<P> In December 1947, independent India and Portugal established diplomatic ties . In January 1948, Indian Prime Minister Jawaharlal Nehru met the Portuguese consul and raised the issue of Goa's integration into the Indian Union . The Portuguese, who valued their strategic Indian colonial outposts, were unwilling to negotiate and by 1948, the Goan anti-colonial movement had virtually disbanded . </P> <P> In January 1953, the Indian delegation in Portugal (a representative body of the Indian government), sought to negotiate with Portugal on the issue of its territories in India . The Indian government offered a direct transfer; however, the Portuguese refused and diplomatic relations between the two countries deteriorated . On 11 June 1953, the Indian delegation in Lisbon was closed and diplomatic ties were formally severed . In July 1953, Nehru stated that the Indian government's position involved French and Portuguese colonies in India integrating into the Indian Union . Despite Nehru clearly stating India's policy in relation to colonial outposts, Portugal and France refused to cede their colonies . Subsequently, India launched a campaign through the UN in an attempt to persuade the Portuguese to leave India peacefully . </P> <P> Azad Gomantak Dal, a revolutionary group, vowed to fight the Portuguese using direct action strategies . Azad Gomantak Dal was founded by Vishwanath Lawande, Narayan Hari Naik, Dattatraya Deshpande, Prabhakar Sinari who along with their other friends carried out series of attacks on Portuguese police stations and banks . all of them were sentenced to 28--29 years of imprisonment in exile by the Portuguese courts . Narayan Naik and Dattatraya Deshpande suffered about 14 years of imprisonment in prisons in Portugal and Angola, however they were released after annexation of Goa . Vishwanath Lawande and Prabhakar Sinari managed to escape the prisons and continued their armed struggle against the Portuguese rule by forming huge armed force of anti-colonial fighters with headquarter on Goa India border at Vazarem . Azad Gomantak Dal successfully carried out raids on police stations and factories, ambushed military patrols, attacked troops stationed at the border and blew up ammunition dumps . they freed part of Goa called "Dadara and Nagarhaveli" vide military action . the leader of the military organisation Vishwanath Lawande declared himself as Governor of Dadra and Nagarhaveli . However, in response to the group's revolutionary tactics, the Portuguese increased their military presence by bringing in white and African troops to quell the insurgency . </P> <P> The Goa Liberation Army, founded by Shivajirao Desai, an Indian army officer in the 1950s, attempted to utilise revolutionary tactics and direct action strategies to challenge Portuguese colonialism . It blasted Sesa Goa's Sonshi mine, which caused temporary suspension of the mining activity of the Portuguese . The Goa Liberation Army was credited with many other blasts and raids, and played a pivotal role in defending the bridges at the time of Indian invasion . </P>

Names of the leaders of the struggles for the liberation of hyderabad and goa