Modi says Nehru waffled over Goa liberation - Why India waited 14 years post-independence?

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[@soyuzssr]

But the important point that this presentation misses out on is the fact that the US with their minions went all out in the security council against India and in favour of Portugal (and that Goa should have been returned to Portuguese control). It was only thanks to the VETO of the USSR that Goa is today an integral part of India. We should not forget this.

[@darshan7267]

russian revolutionaries are anyway experts to fix Tsars or Sala tsars in this case, lol. great anecdote though.

[@pushpenderrana6190]

No wonder the Russians are in goa in large numbers

[@gurmukhgulabani5714]

Defending Nehru on behalf of congress.

[@dilippatwa6574]

Who was responsible for the grave mistake done by passing on rather gifted UNO security to China? It was not merely mistakes but criminal one.

[@pushpenderrana6190]

All prime ministers of india have had a very timid andtip toeing relation with China bending over backwards trying not to annoy China and please the dragon .This has had exactly the opportunity effect with China riding roughshod all over the border and diplomatically too. Of late this reality has sunk in that india has to confront China whe its interests and borders are threatened. Better late than never

[@aniseedus]

It's unfortunate that many Indians, let alone foreigners have not even heard of the Goan inquisition. The atrocities the Portuguese committed in Goa make the British look like a benevolent force.

[@patmclaughlin107]

We should ask the Pope to apologize for granting Inquisition in Goa.

[@kiranmaddu8006]

That’s how I too look at history - What if Germany and Japan won the Second World War - then I realized there is a series in Prime - Man in the High Castle! Interesting one!

[@sunilsethi2982]

I had, no Indian wanted to here. Do you know they destroyed over 500 temples?

[@kiranmaddu8006]

@@sunilsethi2982 None of us are not sure how we would behave in the 18th century if we are on the side of conquerors - we want to give a rosy picture to the human mind with a 21st-century mindset - most Psychology books explained this. The basic tendency is not to learn History = now WhatsApp and learning the history of politicians instigator speeches is the new norm - history won't change much - we should not read it with emotion or with any political favoritism.

[@kiranmaddu8006]

@Surojeet Chatterjee Glad to see some reasonable talk on youtube - agree but I don't give plus or minus - they have done reasonably for that times.

[@goodman3982]

One very imprtant point which you missed but it adds weightage to PM Nehru. When the Indian army went in and when the Portugese were outnumbered, Portugal dispatched it's reinforcements and Warships to Goa. They had to cross the Suez Canal to reach India, but Suez Canal had been recently nationalized by Egypt and the Egyptian President Gamal Abdel Nasser refused permission to the Portugese as he was close friend of PM Nehru.

[@sashinair1545]

Correct. This point was missed by SG. Closing of suez was critical in stopping reinforcements.

[@Roy-jz2ok]

Good insight

[@PHANI00]

I agree. Mr Nehru had to wait till his good friend became President of Egypt and nationalize the Suez Canal, otherwise how could Goa have been saved. Good point adds a lot of weight.

[@ammlu3556]

Suez canal was taken over by Egypt in 1956

[@RameshKumar-lp6op]

Was Portugese Navy and other forces stronger than Indian AF?

[@jdharwadkar]

Being a Goan. I have always heard the stories of liberation of Goa & atrocities they had to ho through under the Portuguese rule. I didn't knew about this NATO alliance of Goa and how that screwed up / delayed the liberation. Good narration from you as always 🙏🏽 Love to share this with my friends and family

[@06.vineethdsouza80]

NATO point is bullshit , NATO only covers attacks in the north Atlantic , read NATO treaty article 5

[@fabulousindian6582]

@@06.vineethdsouza80 NATO is also in South China Sea, Caspian Sea, Djibouti also !

[@mohsindalvi87]

@@06.vineethdsouza80Portugal is in north atlantic. Goa & daman were considered as provinces in the map of portugal. The ppl in goa & daman were issued portuguese passports.

[@GauravDhandhukia]

@@06.vineethdsouza80 NATO attacked wherever USA wanted

[@Ti999]

We were never taught in School about these operations to free Goa and Hyderabad State. I learnt a lot of Indian history (REAL ONE) after my formal education only.

[@Dankseid-o1u]

@@n______n26 Because that is what it was.

[@atulsalgaonkar6222]

As a child, I was taken to Portuguese Goa many times to visit relatives and remember the liberation when it occurred. One criticism leveled at PM Nehru was not that he was hesitant or a pacificist but that he was simply uncaring, as at least he could have negotiated for the release of long-held Indian prisoners like Mohan Ranade. Agree about the plebiscite trick that has been tried many times - Even Lincoln was asked to hold one in the southern states.

