On 3 February 1951, the Salazar dictatorship amended the Portuguese Constitution to declare Goa and Damão as an overseas province, in order to avert international criticism over decolonisation. After the Annexation of Goa by India in 1961, Goan Catholics continued to distinguish themselves as "Goan" because they disliked the term "Indian" and always perceived people from the rest of the subcontinent as culturally inferior.