heard of a plan to blow up the bridges so they just went back home and it was basically over the next day. The jewel of the Portuguese empire for 450 years gone in a whimper.
Wouldn't the jewel of the Portuguese empire be Angola, Mozambique, or those two as a whole?
@@airl10 No, it was Goa, Diu, and Macao.
@@airl10 Brazil
@@nm7358 the jewel was Brazil
It's like it had just... goaned away.
I'll see myself out.
Portugal- can you help me britain
Britain - hey listen india
India - SHUT UP
Britain - this is on you portugal
I doubt they really cared all that much
@@nosequiters they didn't that's the point
It would be an interesting Alternate history to see a Hong Kong or Singapore style of City State style of government for Goa on the Indian Sub-continent. Another great video on topic I never knew about
It would be pretty shit.
Singapore is as great as it is because of Geography, being at such a perfect position in the trade path to China at the straight of Malaca.
Goa's position isn't terrible for trade but it's not fantastic either. It wouldn't be fantastically wealthy and there's no way portugal could keep it.
@@moritamikamikara3879 It would probably still be wealthier than India because it would be a haven for ambitious businesspeople fleeing the Soviet-style License Raj which crippled the Indian economy.
Hong Kong only succeeded because the Chinese mismanaged their economy.
Well if Macau or Goa itself pre-unification are anything to go on; Goa would probably be even more of a backwater.
We do kind of have that. Although I'm part goan I'm. Not too sure but I know we are our own state in India so yeah
@@-haclong2366I don’t think goa would come close to beating a superpower. Per capita? Maybe, but otherwise it doesn’t stand a chance.
Portugal: “I’m gonna lose my empire in India!”
Britain: “Ya don’t say.”
When I heard about this I thought "Why in the world would anyone have helped Portugal keep Goa? Why did they even bother asking?". It's hard for me to think of this as some sort of invasion when decolonization had been in full swing for a while at that point.
Much stronger countries had relinquished much more valuable possessions to much weaker adversaries, either because of necessity or coercion from the US and the broader global community. Maybe I am getting too realpolitik but it's just ridiculous they expected those same nations to see them as the last straw and start a major war with India.
Sorry, Portugal, but decolonization had to happen and to be honest, it's kind of unbelievable your empire held on as long as it did.
I've read a bit about the annexation of Goa, and I assumed that the world's lack of response had something to do with decolonization. Now, I see that this was part of the reason: NATO wasn't interested in defending a dying empire, the USSR welcomed the annexation, and the people of Goa supported India! Thanks for the video!
Also, the deadline at 0:47 for returning Goa was quite funny!
ofcourse the people of Goa supported India. They were literally Indians.
@@KenpachiAjax a unified Indian identity, u like other countries, is a modern manufactured thing. Pakistanis, Bangladeshis and Burmese were all "Indians" until only fifteen years before 1961.
@@TomorrowWeLive i dont think pakistan would please to join india dont know about bangladesh but pakistan ??? doubt it ????
@@uthopia27 yea, they think they are arabians, but suprisingly they have hindu surnames and even speak indian languages
What do you mean lack of response have to do with decolonization?
So many colonized countries got their independence though revolutions. Actually I think getting independence through peace is the exception.
The colonizers would never let go if it was their choice... they were the invaders by force to begin with.
I am Goan, watching this from Goa. Nice summary of things.
Awesome as usual. Still waiting for a video on why Guantanamo Bay as a military base was not taken over unilaterally by Cuba or why it wasn't used by the United States as an invasion point. What is the nature of the relationship between Cuba and the military base? Why didn't Cuba take over Guantanamo?
My best guess is as follows:
-US: too costly and too little to gain from doing it, other than international condemnation, not that they *really* care about that last thing.
-Cuba: invade US-claimed territory? Do you want nukes on the side with that?
An extraordinarilly good topic!
Everybody (even the US) acknowledges Guantanamo Bay as sovereign Cuban territory. The US claims they are renting it from Cuba as per a treaty with the pre-Castro government. The US keeps sending rent payment to Cuba which Cuba refuses to accept, wanting the US to GTFO and stop using their land for illegal prisons.