[@SubodhMishrasubEE]

Correct!

[@bordakar4102]

How could he when he did not utter a single dissent voice in favour of Bhagat Singh

[@rahulhari3261]

it's a well known fact that the brown sahib Nehru had a soft corner for the xtian elite of goa. Any doubt why he waited 14 years to launch Operation Vijay

[@ritaarambhan8002]

Nehru had his compulsions. It is easy to judge now. We had just faced a partition and a blood bath perhaps Nehru did not want major loss of lives. Tks for all the information

[@rahulhari3261]

Pure BS. Goa was Hindu majority even back then surrounded by 2 Hindu majority states. Nehru being a Pussilanimous prick refused to liberate goa

[@deepakshandilya5528]

Dadra & nagar haveli were also part of Portuguese territory, but it was liberated in 1954. I guess Portugal was part of NATO then still nothing happened 😂

[@vkramchander1126]

That's surprising! A valid question indeed !

[@SubodhMishrasubEE]

This NATO Wala argument is actually baseless. But journalists write articles for other journalists so we know why one does what he does.

[@sarsonsar0]

WahModijiWah! Though Dadra, Nagar & Haveli were liberated by our revolutionaries in 1954, it was not incorporated into India officially until 1961. It was officially under Portuguese possession from 1954 to 61. Instead of talking about the issues of today we all are talking about Nehru's Galti! WahModijiWah!

[@GauravGupta-rz6zb]

@@SubodhMishrasubEE Of course you will say its baseless, otherwise how will you support Modiji argument. Do read when Dadar and Nagar Haveli was actually enacted in India. It was freed in 1954 but became official part of India in 1961. Jab tak journalist Modiji ke support main bole to sahi as soon as he counter his argument he becomes wrong. In-fact out of all online journalist I have found Shekar is most neutral.

[@GauravGupta-rz6zb]

@@himanshu0784 Wow, do read when they actually became part of India you might say oops yourself.

[@MrYaatri]

Some 30-35 years ago, I worked with someone connected with a US Navy officer who had served as a Naval Attache in Lisbon in the 60s. This person, a veteran Republican was thoroughly impressed with "the order" in Portugal. From our conversations, I had surmised in 1992 that Portugal's membership in NATO had been the only impediment in India"s plans for Goa. Shekhar Gupta just confirmed my "intelligent guess".

[@darshan7267]

kudos to great journalism. SG

[@agonnoga6100]

Correction SG Salazar was not the only fascist dictator who survived WW2. Franco of Spain also survived WW2 and ruled Spain with an iron fist for many years after the end of WW2.

[@muralimurahari4038]

👍👍👍👍 100 % correct. I live in Canada and I once met an old Portuguese man who talked of how his Dad a farmer used to give away a portion of his crop produce to the government which gave it free to the Nazis in a bribery bid to stay out of war. He was unapologetic about Portuguese colonialism which brought huge prosperity to Portugal. One more thing : I am not too sure about this but I think Pakistan seized a ship-load of arms on the way to Goa?? Frsnce was a NATO ( reluctant) member but got stuck in wars in Algeria & Vietnam when it tried to hang on to its colonies. I am a 100 % Modi bhakt and if he feels Nehru was timid about handling these matters, I shall go with it.🥰🥰🥰

[@varoonnone7159]

@@muralimurahari4038 I have much respect for Modi but I don't get why Nehru gets so much criticism. He had a poor, populated, divided country to govern when nothing was still in place. He did an excellent job in retrospect

[@muralimurahari4038]

@@varoonnone7159 My Dad used to be an avid fan of Nehru and I went along with that till my teen yesrs when I joined FORUM FOR FREE ENTERPRISE as I was disgusted with the sloth in the public sector. Yes his empoerment bid through land reforms labour laws and modernizing India is praise worthy. Maybe some of the criticism is not warranted....I really dont know? 😊

[@haroon420]

@@muralimurahari4038 I don’t think it is. We have the benefit of hindsight and a chanced world and changed attitudes. At a certain point, previous governments should be freed of blame. We can still learn from them but criticism should be only academic, not political. I mean, what meaningful relevance does 1962 have to 2022???

[@haroon420]

If modi thinks Nehru was weak on Portugal. Why does he not then go on the offensive with Portugal and ask for reparations? Or downgrade the diplomatic relationship to make a point? Even he knows, it doesn’t mean anything. So why is he still harping on about what Nehru did.

[@rajyse]

Wonderful explanation of the entire Goa liberation. Pointing on someone is easy but they showed the way. We need to respect them for their work. I wanted to know about how much we are liberating rather dividing the people of India.

