Cornel, When there was this invasion by the Indian armed forces, into Goa, ('de jure' Goa was the 'Overseas Province of Portugal' even before the 'Union of India' the present entity, was born on the 15th August 1947.)the Potuguese Govt, abandoned Goa and fled. The act of surender was not signed. So India was in 'de facto' control and in government of Goa. Only a few years after, things stabilised; the Govts of India and Portugal started talking again, and then after many 'talks' an agreement was reached and a 'de jure' transfer of Goa was performed. It was a good ten years I think. Does the date matter? It's a 'fait accompli'.
Nasci Caldeira --- cornel <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > In the ongoing discussions about Portugal Goa and > India, I had inadvertantly overlooked the important point made by Marlon that, "Portugal later recognized India's annexation of Goa". Does anyone readily have the date for this please? Send instant messages to your online friends http://au.messenger.yahoo.com _____________________________________________ Do not post admin requests to the list. Goanet mailing list (Goanet@goanet.org)