Panaji, Sept. 26 -- Goa Chief Minister Pramod Sawant paid tribute to TB Cunha, a prominent Indian nationalist and anti-colonial activist, on his death anniversary at Azad Maidan, Panaji, remembering him as a hero of the Goa freedom struggle.

Speaking to the reporters, Pramod Sawant said, "Today is the death anniversary of TB Cunha, the hero of the Goa freedom struggle movement. On behalf of Goa and the people of Goa, I pay my respects to him... Goa will always remember him..."

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

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