[@oops262686]

Its fascinating how folks from places like Goa, Pondicherry actually boast how they were ruled for a longer period of time thus having richer western culture 🤣🤣 reminds me of Simon Come back memes 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@23abhisheknaik]

People can be proud of their culture while being aware of the difficulties of that time. Who’d have thought humans are complicated social beings.

[@parvadhami980]

But Pudduchery has a clear demarcation of how the French used to live (in rich quarters, broad streets, closer to the coast) while Tamils used to live in congested, dirty, narrow parts. If still they're proud of that then Ignorance is bliss!

[@siddhantk4985]

Some of the point missed . 1 Even after independence of goa. Portugal started giving Portugese citizenship to defy Indian government. 2.some of laws of present day goa are taken from Portugese constitution. So goa is only state in country to have uniform civil code.

[@chandubai]

Yes.. I have some Goaen friends who has Portugal 🇵🇹 passport as well as India 🇮🇳

[@indrajitbandyopadhyay9161]

Only two places people allowed to have dual nationality Goa and pondicherry

[@10albatross]

In spite of all the atrocities, all the converted goan christians are proud of being Christians like muslims in India and have conflicts with local hindus whose forefathers fought bravely with Portuguese and did not convert unlike the cowardly forefathers of christians.

[@mtarkes]

Salute to all the people who fought for liberation of Goa.

[@rajasphadke3995]

My grandmother was part of the contingent who helped in nursing the people who had fallen down after being caned or shot at by the portugese. These people did not carry any weapons on them instead they wanted to enter goa. She talked of one of the leaders Hirve Guruji who she saw fall. Another friends grandmother Sudhatai Joshi languished in portugese jail for a long time. I'm sure there are many family stories to independence struggle which need to be cherished as they will never be told by the biased historians

[@deepeshgaur4653]

SG left so many questions unanswered. 1.) Why didn't NATO come to rescue of Portugal in 1961 war? 2.) What changed Nehru's mind to invade and liberate goa? 3.)Why did we wait till 1961 if we were to liberate goa by force?

[@Manikanta-hh7wp]

Lol.. You didn't saw the video, stupid

[@baronharkonnen7894]

Dude, he answered them. It's JFK.

[@_kartik_chauhan]

I think China Fear

[@deepeshgaur4653]

Could JFK have changed NATO policy all by himself and allowed indian army to march in and liberate goa? Even Portugal was hell bent on saving goa. It called it as integral part of its territory. MAYBE one reason why Nehru delayed army action could be that Nehru didn't want india to become a theatre for cold War politics by inviting NATO.

[@aravindc102]

Portuguese colonies were not part of NATO. Article 5 of NATO collective defence only applies to territories in Europe and North America

[@ashishsawant81]

Very authentic presentation of historical facts as a Goan I can give a thumbs up to Shekarji and his team for the research. The swift operation by Indian army was possible only because of the support it received from the local people and countless number of freedom fighters.

[@lakshmesheelasundar1208]

These days why do we have to be apologetic when mentioning Nehru and his actions? Judge people by their times. What was he in charge of as the first PM of a nation just born ?: A poverty stricken , famine stricken nation , backward industrially, literacy wise, agritech wise ... In fact that group of regions had just become a nation. Before that we all know India did not exist as it is now there were no institutions for governance, elections, parliament and military governance and so on. It was a Greenfield project for Nehru and like Rajnath Singh in the first NDA rule in 2014 said, no one can fault Nehru's intent. Indeed he hada singular purpose to make India modern by adhering to DEMOCRATIC VALUES and following PEACE PEACE PEACE. As taught to him by his leader, Mhatma Gandhi. If they had not put peace ahead of everything else, today we would also be a backward, religion based country that is in loggerheads with itself and neighbours. Check West Asia and our own people

[@rohanindra6401]

We have chosen peaceful route and what did we achieve in return? Lost territory in Kashmir and Ladakh. Our neighbours still hate us. We are technically backward with a per capita income of $2000 due to socialist policies. We are a religion based society giving special treatment to non Hindus.

[@revathisivakumar8658]

Well said.

[@revathisivakumar8658]

Well said Lakshme, I mean.

[@pokinewspropaganda977]

@Quadratic Equation hindi was created by bihar not mughals they used persian

[@rohanindra6401]

@Quadratic Equation lol im from south but Hindi is derived from Sanksrit with some persian words. Its like saying English is Italian or French language just because they share Latin and French words lmao.

