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After Liberation

After liberation, the Government of India appointed Major General K.P. Candeth as the Military Governor of Goa and R.C.V.P. Noronha and G.K. Handoo as Chief Advisor and Special Advisor respectively. The first Lieutenant Governor of Goa, Daman and Diu took over on June 8, 1962. The Indian Parliament passed the 12th Amendment of the constitution in 1962, integrating Goa, Daman and Diu with the Indian Union from the day of liberation and including these as Union territories in the first schedule of the constitution.

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