The Portuguese colony of Goa was the last remaining foreign-controlled entity in India. As India’s prime minister, Nehru tried diplomatic channels to persuade the Portuguese to cede the colony, but when these efforts failed, the Indian government launched a military occupation of Goa in December 1961, finally freeing it from Portuguese rule.
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