[@pharaohakhneton9553]

It is one of the best episodes for me because it filled a gap in my understanding the history in the aftermath of Independence. I was always wondering when Infia could drive the British who were the mightiest Imperialist power of human history , what stopped India from throwing France and Portugal from India,after all their colonies were like small dots. Sekharji, the mystery was solved.I could understand the complex situation prevailing then,which prevented Nehruji to take any adventurous step. If the human affairs were so complex then, how much more complex it is now due to tremendous scientific and technological advancement. If it USA+NATO backing , which stopped India from taking over Goa then, the situation is no different now. Pakistan which has forcibly occupied and colonized POK , but India is hesitant to reclaim our portion of Kashmir from Pakistan because it has the support of Red China.Whatever, the idealists and dreamers and utopian thinkers may say, one thing is clear- mighty would always rule the world and might as always is a combination of arms power and the power of human mind.

[@PB-hf9of]

Kashmir is completely different, Goa is a small part and was being controlled from so far a land , Nehru was unnecessarily hesitant

[@vkramchander1126]

TRUE.

[@himanshu0784]

@@rjrocks249 Real truth of India freedom from British but sadly no one has guts to say Truth

[@mrthinker321]

Except India and Pakistan have actually signed a treaty of ceasefire that defines the line of control "loc" that they will maintain. We would be breaking the treaty once we attack Pakistan. We did not have that with Portuguese

[@anshagrawal6289]

No, Pakistan does not have a nato like alliance with China In fact, Pakistan is a treaty bound US ally

[@deshdunya6961]

The PM who hasn't uttered a word on China's presence wants us to forget today and remember Nehru who died 50 years ago.

[@dilipkanade2665]

It is painful to mention that two of the freedom fighters of Goa Mohan Ranade and Tello Mascaranhas remained in Portuguese jail even after Goa was liberated. Ranade was released NOT by our diplomatic initiative but due to the request by Tamilnadu C.M. C.N.Annadurai, to the Pope. Mohan Ranade passed away in Pune 3 years back. The news of his demise was mentioned by one of the national dailies published from the city on an inside page, while the other completely ignored it.

[@celsapinto2338]

It would definitely be more painful to tell you that 15 of those implicated in the Pinto's Revolt ( and I am a Pinto of the same family) were brutally executed by the Portuguese.

[@coldram1111]

What I understand and learned about international relations/politics, those who have power(economic, military) and most importantly can show/use strength gets all the respect.

[@codered81]

The way the Goa liberation was played out over 10 years with Nehru basically waiting for regime change in US , I am now more convinced how the congress led freedom movement was slow and less effective against the british

[@gauravv8097]

They atleast they fought for our freedom! What did ppl like savarkar do?🤣 Go beg British for mercy and plot with them to bring down our real freedom fighters?? And after we got our freedom finally, go kill MG. Some ppl today are calling him a hero! A guy who didnt give a drop of blood for our freedom. And its easy to say we should have used force for freedom, when you are just sitting on you lazy ass commenting crap.

[@codered81]

@@gauravv8097 was savarkar the only person with anti congress ideology? why he’s being always brought to defend congress?

[@gauravv8097]

@@codered81 because bjp calls savarkar a hero! He created RSS, he killed GHANDHI, joined hands with British, begged British for mercy! And ppl like u compare him with our real freedom fighting heros? who else killed Mahatma Gandhi? That's y his name is brought up again and again 🤷

[@youdekho]

At the end it was use of force which worked in Goa libration.....so where is the logic that Nehru was avoiding use of force ?

[@23abhisheknaik]

Using force is always considered to be the last option. The amount of diplomatic back-channeling between countries never makes it out into the public. Even if it does, it comes out decades later in the form of memoirs.

[@chokaling]

Heh heh... I guess you didn't understand 95% of what SG was saying. Watch it again, and you'll eventually understand the logic.

[@Dhruv_Jain]

Abe Chutiye Did you even watch the video?🤣

[@youdekho]

@@chokaling 95 percent which you understood was Gupta ji's intense try to tell that it was ok..... government change in USA blah blah.

[@youdekho]

@Sharat Sundar Bhai....I did. If India was so careful what USA think, 1971 would have never happened. It felt like excuses with NATO and everything. At the end it was anyway not a peaceful transfer of power

[@pramodkrishnamurthy3707]

Scintillating CTC, Shekharji! Much appreciated, as always

[@aravindc102]

Small correction , NATO is responsible for defense of territories only in ''Europe'' and "North America" . This is the reason NATO didn't intervene when Argentina invaded Falklands. From NATO Website , "The Parties agree that an armed attack against one or more of them in Europe or North America shall be considered an attack against them all"

[@avinashkotni2906]

When was the Falkland Attack ??? Wasn't it 1982...

[@aravindc102]

@@avinashkotni2906 yes, in the 80's

[@vamsi9855]

It’s simple fact, Nehru is not Sardar Vallabhai Patel Ji …. Good that he did not make Goa another Kashmir

[@deveshsonam]

But nehru created kashmir problem....he could have resolved it then itself...

