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The '''Goan People's Party''' (GPP) is the name given to a historical [[Communist]] political grouping that struggled for the liberation of [[Portuguese India]].<ref>Mascarenhas, Lambert. [http://goacom.com/goa-s-freedom-movement/ Goa's Freedom Movement] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170806075715/http://goacom.com/goa-s-freedom-movement/ |date=6 August 2017 }}. GOACOM</ref><ref>{{Cite book |last=de Souza |first=Teotonio R. |author-link=Teotonio R. de Souza |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=ruTu9oaUgUgC |title=Essays in Goan History |date=1989 |publisher=Concept Publishing Company |isbn=978-81-7022-263-7 |page=183}}</ref><ref>{{Cite book |last=Saksena |first=R. N. |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=ldsLAAAAIAAJ |title=Goa: Into the Mainstream |date=1974 |publisher=Abhinav Publications |isbn=978-0-8426-0604-2 |page=97}}</ref><br />
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==Formation==<br />
The [[Indian National Congress]] (INC) had organised a meeting on 14 August 1948 in [[Bombay]] to celebrate one year of the [[Independence of India]]. Vaz and others protested at this meeting, stating that many of their allies were still imprisoned in both Goa and [[Portugal]]. The INC ignored them, leading Vaz to break away along with 20 others.<ref name="KulkarniUprisingDadra24">{{Cite book |last=Kulkarni |first=Neelesh |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=9Wk_EQAAQBAJ |title=Uprising: The Liberation of Dadra and Nagar Haveli |date=2024 |publisher=Westland Non-Fiction |isbn=978-93-6045-865-2 |language=en}}</ref><br />
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The Goan Peoples Party was then formed by [[George Vaz]], [[Berta de Menezes Bragança]] and Divakar Kakodkar in 1949, after a split in the National Congress (Goa) over ideologies.<ref name="FaleiroGoa1961">{{Cite book |last=Faleiro |first=Valmiki |author-link=Valmiki Faleiro |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=GYLyEAAAQBAJ |title=Goa, 1961: The Complete Story of Nationalism and Integration |date=2023-07-24 |publisher=Penguin Random House India Private Limited |isbn=978-93-5708-175-7 |page=24 |access-date=21 August 2024}}</ref> It began as the socialist Goa Congress, later known as the Goan People's Party.<ref name="KulkarniUprisingDadra24" /><br />
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==Ideology==<br />
The party was [[Communist]]<ref>{{Cite book |last=Ali |first=B. Sheikh |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=tCZuAAAAMAAJ |title=Goa Wins Freedom: Reflections and Reminiscences |date=1986 |publisher=Goa University |isbn=978-81-85571-00-3 |pages=126}}</ref> and its members worked closely with other Indian Communists.<ref>{{Cite journal |date=1956 |title=L'etat Portugais De L'inde Et L'union Indienne |url=https://www.jstor.org/stable/44827794 |journal=Chronique de politique étrangère |volume=9 |issue=1 |pages=5–39 |issn=0009-6059}}</ref><br />
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==Liberation of Dadra and Nagar Haveli==<br />
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In 1954, [[Narayan Palekar]], Mario Rodrigues and [[George Vaz]] led volunteers of the GPP to capture more than 60 villages in [[Nagar Haveli]]. This was before [[Liberation of Dadra and Nagar Haveli|its complete Liberation]] by the volunteers and commandos of the [[Azad Gomantak Dal]].<ref name="ShirodkarWho86" /><ref>{{Cite book |last=Lele |first=Purushottam Shripad |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=L0MeAAAAMAAJ |title=Dadra and Nagar Haveli: Past and Present |date=1987 |publisher=Usha P. Lele |page=69}}</ref><br />
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==Publications==<br />
[[Gerald Pereira]], who was a member of the GPP's central committee, became the editor of its publication, ''Goan Age''.<ref name="ShirodkarWho86" /><ref>{{Cite web |title=Goa's Forgotten History Of Communism |url=https://thepolisproject.com/read/goa-communism-forgotten-history/ |access-date=2026-03-06 |website=thepolisproject.com |language=en-GB}}</ref> In its inaugural edition, published on 26 January 1954, Pereira wrote an article, ''Goa: Another Korea'', which analyzed how [[America]]ns had strengthened their military presence near Goa.<ref>{{Cite news |work=[[The Indian Express]] |title='Goan Age', New Magazine |date=1954-02-16 |url=https://archive.org/details/goan-age-new-magazine |access-date=2024-09-11}}</ref> Palekar published the ''Goan Age'' for eight years. He worked to shift the GPP's headquarters to Belgaum some time in 1954, and then became its General Secretary.<ref name="ShirodkarWho86" /><br />
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==Leadership==<br />
It had [[George Vaz]] and [[Narayan Palekar]] as its General Secretary.<ref name="ShirodkarWho86">{{Cite book |last=Shirodkar |first=Pandurang Purushottam |author-link=Pandurang Purushottam Shirodkar |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=ISScyAEACAAJ |title=Who's Who of Freedom Fighters, Goa, Daman, and Diu |date=1986 |publisher=Goa Gazetteer Department, Government of the Union Territory of Goa, Daman, and Diu |volume=1 |pages=256–257, 278–279, 364}}</ref> Between 1961 and 1962 its representative in the [[Conference of Nationalist Organizations of the Portuguese Colonies|CONCP]] was [[Aquino de Bragança]].{{cn|date=September 2024}}<br />
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==Notable members==<br />
* [[George Vaz]]<br />
* [[Narayan Palekar]]<br />
* [[Gerald Pereira]]<br />
* [[Berta de Menezes Bragança]]<br />
* [[Aquino de Bragança]]<br />
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== References ==<br />
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[[Category:20th century in Portuguese India]]<br />
[[Category:Political parties established in 1948]]<br />
[[Category:Political parties disestablished in 1962]]<br />
[[Category:Communist parties in India]]<br />
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