Cuba can’t really do anything about it the US doesn’t really care. There’s your answer
@@mar71n32n0v1lLL0 good point but there are other scenarios that could have occurred. Also, if the United States already had a base there could pressure have been exerted from that point across the island? It's just that throughout the entire Cuban Missile Crisis topic that military base and now military base / prison is not mentioned at all. Just curious as to how that is
Such a cool video! Loved it. Also wait the map of India might not be right :)
Under Article 6 of the North Atlantic Treaty, Article 5 can only be invoked over attacks in Europe, North America, Turkey, or Atlantic islands north of the Tropic of Cancer. Goa is none of those, so NATO had no obligation to respond.
Interestingly, the US has interpreted that as meaning that Hawaii isn't covered (this interpretation was stated in 1965, after the invasion of Goa).
What about a comorian invasion of Mayotte? Will NATO intervene?
@@varoonnone7159 They'd have no obligation to. Members might choose to get involved, but they don't have to.
Well: the North Atlantic treaty was concluded in 1949, and Hawaii did not become a U.S. state until 1959.
@pk dl via invasion.
Also Because Portugal conducted genocides in Goa slaughtered Hindus destroyed temples, Raped and tortured women for centuries just because they were Hindus. Portuguese Christian missionaries and their evil Saint Xavier introduced this concept. Read about the famous goa inquisition holocaust It's horrific and the worst part is europeans knew about it...they let it happen.
Really interesting to see this video being released while I am on my first vacation in Goa.
Ask the locals there if they'd rather still be part of Portugal or not. Let us know what they say.
Quite the coincidence.
How do you like Goa so far? (I've heard it's a wonderful place w/ port wine :P)
If you are Indian they may not say it in your face.
But trust me what he says in the video it's not true.
@@leniobarcelos1770I’d imagine if you do that, that would dramatically increase you likelihood of being shanked
Can you make a video as to why Argentina owns the tip of South America even though it's cut off by Chile?
The tip is called Tierra del Fuego. Long story short, but Argentina and Chile had border disputes when both countries expanded south to the Patagonia (Spain never colonized it). As to Tierra del Fuego itself, in 1881, Chile and Argentina agreed to split it in two, the west for Chile and the east for Argentina. There is a lot to this story as Argentina and Chile didn’t resolve their border issues until 1984.
@@ezefinkielman4672 Spain never colonized it, so indigenous people live there?
@@SG003 From what I understand the Mapuche successfully resisted Spanish colonization for 300 years which is why Spain never colonized the southern tip of South America. However, the postcolonial nations of Chile and Argentina did. Mapuche still live there, but are marginalized (to an extent). And I think some native Patagonians still exist further south than the Mapuche.
@@SG003 The Independent Spanish Speaking did it, but when main land Spain was in charge they never went that far South
Goa didn't have oil like Kuwait!
not just Goa - Darman and Diu as well on the same day , and then Dadra and Nagar Haveli who freed themselves already also applied to join India . You can only imagine how horrible the colonizers are for the people to want them gone
Dadra nagar haveli had their own PM for a day 😂 gujarati guy became PM and signed integration with India
@@akp3097" One day PM " LoL 😅😹
One fact that is omitted but essential for context is that the reason France was so willing to part with Indian possessions is because they had already fought and lost two costly wars for colonial territories and wasn't going to try again a third time
France gave independance to Algeria on its own will. It was not forced by military defeat. There is actually not one single defeat of the French army in Algeria and at the end of the war, the French army was still present on all algerian territory. But for political reasons, independance was given cuz any future with algeria was impossible after the horrors of this war
@@skiteufr VIETNAM
@@sidhantjasrotia220 that one was lost militarilly yes. But not the Algerian war
@@skiteufr Can we all just agree that was the most embarrasing military defeat for France and the US(Until recently before they lost in Afghanistan as well)?
@@yomamasohot6411 And for Japan and for Commie China.
You missed Dadra and Nagar Haveli.
They were tiny Portuguese enclaves surrounded by Indian state of Gujarat. Being landlocked, they were in a dire situation when India imposed the blockade of Estado Português da Índia. The case went to International Court of Justice and they implicitly recognised Portuguese claim while declaring that Portugal had the right of passage between it's territories. But they did rule that India had not broken any law by blocking military movements between territories.
Soon, in 1954, a co-ordinated group of Left wing communists and Right wing Hindu nationalists (yes, they worked together) stormed the Portuguese police station, assassinated the Police inspector, and hoised the Indian flag. Dadra and Nagar Haveli became a de-facto Indian territory.