[@sashinair1545]

Yess Nehru was no Sardar and Sardar was no Nehru.

[@DhruvPatel-zg1zs]

But both were good friends and well wisher of India.

[@kapildhakad8008]

🇮🇳🇮🇳🇮🇳 Very exceptional analysis, hats off sir 🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻

[@MrRichardlobo]

As a Goan my self I too learnt many diplomatic issues during liberation from this Video.

[@MrRichardlobo]

@Tyt Xlx Goans had issues with Salazar's regime.

[@dibyajyotidas5239]

Take a bow for this declutter. That NATO was so closely involved in independent India politics is very less known.

[@Gitika28]

This was a great history lesson sir!

[@ranjandasgupta2995]

In the Goa liberation of 1961, my father who had joined the army in 1952, also participated. Gupta

[@mdirtydogg]

Thank you Mr Gupta, once again, for placing issues in perspective. I hope people look past mere words at facts.

[@rishav2463]

Absolute gem of an episode!

[@viswanathandoctor9219]

THANKS. First time I understood why there was a delay in liberation of Goa 🙏

[@knowledgeworld796]

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[@sudiptasamaddar8149]

On a side note, historians (as far as our text book history is concerned) always talked about British invasion of India and to a small scope French Dutch and Portugese invasions. These have been a takling point for the last 70 years. No one dares to talk about Turkish, afghan and mughal invasions of the past which went on for millenia. Mr Gupta being an unbiased source of facts also seems to part away from these facts!

[@SudeeptaChakraborty]

Isn't that an untruth? We did read about Islamic invasions in our history books, unless you were following a very different curriculum.

[@pp_01123]

@@SudeeptaChakraborty I think she did online education from some APP :P In NCERT Grade 7 and in Grade 11-12 Islamic invasions are mentioned but she didn't get time to read as she was busy in APP :)

[@lochangopalan]

Shekar, a pretty good review of Euroscape as a throwback on the liberation of Goa. The apt use of the word opprobrium is commendable. This is probably one of your best, to date.

[@mailtorajrao]

It is quite difficult to imagine that NATO would have attacked India over Goa, given USSR... In any case, Mid 1950s was not long ago since FDR's strong opinion on Allies holding on to countries post II war. It is an _erroneous conclusion_ that US official policy supported PT's occupation of Goa in any earnestness.

[@sreekr]

India-Soviet ties were upgraded to a military alliance dimension only in 1971 under Indira Gandhi when the Peace and friendship treaty with them was signed. Before that any NATO attack didn't imply guaranteed Soviet assistance to India.

[@aritrakarakart5163]

@@chunilalbaldaniya153 and you always try to demonise them? Saying the truth is not trying to save somebody from criticism.

[@aritrakarakart5163]

it is erroneous to assume USSR would have automatically and earnestly supported India in any conflict with NATO. You need to understand foreign policy is not a mere game of oh this should have happened or that should have happened. It has real consequences and a looming consequence of military intervention was that of a NATO attack which would have destroyed India if it had happened. Obviously it is highly unfortunate that Goans had to wait so long for their liberation but it did happen. Without completely understanding and realizing the dynamics of world politics in the 50s and 60s we can say a lot of things and make a lot of noise but it is unwise to say the least.

[@mailtorajrao]

@@aritrakarakart5163 Of course in hindsight one can only conjecture and discuss in terms of probabilities. However, that fact remains that from 1955 till end of Khrushchev period, India received more military assistance from USSR than even China! Question on whether NATO would have attacked, likelihood is less and had NATO attacked, USSR assistance seems likely. Foreign policy is complex and that Nehru's foreign policy had a strong pacifist element, is also a fact. Therefore, one would give PM's statement on Nehru/Goa more credence, than not. Probabilistically.

[@mailtorajrao]

@@aritrakarakart5163 Sure. The keywords are 'saying the truth' -- But one tends to think that *SG* was only weaving a narrative in terms of possibilities & likelihoods, no?

[@vikramadityajha8924]

This episode is just part of "Discovery of India " for the people of our generation who are not knowing anything about Goa liberation. I am personally with Chacha Nehru as he timely took the action to liberate Goa. When you give all discredited for defeat against China , why don't we give him due respect for Goa liberation. Thanks to presidential debate for taking people back to history, but let don't take it the politics.

[@thinwhitedukerhapsody]

Let peeps here cope Nehru is the architect and will remain the architect of modern India no amount of Internet rambling will reverse that.

[@ishaangupta2223]

@@theshekhar5 oh rlly then pls do tell us who is using ur WhatsApp university books !

