Tristao de braganca cunha biography of nancy la

He is popularly known as the "Father of Goan nationalism ", and was the organiser of the first movement to end Portuguese rule in Goa. Cunha was born on 2 April in the village Chandor in Goa. He hailed from Cuelim, Cansaulim. He completed his school education in Panjim and then went to Pondicherry to French College for his B. There he studied at the Sorbonne University and obtained a degree in electrical engineering.

In Paris, Cunha entered the circle of Romain Rolland and helped publicise the Indian independence movement generally, and the case of Portuguese India in particular, in the French-language press.

Tristao de braganca cunha biography of nancy la: The revolution eventually played itself

Pressured by Portuguese authorities, Cunha transferred operations to Bombay and in , affiliated his organisation with the Indian National Congress. He continued publicising the Goan case in a stream of articles and books, denouncing Portuguese rule. Cunha was an advocate of Goan identification, political as well as cultural, with greater India.

Along with the other organisers, Cunha was arrested by the Portuguese authorities in He was kept in dark damp cell at Fort Aguada.