{"id":324912,"date":"2025-01-28T11:51:23","date_gmt":"2025-01-28T06:21:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/?p=324912"},"modified":"2025-01-28T12:28:05","modified_gmt":"2025-01-28T06:58:05","slug":"libia-lobo-sardesai-goa-freedom-fighter","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/libia-lobo-sardesai-goa-freedom-fighter\/","title":{"rendered":"Libia Lobo Sardesai- Goa Freedom Fighter"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>News- <\/strong>Recently, Goa&#8217;s freedom fighter Libia Lobo Sardesai, was honoured with the Padma Shri for her pivotal role in the state\u2019s liberation struggle.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_324913\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-324913\" style=\"width: 383px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-324913\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/Libia-Lobo-Sardesai.png?resize=383%2C218&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"Libia Lobo Sardesai\" width=\"383\" height=\"218\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/Libia-Lobo-Sardesai.png?w=638&amp;ssl=1 638w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/Libia-Lobo-Sardesai.png?resize=300%2C171&amp;ssl=1 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 383px) 100vw, 383px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-324913\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Source- The Indian Express<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<h2>About Libia Lobo Sardesai<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>She was born on May 25, 1924 in Portuguese-ruled Goa.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Role in Goa&#8217;s Liberation<\/strong>:\n<ul>\n<li>Actively participated in the Goan nationalist movement during her college years.<\/li>\n<li>Played a key role in countering Portuguese propaganda during Goa&#8217;s struggle for independence.<\/li>\n<li>Operated an underground radio station, <em>Voice of Freedom<\/em>, from 1955 to 1961 alongside Vaman Sardesai (her late husband) and Nicolau Menezes.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li><strong>Significant Contributions<\/strong>:\n<ul>\n<li>Announced Goa\u2019s liberation from Portuguese rule on December 19, 1961, using an Indian Air Force plane fitted with a loudspeaker.<\/li>\n<li>Played a pivotal role in maintaining morale among Goan nationalists during the blockade and movement.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li><strong>Post-Liberation<\/strong>: Became the <em>first Director of Tourism for Goa, Daman, and Diu<\/em> after the liberation of Goa.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Recognition<\/strong>: At the age of 100, Libia Lobo Sardesai was awarded the Padma Shri for her contributions to Goa\u2019s liberation and her lifelong service to the nation.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>News- Recently, Goa&#8217;s freedom fighter Libia Lobo Sardesai, was honoured with the Padma Shri for her pivotal role in the state\u2019s liberation struggle. About Libia Lobo Sardesai She was born on May 25, 1924 in Portuguese-ruled Goa. Role in Goa&#8217;s Liberation: Actively participated in the Goan nationalist movement during her college years. Played a key&hellip; <a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/libia-lobo-sardesai-goa-freedom-fighter\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Libia Lobo Sardesai- Goa Freedom Fighter<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":10367,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1566,12039,7965,11210],"tags":[11872],"class_list":["post-324912","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-daily-factly-articles","category-knolls","category-miscellaneous-daily-factly-articles","category-personalities-in-news","tag-9pm-daily-factly","entry"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","views":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/324912","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/10367"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=324912"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/324912\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=324912"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=324912"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=324912"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}