[@rjrastapopoulos1595]

4:40 was he really the only significant dictator? Wasn't his neighbour Francisco Franco also a significant fascist dictator to survive WW2?

[@knowledgeworld796]

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[@mahendraprabhu2385]

True Picture Thanks.

[@arunhuddar]

Thanks for digging out history of Goa.

[@IAmManush]

19:15 Correction: Pinto Cospiracy is 1787 🙂 Anyway, loved to hear the true history of Goa’s Independence & PM Nehru’s efforts to resolve Goa dispute through peace without invoking NATO’s fury.

[@ChaudryShehryarYounis]

Thanks for the effort... Great knowledge

[@vish_globalist]

Key takeaway - Nehru was concerned about public opinion and image in the west than within India. Entirely in character and similar to Rahul. Print as usual does a great job of holding fort for Congress. We need this considering the total lack of opposition to BJP.

[@biplabbray7877]

Dear Shekhar ji Since you had researched a lot on Goa independence, it would have been prudent to mention the contribution of 2MPs Mr Tridib Chaudhury n Mr Limaye both of whom were sent to Goa by Mr. Nehru as political representative from India to fight for Goa's independence. Both were treated inhumanely by Goan authorities then. As a reward for his contribution,Nehru never put up a Congress candidate against Tridib Chaudhury (RSP) in LS election from Beharampore(WB) till AdhirR Chaudhury defeated him . Hope you liked the titbits.

[@gauravsareen240]

Best CTC of the new year!!! Excellent stuff...

[@nirmalarebello7373]

Very interesting! Thank you for sharing!

[@krusaam]

Excellent explanation. Thanks

[@satishmadhaoraogundawar4784]

Actually he was spineless. Hyderabad, Kashmir, Baluchsthan, Goa events show that he was more interested in his own image. But you forgot to mention contribution of RSS members like Sudhir Phadake, Jaganathrao Joshi and many more. They were main architect of Goa liberation. Nehru never wanted to give them credit. If he would've not sent force, freedom fighters would have liberated it.

[@prashanthb6521]

You are giving way too much credit to traitors who worshiped Queen Victoria.

[@kramachandran4292]

@@prashanthb6521 ?????

[@rameshg2717]

European never wanted to give up their colonies. Still many African countries are heavily influenced by European countries and some are still dependent on French currency. Steering india safely away from these powers is great deal. Thanks to the leaders of the past.

[@SamirSeth]

Shekhar says : "Salazar was the only european fascist leader after the war". I think Franco (ruled Spain 1939-1975) could also be considered to be in the same category.

[@samin096]

We now a days forget the struggles after independence

[@kshtagrawal1]

Great episode! Learnt a lot

[@SanjayTiwari-bh8rd]

It is always pleasant to see presentations of SG on history. This one brilliantly captures the reasons of Nehru's cautious approach on Goa. Now I have a better understanding compared to the one I had while listening to Modi's speech in Parliament. Thanks Print and SG.

[@prashanthb6521]

How I hope todays youth understand like this and stops relying on whatsapp knowledge.

[@xtinxn]

I did not know about most of this. Quite an enriching episode from The Print!

[@MBhat001]

I am a proud Konkani whose ancestors fled Goa to save themselves from persecution leaving thier wealth, land and everything they had behind. Our kuladevata is Navadurga at Madkai. We do visit Goa now and then to have darshan of our Godess. I have visited Lisbon too with my family. Most of the people I enquired about India are ignorant about rule of Portuguese in Goa. Thier standard of living is coming down and are leaving the country for greener pastures to other European countries. What astonishes me is the comparison of Portuguese population which is about 1 crore now ruled India which currently has about 125 crores. If you go back to 15th to 16 century with population ratio of 1 : 125 ( excluding pak and Bangla ) i wonder how such a small country could rule India for such a long time.

[@ziplock8316]

This happened cause India was never a united country until '47. We were always in fragments. Unifying a billion+ people is a miracle in itself. Saffron cockroaches today think it's ok play divisive and hate filled politics. And that is our biggest threat.

[@MBhat001]

@@ziplock8316 read my comment again. It's not billion population that time but aversion of Nehru to take risk in unifying India by the excuse of NATO. He never wanted to loose the usurped coveted chair of PM which he got by using Gandhi against Late Shri. Vallabh bhai Patel

[@kevincastelino3209]

Today the entire history of Indian civilisation is seen through the glasses of either RSS propaganda. Sardar Patel gets the credit for bridging states under Indian Union but Nehru gets the stick for the failures. The fact is there was no one except SC Bose who tried to unite Indians to fight militarily for freedom. What can one man do when the society is fragmented. Most of the Indians were working for British and Portugese. But in the evolutionary process our chance to evolve as a courageous and brave community was lost due to fragmentation sanctioned by scriptures. We should accept this reality of being ruled by foreigners for 1000 years with our own help. It's pathetic to see today people still boasting of the caste superiority and misleading the gullible.