But funny enough, India herself did not recognise the annexation de jure, owing to the ICJ verdict, and subsequently officially annexed it only in 1961 after making a Constitutional amendment.
Indian constitution makes annexations legal and requires amendments before annexing any territory. In 1961 such amendment was made. Till then Dadra and Nagar Haveli was a de jure unrecognised independent state, while being de-facto run by Indians. The last time such a constitutional amendment to add a territory to India was made in 1975 when Kingdom of Sikkim was annexed after a Referendum.
" *The last time such a constitutional amendment to add a territory to India was made in 1975 when Kingdom of Sikkim was annexed after a Referendum* "
I wonder why India didn't make a referendum in Goa??? He says Goans wanted to join India so what would be the problem?
Mmmmh I'm very curious to know
@@lxportugal9343 there was a referendum BTW in 1967. But on the status of Goa whether they wanted to stay as a Union territory (federal subjects directly ruled by Indian Central government) or join adjacent State of Maharashtra.
Goans voted to stay as a seperate Union territory. Goa was made a state in 1980s. Voter turnout was 81%.
So yes, Goans, by implication voted to stay in India, going by voter turnout itself. They literally chose for 2 decades to stay under the rule of India's federal/central government.
Go ahead. Cry some more.
What happened to the king of Sikkim after annexation?
@@no_more_spamplease5121 He attempted suicide but was airlifted to Kolkata. Few years later, he soon died of cancer nonetheless.
His American wife, the last Queen of Sikkim, now lives in US.
@@no_more_spamplease5121 A fun fact about the monarch.
He had funded the Academy award winning Indian director Satyajit Ray to make a documentary on Sikkim in early 1970s. India had banned the documentary after annexation and it was lifted only like 10 years back.
Egypt: I'm blocking the Suez for my friend India!
Vasco Da Game: do you look like i care?
Vasco da Gama: Goa is ours.😢
India: OH yeah...come and get it!😅😅
you clearly doesnt know vasco da game history.@@silverghost5752
Suggestions for the next video:
1. Why did tsarist russia give finland autonomy?
2. Why didn't the netherlands colonize australia and new zealand (given that it was a dutch explorer who discovered them)?
Those are great topics. Would love to see them
Actually the portuguese discovered Australia not the Dutch
And why didnt portugal try to enforce the 5th empire
Boring topics, there's thousands of imperial European history channels out there
Dutch were good at discovering land and bad at colonjsing them. Dutch were the first ones to discover India from Europe. At that time Mughals ruled in India. There was a slave trade between Shahjahan, the Mughal emporer and the Dutch South Africa in 16th Century
Interesting to know that Egypt denied Portugal from sending reinforcements through the Suez since Nehru and Nasser had good relations back then. Also, unlike the French the Portuguese actually had industrial work in Goa. The French were simply using the Indian colonies as markets and after losing Indochina those lands were pretty much useless. Despite that the French dragged the diplomatic procedure to a lengthy eight years and agreed to secession after declaring French the offical language and imposing French academia and legal structures.
"Roughly 5 minutes after the heat death of the Universe" as a term for "NEVER" beats "Until the sun burns out" or "until Judgement Day" by a magnitude of.. well.. 10 to the power of 1000...
India just took it back.
Yay India reclaimed it
This video is sooooo misguiding
Stilll endless likes shows how unaware or misinformed are people at large
Portugal had also Daman and Diu besides Goa
Also Dadar and Nagar haveli
And Bandel, a town on the Hooghly river, 50kms or so from Kolkata. One of a rather interesting stretch of European colonies lining a 30km stretch of the Hooghly river - Bandel (Portuguese), Chinsurah (Dutch), Chandannagar (French), Srerampore (Danish) and probably others I'm forgetting.
*& we took back those all they had*
Also Because Portugal conducted genocides in Goa slaughtered Hindus destroyed temples, Raped and tortured women for centuries just because they were Hindus. Portuguese Christian missionaries and their evil Saint Xavier introduced this concept. Read about the famous goa inquisition holocaust It's horrific and the worst part is europeans knew about it....they let it happen.
Wait what? A military that overthrew a dictatorship to install a democracy? What timeline is this.... Please make a video about why the Portugiese military overthrew its government/dictator.
