Panaji: Veteran freedom fighter and Padmashri Mohan Ranade died early on Tuesday in Pune following a prolonged illness. He was 89. Ranade had participated in Goa's independence struggle against Portuguese rule.

Ranade was a member of the Azad Gomantak Dal, a group of freedom fighters who believed in the doctrine of armed attacks against colonial rule and staged armed ambushes on several Portuguese installations in Goa, their favourite targets being police stations.