[@MBhat001]

@@kevincastelino3209 is there any line in my comment about caste superiority or about fooling people. You should have said now people are awaked and realised the blunders of our so called Nehru.

[@SAIPRADEEP070]

Biigest failure against china was from nehru , who lost aksai chin from india , needles to say shame it brought to us

[@dhritimansawarni71]

Such an interesting article, shekhar sir

[@nobody-789]

If one is still remembered and envied after 57 years of one's death, make no mistake he is a true legend in history.

[@RameshMatham0507]

Absolutely! Like Hitler, Chengis Khan and Attila the Hun.

[@raghu135a]

By the end of the monologue one is left scratching his head what Shekhar Gupta bought to light that we already don't know. If he was trying to defend Nehru, we are no wiser how Nehru was justified in the delayed action. "One may say nehru was pacifist.. this... that, Modi was also right that freedom fighters were killed by Portuguese Govt". Arre baba kehna kya chahte ho??

[@junnuravikumar]

much needed way of journalism.

[@chokaling]

Superb and illuminating account of a puzzling bit of Indian history!

[@kushal4956]

Nehru Bashing has become a trend nowadays. When you can't answer for your own shortcomings, you start picking on men who lived decades ago

[@shashanksingh9794]

Exactly

[@Dankseid-o1u]

nehru bashing is perfectly normal, after all it is only nehru not patel who is being bashed.

[@aseemrises]

Well researched and presented information with facts.

[@ud1976]

Under Shahu (Shivaji Maharaj’s grandson) and Bajirao, Chimajiappa (Bajirao’s brother) pushed the Portuguese out of Mumbai (then Salsette island) at great cost and loss of life. Goa had to wait another 200 odd years.

[@aeekhrbsd920]

Learn a lot through this piece.. Thank you SG

[@benukakati9915]

Thanks for this valuable Information.

[@waityear3294]

wow, as an Indian , I never knew this piece of history. Now I feel like I am uneducated after double masters degrees :-(

[@hetarthkamdar8707]

Really good analysis

[@d0veta1l0]

this was insightful.

[@raveetr8730]

Superb sir. Solute you.

[@rajshekhar1147]

In Patel's biography written by Rajmohan Gandhi it is stated that Nehru was reluctant to take control of Kashmir and Junagarh. The same reluctance reflects in taking of Goa. Had Patel alive, Goa would have been independent long back.

[@devashishsen2361]

Thanks

[@parthg199]

Well explained

[@akshytube]

If you try to understand a thief also you end up sympathising the thief if not appreciating the thief. Just get it should be moto.

[@ChaudryShehryarYounis]

Great knowledge

[@manojbd135]

You just proved the Prime Minister’s point that Nehru was a pacifist! Compare his bowing down to the American pressure compared to Indira Gandhi’s handling of Kissinger-Nixon duo!

[@SkSingh-tu8un]

Interesting nuggets....

[@sreerampillai1339]

My dose of reality through revisiting history!!...Thanks Shekar Ji

[@shivkumarrp8515]

I do not understand why nehru for freeing our own territory was looking for world approval. Pakistan occupied kashmir in 1948 and india observed cease fire instead of clearing the Pakistani forces. If nehru had been prime minister in 1971 bangladesh would never have been independent. He would have waited for consensus ! He was the weakest prime minister especially in foreign affairs

[@sudhirnair]

Thanks for sharing history, which few people are aware of💜

[@abhinavsingh.92]

Glad you're clarifying issues like this. Also, the bit you said about people of this generation actually applies to people across generations, with the exception of those with an open mind.

[@KKK-ey1kv]

Why Modi always indulge in criticising & blaming Neharuji. Truly speaking before Neharuji this Modi is nothing. Neharuji has towering personality He is highly cultured,educated and man of calibre. Whereas Modi is neither highly educated nor cultured person. The only reason why this Modi hates Neharuji is that, he kept the RSS in tight condition and his action is quite right from the view of progress development of modern India. To sum up Neharuji was the first P.M. of our country.He richly deserves that post with all his capability &dedicated service to nation.In fact, nowdays we cannot find such a refined cultured scholarstic, and scientific tempered mega personality like Neharuji. Hats off to him ! Jai hind !

[@ashavijayalakshmi2284]

well balanced narration bya seasoned senior journalist.

[@urldroidsuperbot2139]

Salazar wasn't the last "dictator" of Europe. Franco was.

