Goa Opinion Poll Day

The Goa Opinion Poll Day, also known as Asmitai Dis (transl. Identity Day), was a referendum held in newly annexed union territory of Goa, Daman and Diu in India, on 16 January 1967, to deal with the Konkani language agitation and to decide the future of Goa.

The referendum, backed by United Goans Party, offered the people of Goa a choice between continuing as a separate territory of India, or merging with the large Marathi speaking state of Maharashtra, the latter being the agenda of the Maharashtrawadi Gomantak Party. It was one of the two referendums held in independent India; the other one was the Sikkim Referendum of 1975. The people of Goa voted against the merger and Goa continued to be a union territory. Subsequently, in 1987, Goa became a full-fledged state within the Indian Union.