Turkish Military was kinda like that but Now they are not that powerful in this Social Media era
Failed Coup of Turkish force in 2016
Yeah the military got fed up with the pointless colonial wars, and overthrew the government. Only seven people died, who were killed by the secret Police. We call it the Carnation revolution, and it hapenned on April 25, 1974.
Go read on it it's interesting.
Basically the government had put us on a decade long period of attrition war
The military formed a revolutionary clique and stormed the streets without firing a shot, the people proceeded to follow them euphorically and the soldiers were given carnation flowers to put on their gun barrels
Afterwardd a left coalition took over, notoriously former political prisoners who were liberated
A failed communist coup and a Estado Novo counter-coup later and we got our modern democracy....which sucks ass but is leagues betters than not being allowed an opinion. The people are the ones who rule supreme
The reason why you didn't hear about it because it isn't as simple. History Matters for the sake of brevity summarized it down to the beginning and its end; I don't blame him for that through. This period spanned a couple years.
To begin with, one needs to understand what was Portugal prior to the revolution. Portugal had been ruled for decades by its prime minsiter, Antonio do Oliviera Salazar. Salazar had created what amounted to a dictatorship and called it the Estado Novo. One thing to note is that Salazar was a civilian and the Estado Novo was virtually civilian in nature. At the beginning of his reign in the 30s, the Portuguese empire was intact. But as it progressed it started to fall apart.
In fact, the very invasion of Goa happened under him. After the invasion of Goa, several insurgencies began in the various colonies. He instituted conscription within Portugal to retain them; and thus the Portuguese colonial war began. By the time he died, the empire was embroiled conflict. His successor only had partial success in containing the rebellion, but there was still no light at the end of the tunnel. Futhermore, Portugal was blowing upwards of 40% of its budget on this conflict.
Many troops by 1974 had lost their morale, but by and large they remained loyal to the government. The problem was that within the military, emerged a organization of lower ranking leftist officers. These officers, to clarify were in the vast minority within the military, but they were enough to plot a coup right under their higher ups noses'.
They struck in 1974 in what was the Carnation Revolution. They were in part successful because no one in the government expected it. The coup plotters promise of a negotiated end to the war ensured that the rest of war weary army acquiesced.
With the demise of the government, the coup plotters united with their senior officers to form a junta. This junta was rather ideolgically diverse to say the least. On one hand, you had the establishment officers, then the moderates, and finally the leftists. Because of such an acrimonious union, the parties sort of agreed that transitioning to democracy would be the best. Well only two of them did, because the leftist ones(the same ones who planned the coup to begin with) wanted to use this opportunity to transition Portugal into a Marxist socialist state.
Portugal for the next two years, was teetering on the brink of civil war. On one hand, the leftist officers were pushing the junta to the left, while right wing officers wanted to get rid of the junta altogether, and then there was the junta trying to enact democracy. Didn't help the junta ended the colonial war by unconditionally granting their colonies independence; resulting in a mass influx of Portuguese settlers who were more often of than not stripped of any wealth when they fled.
Regardless of the chaos, democratic elections were finally held in 1976 and helped put this crisis(mostly) to bed
My dad was in the Navy and was on foot from the sea side. Some of his colleagues died. I still have pictures of the surrendered Portuguese armed forces - My dad and his colleagues surround them with guns. The portugese with raised hands and arms lying on the ground. Very filmy shots.
It would have been way less embarrassing for them had they withdrawn like the French.
Post it bhattacharjee
During the internment of the Portuguese prisoners of war at various camps around Goa, the prisoners were visited by large numbers of Goans-described by Captain Azeredo as "Goan friends, acquaintances, or simply anonymous persons"-who offered the internees cigarettes, biscuits, tea, medicines and money. This surprised the Indian military authorities, who first limited the visits to twice a week, and then only to representatives of the Red Cross.
Apparently they had blood relations. The one bad aspect of imperial colonisation.
Happy to see my home state of Goa getting some coverage on a major history channel! Would also mention that India were pretty patient with trying to get the Portuguese to leave peacefully, but Salazar was so stubborn that using force was inevitable.
Also Because Portugal conducted genocides in Goa slaughtered Hindus destroyed temples, Raped and tortured women for centuries just because they were Hindus. Portuguese Christian missionaries and their evil Saint Xavier introduced this concept. Read about the famous goa inquisition holocaust It's horrific and the worst part is europeans knew about it...they let it happen.
