| Names |
D. NUNO da CUNHA |
| Date of
Birth |
1487 (Date not
known) |
| Date of
Death |
March 05, 1539 |
| Identity |
Governor of
Portuguese possessions in India from 1528 to 1538. |
| General |
- He was the son of Antónia Pais and Tristão da Cunha, the
famous Portuguese navigator, admiral and ambassador to Pope
Leo X.
- Nuno da Cunha proved his mettle in a few battles.
- 1529: Nuno sent an
expedition that sacked and burned the city of Damão on the
Arabian Sea at the mouth of the Damão River, about 100 miles
north of Mumbai in the Muslim state of Gujarat.
- January 20, 1533: Forces
under his control captured Baxay (now Vasai) from the Muslim
ruler of Gujarat, Bahadur Shah, on this day.
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