India's Terrorism Against Goa
EIP Official Statement of Instances of IU Terrorist Attacks on the EIP, from a briefing given on 8th June 1955, at Nova Goa (Ponjhe). Notes by Agnelo Gracias.
26th Jan., 1955: Armed men attacked, overpowered and abducted Antonio de Sousa from Damao, taking him to Pardim in the Indian Union where he was released after seven days.
7th Feb., 1955: Eight men launched a surprise attack from the Indian Union on the frontier post of Jogini Patto in Pernem. An EIP flag, cartridges and various other objects were robbed. The guard was overpowered and kidnapped and taken into the IU.
10th Feb., 1955: An IU police corporal and four others fired into the air and attacked 3 unarmed Goans whom they kidnapped along with two others and abducted into the IU. Various personal objects were robbed.
11th Feb., 1955: Assault at nightfall against the police post of Assonora by 15 armed men who stole rifles and various objects. Two guards were wounded.
14th Feb 1955: Assault against the frontier post of Supangudi in Canacona by 150 men from the IU, armed and dressed alike. Guards were assaulted and arms and various objects were robbed.
22th Feb., 1955: Assault at nightfall against the "Patelado" of Partagal by 200 armed and masked men who robbed various objects and withdrew into the IU.
18th March 1955: Assault on the frontier post of Ravona in Sanquelim by a group of 100 armed terrorists. Three EIP Frontier Guards opened fire on the terrorists. One of the EIP Guards was wounded by the terrorists. The noise alerted the citizens of Ravona who came out in large numbers to aid the Guards, seeing which the bandits fled into the Indian Union.
12th April 1955: A large group intruded in the vicinity of Valpoi, attacking three households. One Goan citizen was abducted by the terrorists and taken to the Indian Union post opposite.
13th April 1955: 15 terrorists make a surprise attack on the Cuncolim post. A wounded policeman later dies of his injuries.
23rd April 1955: A group of armed terrorists entered EIP territory and attacked the Banselor post near Damao. The Chief of the post who was alone and unarmed was kidnapped and carried away into IU territory. Two EIP guards ran to his aid but could not intervene as the terrorists were already well into IU territory.
23rd April 1955: At night, men coming in from the IU beat violently on the hut housing the Frontier Post at Salim. A few shots put the terrorists to flight.
30th April 1955: Assault by a large number of armed IU terrorists against the posts of Calicachigao, Bamarpuja and Jorim in Damao. The terrorists withdrew after firing several rounds. A group of IU terrorists led by a Fernando Costa, an EIP outlaw, fired 30 rounds at the post of Bamarpuja. Another outlaw, Wamora Dessai, led another group of terrorists who fired at the Jorim post.
5th May 1955: In the parish of Ibrampur in Pernem, a herdsman washing his oxen in the river was fallen upon by an Indian policeman who kidnapped him and his oxen and carried them off into the IU. The herdsman was freed after 2 days in two Indian checkposts, but the oxen were never returned.
18th May 1955: 55 IU citizens under a person called Goray intruded into EIP at the Malinguem post. They attempted to stone the first three EIP Guards they encountered, and resisted arrest. On being disobeyed, the EIP Guards first fired two pistol shots into the air, but when the terrorists persisted, fired into the mob who thereupon surrendered. The intruders stated that they were recruited in various parts of the Indian Union, being unemployed, and offered small sums of money to commit robberies in Goa and to terrorize the population. Fifty, including a man of 75 years whose health caused concern were expelled over the frontier. Goray and four others, who were the leaders, were sentenced to prison.
27th May 1955: Attack agains the police post of Aldona. The sentry was shot, then seized from behind and repeatedly stabbed. He was left in a very serious condition and the terrorists withdrew back to the IU.
29th May 1955: Seventy terrorists led by a S.P. Limaye invaded the communidade of Caranzol near Valpoi, vandalising property and hoisting the Indian rag. Their appearance was described by villagers as pitiful. They included beggars: a cripple, a lunatic, a blind man and an epileptic. They claimed to be unemployed and to have been paid by the Indian Union to enter Goa; having failed to find the least support on the part of the local population, they had wandered and lost their way. The leader and three others were detained pending investigations, the rest summarily expelled. Two of the detainees had claimed to be Goans; one was suspected of having taken part in the invasion against Dadra & Nagar Avelim.
It was found on investigation that the two who claimed to be Goans were nothing of the sort, and they were expelled over the frontier.
30th May 1955: Two large groups of terrorists attacked the post of Ealem. They set a hut on fire and murdered the nephew of one of the guards. When the guards returned fire, the terrorists withdrew to the Indian Union.
4th June 1955: A party of beggars led by a person called "Patil" attacked a post in Canacona. Patil was imprisoned, while the beggars were expelled over the frontier as undesirable foreigners.