@@TheVenge. Stop lying that's really really bad
its not lying, its truth. that's why many Goans don't like to talk about their colonial Portugal @@lxportugal9343
India: please leave
Portugal: No
India: loads AK-47
Potugal: ok ok
Wait, you guys don't fight with bows and arrows on elephant backs?
@windrose5988 Didn't most of the world, at one point or the other, huh?
@@mysticondeflamme yep..fighting with bows and arrows is enough for Portugal nowadays😂😂😂😂does Portugal even have an army..the only modern contribution they did to modern world is Ronaldo
@@vladtheimpaler5454 Not true. Portugal also offered the world the Belém pastel.
@@mysticondeflamme "Occasionally"
“They were busy planning for a thing”
See previous video on that thing.
I love Goa. What a place to hang out with friends! Beautiful beaches, great historical monuments from the Portuguese period.
We watched History Matters in AP Euro yesterday and it felt so out of place as I’ve only watched him at home lmao
Which video was it?
@@wigglear Crimean War
This is an amazing coincidence since my brother is going this Sunday to Goa as part of his culinary degree. Let me just say that I love everything from your channel, your video quality is superb in therms of humour and simplyfing history. Keep going at it! ^^
Is he Portuguese?
You'll have to tell us how much Goa cooking is influenced by Portuguese cuisine now
Goa cuisine is more similar to Portugal than india
Just a friendly correction, I believe you meant to write "superb" instead of "subpar".
@@snake1625b We both are yes
Portugal should have learnt from French, who gave Pondicherry to India, gracefully.
Although, i wonder, what would have happened if French didn't cooperate and India invaded Pondicherry. Would the response of Nato be same as in Portugal case or French and Portugal coalition would attack India?
Even the timeline is similar. India gained Pondicherry in 1961(1955 French had agreed to hand it to India, delay was due to ratification by French Parliament)and Goa also in 1961.
They cannot attack anything beyond Atlantic ocean.
france had colonies in SEA but after the french empire was defeated pondicherry was of no use to them so they just gave it
but even if france would have been able to hold it's colonies in south east asia nehru would have tried to take pondicherry by diplomacy and negotiations rather than invasion because france compared to portugal is very very strong plus we are taking into consideration that they have defeated the french indochina so no way an invasion would have taken place
goa might not have been a part of india if pondicherry was already french
The diference is Dat, while France was not a dictatorship, their leader had a brain, but we had a dictator, and he didn't like to lose
They didn't gave away Pondicherry easily. There was bloodshed there also. Please read about it.
The content creator ignorantly showd wrong map of India throughout the video.
It is 100% correct from a neutral point of view.
Imagine crying because someone took back what originally belonged to them.
That's perfect
No one cried any tears over this other than that clown Salazar
@@rb98769 Salazar Slytherin?
The Portuguese did capture it on request of the Vijayanagara empire after they lost it to the sultanate of Beijapur or at least were recognised because of the many wars again the muslim sultanates it was a welcome ally. Also locals saw it then as preferable to Muslim rule with high taxes for non believers. Honestly the Portuguese proved themselves horrible leaders later on, so they have that to blame themselves. But it was not completely unjustified claim or unrecognised at the time they gained control
@@stanleymcmillan4389 Fun fact, JK Rowling lived in Portugal and took inspiration from Portugals cruel fascist dictator Salazar to name her book character Salazar Slytherin.
You didn't mention one very important part. There was a resolution in UNSC against Indias military action and the majority voted in favour of the resolution but thanks to Russia that they vetore it and we finally become part of india.
Just kinda proves how useless the UN is in retrospect
That resolution wouldn’t have changed anything
Well it was proven again that USA is not an ally, as they are always the first to backstab if you have less value than others
The whole concept of veto power of UN is itself a joke .
Un can't do sh*t
Yes I did enjoy the video. 😂 the presentation is so good!
India: knock knock
Portugal: who's there?
India: Goa
Portugal: Goa who?
India: Goa way
Goa is the living proof that Jawaharlal Nehru could have easily saved Kashmir from Pakistan if UN hadn't intervened.
Goa was liberated in 2 days whereas Indian army fought in Kashmir for 15 months before the ceasefire was declared .. POK was more easily accessible from Pakistan's side than Indian, and they had dug in defensive positions, which were not easy to uproot.
In Kashmir the Pakistanis were holding mountains while we had the valley. The Siachin glacier gave us an edge later on.