Despite its advocacy for peaceful resolution of disputes, highlight the factors that prompted India to use force to remove Portuguese colonial rule from its territories after independence.

Goa was a Portuguese colonial territory long after British withdrew.

The factors that prompted India to use force:

1. Reluctance of Portugum to vacate by institution - fig. Goa on Indian map - refused to vacate the region peacefully, this prompted the Indian

army to take bold the territories peacefully.

Need for Integration - Sardar vallabhbhai Patel had been touring India for its territorial integration and having a colony in Indian mainland was not to their liking.

Colonial Domino effect - the territory could have enlarged itself leading to more colonial windows for economy and thus the government decided to use force available with Portuguese - the Indian Government knew that use of force would not cause much bloodshed as the military time with the Portugum was poor.

Availability of blockade as option - the port region of Goa depended on mainland/hinterland and sea

for economy and thus it could be encircled.

The effective use of force by Indian government helped India monopoly for in its territory