With the state completing 60 years of Liberation, it is understood that the government will beautify all places linked to Goa’s Liberation. Work in some talukas like Patradevi’s freedom fighters monument and other memorials have also been undertaken. While India attained independence from the British Raj on 15 August, 1947, Goa was still languishing under four and a half centuries of Portuguese rule. The Portuguese were among the very first to colonise parts of India, and were the last to leave. The supreme sacrifices made by the freedom fighters need to be etched in the memory of the Goans and not remembered only on Goa’s Liberation Day. What better way is there than to have monuments of freedom fighters and other memorials being put up in all talukas. The youth of today may not be well versed with the sacrifices made by the freedom fighters in the fight for Liberation of Goa. It would hence be desirable to have a plaque placed beside the monument and other memorials that carries a brief biography of the freedom fighter and a brief history of the memorials and the struggle for the liberation of Goa. These monuments and other memorials also need to be maintained properly after the beautification work is carried out.
