President hails Goa for remarkable and significant progress in many fields @rashtrapatibhvn President Ramnath Kovind today hailed Goa for remarkable and significant progress in many fields in the last 6 decades. He was speaking at Campal, Panaji after inaugurating Goa's 60th Liberation Day celebration event. President Kovind recalled the immense contribution of freedom fighters to liberate Goa from 450 years of Portuguese rule. He said the Goa liberation struggle was not only a civil right struggle but a struggle for integration with India. President Kovind said that Dr. Ram Manohar Lohia had exhorted Goans in June 1946, to fight for liberation. The President also remembered the great work of Dr. T. B. Cunha and other freedom fighters.