Prime Minister Narendra Modi will visit Goa tomorrow and attend the function marking Goa Liberation Day celebrations.
Prime Minister will felicitate the freedom fighters and veterans of ‘Operation Vijay’ at the function.
Goa Liberation Day is celebrated on December 19 every year to mark the success of ‘Operation Vijay’ undertaken by the Indian Armed Forces that liberated Goa from Portuguese rule in 1961.
Prime Minister will inaugurate multiple development projects including the renovated Fort Aguada Jail Museum, Super Speciality Block at Goa Medical College, New South Goa District Hospital, Aviation Skill Development Center at Mopa Airport and the Gas insulated Substation at Dabolim-Navelim, Margao.
He will also lay the foundation Stone for India International University of Legal Education and Research of Bar Council of India Trust at Goa.
Before Goa’s liberation, Aguada Fort was used to incarcerate and torture the freedom fighters. The Museum will highlight the contributions and sacrifices made by the prominent freedom fighters who fought for liberation of Goa and will be befitting tribute to them.