T&b cunha freedom fighter of goal formula

Goan freedom fighter and activist (1891–1958)

In this Portuguese name, the first or maternal family name is de Bragança and the second or paternal family name is Cunha.

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

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He is popularly known as the "Father of Goan nationalism", and was the organiser of the first movement to end Portuguese rule in Goa.

Early and personal life

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

While his mother was from Chandor, his father was from Cuelim, Cansaulim.^[3] He completed his school education in Panjim and then went to Pondicherry to French College for his Baccalauréat and then to Paris. Seminar honours T B Cunha with focus on Goa's Freedom Struggle TAWAG