English subtitles for clip: File:Goa 1955 invasion.ogv

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Inflamed by Portugal's refusal to evacuate its 400-year-old colony of Goa,

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5,000 unarmed Indians march on the enclave in a peaceful invasion attempt.

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Aroused by Pandit Nehru's announced intention of ousting the Portuguese,

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the demonstrators advance on the border in a living wall of humanity,

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shouting their defiance.

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In the first of a series of attempts, the Indians are chosen from volunteers

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in the passive resistance campaign undertaken since the Portuguese embassy

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at New Delhi was ordered closed. Met by gunfire from border guards, they

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momentarily break ranks and retreat. Resorting to the tactics of passive

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resistance taught by the late Mahatma Gandhi, they again creep forward.

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At the frontier guards watch every move of the would-be invaders

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as sporadic gunfire into the crowd follows.

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When the attempt is over, 22 are dead, 120 wounded—in a struggle

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which intensifies daily in bitterness and bloodshed.