Panaji, June 18 -- Goa Chief Minister Pramod Sawant participated in Goa Revolution Day celebrations organised by the Home department, Government of Goa on Wednesday.

He said that the development brought about by Prime Minister Narendra Modi's government and the double-engine government is "worth watching".

CM Sawant told reporters, "18th June is Goa Revolution Day. The torch of revolution that Ram Manohar Lohia ignited in Goa on 18th June 1946 kept burning until 1961, in Goa's freedom struggle in which all freedom fighters participated. Lastly, with the military forces and with the help of all freedom fighters, the Portuguese had to leave here, and Goa became liberated on 19th December 1961. Despite being liberated 14 years later, I am ...