Mohan Ranade (Aged 89) born on 25th December 1930 in Sangli, was an Indian freedom fighter who participated in the Goa liberation movement and spent fourteen years in Portuguese jail. Inspired by revolutionary leaders like Ganesh Damodar Savarkar and Vinayak Damodar Savarkar, Ranade joined the militant organization Azad Gomantak Dal in 1953.
He was also involved in the murder of a Goan man who had insulted the tricolor flag of India. In October 1955, during an attack on Betim police, he was wounded by the Portuguese police. Ranade was arrested by the colonial Portuguese police in 1955. He was tried in Portugal and sentenced to twenty-four years of imprisonment. He was incarcerated at the Fort of Caxias near Lisbon, where he was kept in solitary confinement for six years. He passed away by 2019.
Mohan Ranade
(1930 – 2019) – (Goa)
Mohan Ranade (Aged 89) born on 25th December 1930 in Sangli, was an Indian freedom fighter who participated in the Goa liberation movement and spent fourteen years in Portuguese jail. Inspired by revolutionary leaders like Ganesh Damodar Savarkar and Vinayak Damodar Savarkar, Ranade joined the militant organization Azad Gomantak Dal in 1953.
He was also involved in the murder of a Goan man who had insulted the tricolor flag of India. In October 1955, during an attack on Betim police, he was wounded by the Portuguese police. Ranade was arrested by the colonial Portuguese police in 1955. He was tried in Portugal and sentenced to twenty-four years of imprisonment. He was incarcerated at the Fort of Caxias near Lisbon, where he was kept in solitary confinement for six years. He passed away by 2019.
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