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'''Vaman Sardesai''' was an Indian freedom fighter from [[Goa]]. Along with [[Libia Lobo Sardesai]], whom he later married, he ran an [[underground radio]] station, [[Voice of Freedom (radio station)|Voice of Freedom]], that transmitted across [[Portuguese Goa]] from 1955 to 1961, advocating the cause of the [[Goan independence movement]].<ref name="GTVoice24">{{Cite web |date=2024-05-25 |title=At 100, Libia Lobo's voice still inspires Goans |url=https://www.gomantaktimes.com/news/goa/at-100-libia-lobos-voice-still-inspires-goans |access-date=2024-07-05 |website=Goa News in English on Gomantak Times |language=en}}</ref> Following the [[Liberation of Goa]], he became the second editor of ''[[Goa Today]]'' magazine,<ref name="deSouzaDishonourHerald08">{{Cite news|last=de Souza |first=Teotónio Rosário |author-link=Teotónio de Souza|date=12 November 2008|title=Dishonouring Our Freedom Fighters|newspaper=The Herald|location=Goa|volume=108|issue=317|page=8|url=https://www.researchgate.net/publication/279483615_Dishonouring_Our_Freedom_Fighters|url-status=live|access-date=10 July 2024}}</ref> and went on to become an IAS officer, serving as the Indian Ambassador to Angola. He was later awarded the Padma Shri.<ref name="MenezesSaluteHerald23">{{Cite web |date=6 May 2023 |first=Vivek |last=Menezes |title=Salute to Vaman Sardesai |url=https://www.heraldgoa.in/Cafe/Salute-to-Vaman-Sardesai/204660 |access-date=2024-07-10 |website=oHeraldo}}</ref> |
'''Vaman Sardesai''' was an Indian freedom fighter from [[Goa]]. Along with [[Libia Lobo Sardesai]], whom he later married, he ran an [[underground radio]] station, [[Voice of Freedom (radio station)|Voice of Freedom]], that transmitted across [[Portuguese Goa]] from 1955 to 1961, advocating the cause of the [[Goan independence movement]].<ref name="GTVoice24">{{Cite web |date=2024-05-25 |title=At 100, Libia Lobo's voice still inspires Goans |url=https://www.gomantaktimes.com/news/goa/at-100-libia-lobos-voice-still-inspires-goans |access-date=2024-07-05 |website=Goa News in English on Gomantak Times |language=en}}</ref> Following the [[Liberation of Goa]], he became the second editor of ''[[Goa Today]]'' magazine,<ref name="deSouzaDishonourHerald08">{{Cite news|last=de Souza |first=Teotónio Rosário |author-link=Teotónio de Souza|date=12 November 2008|title=Dishonouring Our Freedom Fighters|newspaper=The Herald|location=Goa|volume=108|issue=317|page=8|url=https://www.researchgate.net/publication/279483615_Dishonouring_Our_Freedom_Fighters|url-status=live|access-date=10 July 2024}}</ref> and went on to become an IAS officer, serving as the Indian Ambassador to Angola. He was later awarded the Padma Shri.<ref name="MenezesSaluteHerald23">{{Cite web |date=6 May 2023 |first=Vivek |last=Menezes |title=Salute to Vaman Sardesai |url=https://www.heraldgoa.in/Cafe/Salute-to-Vaman-Sardesai/204660 |access-date=2024-07-10 |website=oHeraldo}}</ref> |
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Vaman Sardesai was an Indian freedom fighter from Goa. Along with Libia Lobo Sardesai, whom he later married, he ran an underground radio station, Voice of Freedom, that transmitted across Portuguese Goa from 1955 to 1961, advocating the cause of the Goan independence movement.[1] Following the Liberation of Goa, he became the second editor of Goa Today magazine,[2] and went on to become an IAS officer, serving as the Indian Ambassador to Angola. He was later awarded the Padma Shri.[3]
Life and career
Early life
Sardesai had a background in medicine when he was arrested in 1947 for distributing "anti-colonial literature". He was sentenced to nine months' imprisonment by the Portuguese Military Tribunal. Following his release, he joined the External Services Division at All India Radio, Bombay.[4][5]
Voice of Freedom (1955–1961)
In 1954-55, the Portuguese attacked and killed several Satyagrahis who had peacefully entered the Goan borders, demanding the end of colonial rule in Goa. Following this, India closed its borders with Goa, imposing an economic blockade, thus reducing free movement and trade. Sardesai, Libia Lobo and Nicolau Menezes, a Goan freedom fighter who had been living in hiding in Bombay, came together to form a team. Using two wireless radio sets, which were confiscated the Portuguese, were converted into a radio transmitter. This grew to be the Voice of Freedom radio station, through which Sardesai, Lobo and Menezes would transmit news and important information to Goans.[4][6]
They initially lived in the jungles of Amboli Ghat, approx. 100 km (62 mi) from Goa, transmitting an hour-long programme. After Menezes and his wife left, Sardesai and Lobo shifted to Castle Rock, Karnataka (approx. 50 km (31 mi) from Goa).[4]
In the days preceding Operation Vijay (1961), Sardesai and Lobo were contacted by the Indian defence forces. On December 17, 1961, the station transmitted a direct message from then Defence Minister of India, V. K. Krishna Menon, requesting the Portuguese Governor General to surrender. Following the success of Operation Vijay, Sardesai and Lobo boarded an Indian Air Force plane with a radio and loudspeaker attached to it, flying over Goa and dropping leaflets and announcing the freedom of Goa.[4]
Post Liberation (1961 onwards)
Sardesai and Lobo got married in 1964.[4] Sardesai became the second editor of Goa Today magazine,[2] and went on to become an IAS officer, serving as the Indian Ambassador to Angola. He was later awarded the Padma Shri.[3]
References
- ^ "At 100, Libia Lobo's voice still inspires Goans". Goa News in English on Gomantak Times. 25 May 2024. Retrieved 5 July 2024.
- ^ a b de Souza, Teotónio Rosário (12 November 2008). "Dishonouring Our Freedom Fighters". The Herald. Vol. 108, no. 317. Goa. p. 8. Retrieved 10 July 2024.
{{cite news}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - ^ a b Menezes, Vivek (6 May 2023). "Salute to Vaman Sardesai". oHeraldo. Retrieved 10 July 2024.
- ^ a b c d e Singh Chadha, Pavneet (18 May 2024). "As a mural comes up in Panaji, the muse, a 99-year-old Goan freedom fighter, looks on from her balcony". The Indian Express. Retrieved 5 July 2024.
- ^ Baruah, Rishika (18 December 2015). "The Underground Voice That Fought for Goa, Meet Unsung Libia Lobo". TheQuint. Retrieved 5 July 2024.
- ^ Menezes, Vivek (24 December 2022). "Libia Lobo Sardesai's Voice of Freedom". oHeraldo. Retrieved 5 July 2024.