Annual Plan 2001-02 Directorate of Planning, Statistics and Evaluation Panaji-Goa

Abstract

Goa along with Daman and Diu were liberated from Portuguese rule on 19th December 1961 and became an integral part of Indian Union. Though there were efforts to adjoin the liberated areas to the neighbouring States, people of Goa, Daman and Diu preferred to retain separate identity while exercising their franchise in a referendum and earned Union Territory status. However, Goa was delinked from the Union Territory and conferred with statehood on 30th May 1987.