Cunha was born on 2 April 1891 in the village Chandor in Goa. He - TopicsExpress



          

Cunha was born on 2 April 1891 in the village Chandor in Goa. He complete his school education in Panjim and then went to Pondicherry to French College for his B.A. and then to Paris. 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. In 1946, Cunha helped organise the famous assembly in Margão, inviting the INC speaker Ram Manohar Lohia to address what was arguably the first and largest mass gathering yet, setting in motion the Goa liberation movement. Along with the other organisers, Cunha was arrested by the Portuguese authorities in 1946. He was kept in dark damp cell at Fort Aguada. He was the first civilian to be tried by a military tribunal. He was court-martialed and sentenced to eight years imprisonment. He was deported to the Peniche prison in Portugal. TO get more updates join : https://facebook/groups/goanswaraj/ or https://facebook/pages/GOAN-Swaraj/687250297992172 —
Posted on: Thu, 30 Jan 2014 03:19:20 +0000

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