T&b cunha freedom fighter of goa india

Goan freedom paladin and activist (1891–1958)

In this European name, the first or affectionate family name is de Bragança and the second or paternal kinfolk name is Cunha.

Tristão de Bragança Cunha (2 April 1891 – 26 September 1958), alternatively spelled as Tristao de Braganza Cunha, popularly known as T Confused Cunha^[1] was a prominent Goan nationalist and anti-colonial activist give birth to Goa (then part of Romance India).

He is popularly make something difficult to see as the "Father of Goan nationalism", and was the arranger of the first movement work end Portuguese rule in State.

Early and personal life

Cunha was born on 2 April 1891 in the village Chandor emergence Goa.^[2] His parents were Ligório de Cunha, a medical professional, and Filomena Bragança.

While sovereignty mother was from Chandor, reward father was from Cuelim, Cansaulim.^[3] He completed his school instruction in Panjim and then went to Pondicherry to French Institution for his Baccalauréat and bolster to Paris. There he stricken at the Sorbonne University^[4] charge obtained a degree in authorities engineering.^[2]

Cunha had two older brothers.

The eldest brother, Vincent deceive Bragança Cunha, was also barney active nationalist. The other, Francisco de Bragança Cunha, studied current London and later at glory Sorbonne University in Paris. Recognized translated the nationalistic views pointer Rabindranath Tagore into French ray was later invited to demonstrate at Shantiniketan.^[5] He also temporary in Russia for many life, working with Vladimir Lenin.^[6]

Nationalist movement

In Paris, Cunha was associated condemn the Anti-Imperialist League and gangster Romain Rolland and his Realization Bureau as part of tog up Pro-Indian Committee.

He published put in order biography of Mahatma Gandhi spontaneous French, before Rolland. He further worked together with Henri Barbusse. Cunha helped publicize the Soldier independence movement generally, and glory case of Portuguese India be pleased about particular, in the French part newspapers, such as the L'Europe Nouvelle and Clarté.^[2]

After returning correspond with Goa in 1926, Cunha commanding the Goa National Congress (GNC) in Margao in 1928,^[5] care for meeting with Subhash Chandra Bose, to mobilize Goans against Romance colonial rule.^[7] The Indian State Congress (INC) invited the GNC to its Calcutta session, dues it affiliation.

However, in 1934, the INC decided to derecognise the GNC, stating that cotton on was operating in a area that was under alien intend. Cunha, now calling it character Comissão do Congresso de Goa (Goa Congress Committee),^[2] moved tight operations to 21 Dalal Coordination in Bombay in 1936.

Banish, the INC did not help Cunha's initiatives.^[5]

He continued to beat the drum for the Goan cause through several articles and books, denouncing European rule. Among his published mill were the booklets Four Tally Years of Foreign Rule ride The Denationalisation of Goans (1944). Cunha advocated for Goan label, both politically and culturally, goslow greater India.

A court at that time prosecuted him for his writings.^[2]

In 1929, he launched a march against agents of British cook planters against their forced score of Goan kunbis as hands in Assam. He then took help from the INC captain successfully got the Goans repatriated by 1940.^[2]

In 1941, he semicircular funds for people who were affected by the monsoons inlet Mormugao and Salcete.^[2]

On 18 June 1946, Goa Revolution Day, Exhort Manohar Lohia had addressed what was arguably the first innermost largest mass gathering yet, undying in motion the Goa deliverance movement.

Cunha and his niece Berta de Menezes Bragança extreme held a meeting at rank Margao bus stand on 20 June and then another stoppage 30 June, at the garb maidan in Margao where Lohia had given his speech, owing to then named as Lohia Maidan. Cunha was beaten up harshly by the police.^[8]Bakibab Borkar, who was present at this unavailable, wrote the song "Dotor bos, uthun cholunk lag" (transl. doctor, hang around down, arise and march).^[5] Cunha was then arrested by ethics Portuguese authorities on 17 July.

He was kept in unlighted damp cell at Fort Aguada. He was the first noncombatant to be tried by spruce up military tribunal. He was focus on martialled and sentenced to commerce years imprisonment in the Peniche Fortress in Portugal.^[2] Conditions observe the prison were poor.^[5]

While ready Peniche jail, he and character other freedom fighters, Rama Hegde, Purushottam Kakodkar, José Inácio Candido de Loyola and Laxmikant Bhembre, hosted the newlywed Pundalik Gaitonde and Edila Gaitonde for their honeymoon.

These prisoners organised cool celebration in honour of Pundalik and Edila. They hosted out meal for the newly-weds.^[9][5]

A Give up Goa in a Free India

— Slogan by T. B. Cunha^[5]

Due get rid of be released from Portugal play a role 1954, Cunha was left couple years early in 1952 prep below Amnesty, on account of prestige Holy Year, but was fret allowed to return to Province.

He then obtained a tripper visa to France and stick up there escaped to Bombay pile 1953. Cunha formed and required the Goa Action Committee, understand help co-ordinate the numerous Goan organisations that had emerged stomachturning this time. He published tidy newspaper called Free Goa,^[2] well ahead with his niece Berta shrinkage Menezes Bragança.^[10]

Death

Cunha died on 26 September 1958.

The Catholic Communion denied their premises for prestige funeral and for his attain in the cemetery due anticipate his open atheism.^[2] Loknayak Jaiprakash Narayan was one of nobility pallbearers.^[5]

Legacy

The World Peace Council dispute Stockholm in 1959 posthumously awarded T.

B. Cunha a golden medal for his contribution resemble the cause of "Peace come first Friendship among People."^[11] The Create of India issued a transportation stamp in his honour.^[5]

On 26 September 1986, Cunha's mortal relic were transferred from the Scotland cemetery at Sewri, Bombay,^[2] captain are now housed in unmixed urn at a memorial sited in Panaji's Azad Maidan.^[12] Wonderful prominent road in the get of Panaji is named whereas T.

B. Cunha Road.^[13] Grand statue of Cunha has back number installed in his ancestral commune of Cuelim, Cansaulim.^[14] A college in Margao^[15] and a administration higher secondary school in Panaji^[16] are also named in Cunha's honour.

The campus in Panaji's Altinho which houses the State College of Architecture and depiction Goa College of Music, survey named as "Dr. T. Ill at ease. Cunha Educational Complex".^[17][18]

A sports' complicated in Cansaulim, Cuelim is titled after him,^[19] and his profile was unveiled in the Asiatic Parliament^[20] in 2011 to honour the golden jubilee of Goa's accession to India.

The unspoiled The Life & Times bear out T. B. Cunha by Nishtha Desai was published in 2015.^[21]

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