Which European country did not finally lose its territory in India until 1961?
India–Portugal relations the question presented "could not be discussed, much less accept the solution that was proposed." Portugal asserted that its territory in India was not a colony but part of metropolitan Portugal and hence its transfer was non-negotiable; and that the India had no rights to this territory since the Republic of India did not exist when Goa came under Portuguese rule. The Portuguese constitution, which affirmed that the diplomatic and military defence of sovereignty was imperative, was amended in 1951 to explicitly designate colonies in India and Africa as 'Overseas Colonies' although Goa had been treated as one since 1518.
Gazetteer of India, Union Territory: Goa, Daman and Diu It has not been updated since its publication, and no new volume of its kind has been put out yet. This book was published less than two decades after Portuguese colonial rule ended. This probably gets reflected in the attempt to be extra-critical of Portuguese rule, while play-up the positive changes brought in post-1961. Gazetteer of India, Union Territory: Goa, Daman and Diu The Gazetteer of India, Union Territory: Goa, Daman and Diu is an official publication from the Government of Goa, published in 1979, and contains a lot of background information and history about the region of Goa. This