Libia Lobo Sardesai

Libia Lobo Sardesai (née Lobo; born 25 May 1924) is an Indian independence activist and lawyer. Along with Vaman Sardesai, whom she later married, she ran an underground radio station, Voice of Freedom, that transmitted across Portuguese Goa from 1955 to 1961, advocating the cause of the Goan independence movement. Following the Annexation of Goa, she was the first Director of Tourism of Goa, Daman and Diu. In January 2025, Libia Lobo Sardesai was honored with the Padma Shri, India's fourth-highest civilian award, by the Government of India.