[@SudeeptaChakraborty]

Let's give that too Lukaschenko, shall we? And Tito was in power till 1980.

[@urldroidsuperbot2139]

@@SudeeptaChakraborty Yes. I actually like to keep Russia and former USSR outside Europe, although I know it is not correct. Funny how Lukashenko was branded the "the last dictator" by Condoleeza Rice in 2005 in a visit to the Russophobe Baltic Republics. But Luka has the tendency to play West and Russia against each other. So much so, even as late as in 2020 Pompeo went to hug him because he was rattling the Russians with his anti-Russia rhetoric. Finally when he cracked down on protestors he realised his roots. Now Western media lies that Luka has always been chums with Putin, when actually he has been siphoning away Russian subsidies while trying to take advantage of sanctions imposed on Russia. He would sell refined petroleum and potash after getting cheap crude and gas from Russia at domestic Russian prices. He would also try to label European food stuff as Produced in Belarus and sell to Russia.

[@Mjjjyyy]

GuptaJi nails it again. Goa is more than a tourist state and it's liberation is very less discussed in our national discourse. Lage raho SG!

[@italogiardina8183]

It goes some way to understand why so many ex-pats have a romantic attraction for Goa, with its permutations of Indian classical traditions and Western epistemologies intermingling through form and culture.

[@ganeshpaii]

Thanks for your views Mr Gupta. Would be intresting if you can make a cut the clutter on how citizens not to fall into the trap of political finger pointing 😅

[@prashanthbharadwaj5504]

This is another example of how bad our education system is... We have so much that we don't know about ourselves

[@darshu94]

Bjp rss tried to tell but u guys dismissed it saying its past.

[@prashanthbharadwaj5504]

@@darshu94 the govt is controlled by BJP now. Whats stopping them to revise the syllabus now???

[@Maneesharma1947]

Tysm 💯

[@NeelkanthMehta]

SG, Very detailed presentation of the recorded history, I liked it. Thank You. This is good journalism. Present the data as data, unopinionated. Let the reader or listener make his or her own interpretations, judgements. Best. NM

[@subhrangsudutta8029]

Although one year later, we must agree that such pieces of your publication are really mesmerizing with our political history to revisit again and again 🙏🙏✍️✍️✌️✌️

[@RakeshSharma-nt9wh]

NATO was established in April 1949. It was almost dormant until 1951. What were we doing from 1947 to 1951 ? What about Portuguese atrocities on Satyagrahis ?

[@RameshMatham0507]

Good point

[@nicpirate007]

Nehru passed 58 years ago. Scolding him for judgements and choices he made is like scolding one's great grandfather for not making better choices so that you would have been a better version of you. Nehru presided over an impoverished country dependent on outside for everything from food to weapons. I am aghast that we are stuck with this conversation while we have not progressed up the R&D and manufacturing ladder literally funding our biggest rival by importing high end items from them(from metro tunnel boring machines to consumer electronics). Our msmes collapsing under covid and youth rotting away unemployed.

[@0609Bhuwan]

Just on a point.... The PM was only "replying" to Pappu .. It was RG that brought up his GGF and family during his speech.. It is also a matter of fact that Goa is about to go to elections and the message on the delayed freedom resonated well ....

[@nicpirate007]

No wonder his party gets stuck at 40 and 50 seats.

[@desigulal]

Bitching about the past and selling dreams of the future is important to keep the attention away from the present.

[@dattatreyajana9215]

Yeah but poverty doesn't justify giving strategic geographic points away to neighbouring countries

[@nicpirate007]

Most times countries have to bide time. China is waiting for the oppurtune moment to integrate Taiwan and possibly waiting for the current Dalai Lama to pass so that they can appoint the next one to complete their grip on Tibet. Sikkim was integrated only in 1975 and Nepalese royal family reportedly offered merger with Indian union that was not acted upon. There are many judgements in history we may not agree with. Weaponising them as decoy today is also ok....just that sensible people should not fall for it

[@umeshpahuja3556]

wow very well researched article

[@PritamSingh-nh3rz]

Speak truth

[@madhursawant7298]

JFK was a fan of Nehru … until he actually met him 😜

[@venancecrasta2064]

Many are blaming Nehru. But we should know the foreign policy of first few years of Independence. One more thing, the communication is not like today. How many days were required to reach one letter from foreign countries. Yes, the process took so long for so many reasons. Now, it is very easy to blame earlier Leaders. Don't blame earlier Leadrs without knowing the situation of that time....

[@rahulhari3261]

Pondicherry, Dadra, Nagar Haveli, Diu were liberated much earlier in the 1954. Nehru pandered to the leftist lobby and refused to integrate and liberate goa

[@josephdesouza4573]

One of his better pieces