Propaganda Poster Colonialism is Doomed Goa India

Original vintage Soviet propaganda poster, Colonialism is Doomed Everywhere! Image of an Indian man with a rifle standing on a map of India kicking out the "coloniser" from the Goa region. Goa is a former Portuguese province; the Portuguese overseas territory of Portuguese India existed for about 450 years until it was annexed by India in 1961. Designed by one of the leading Soviet poster artists, Victor Ivanov. Good condition, repaired tears and bumps on margins. After India gained independence from the British in 1947, India requested that Portuguese territories on the Indian subcontinent be ceded to India. Portugal refused to negotiate on the sovereignty of its Indian enclaves. On 19 December 1961, the Indian Army invaded with Operation Vijay resulting in the annexation of Goa, and of Daman and Diu islands into the Indian union. Goa, along with Daman and Diu, was organised as a centrally administered union territory of India. On 30 May 1987, the union territory was split, and Goa was made India's twenty-fifth state, with Daman and Diu remaining a union territory.Year of printing: 1961, country of printing: Russia, designer: Victor Ivanov, dimensions (cm): 96.5x67.