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286:'s Goa Youth League (GYL) and in 1945, she was chosen as the Secretary of its Goa unit. She was often seen at the side of Cunha at protests and speeches in South Goa. Some of their meetings would be held at the Menezes Bragança house in Chandor. She and her sister,
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Menezes Bragança continued her distribution of nationalist propaganda from
Belgaum. In 1952, she was chosen as the President of the Belgaum branch of the National Congress (Goa). Later, in 1953, she and Furtado founded the fortnightly left-wing publication,
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She donated 1,000 square metres (0.25 acres) of land to the
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on 30 June 1946. However, the
Portuguese police stopped them and beat her, following which the police abandoned them on the roadside in
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Since 1929, Menezes Bragança was part of the Goa committee of the Goa
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Furtado, were forced to escape to
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Goa, 1961: The Complete Story of Nationalism and Integration
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InterDISCIPLINARY Journal of Portuguese Diaspora Studies
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In her capacity as Secretary of the GYL, in response to
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Sunderason, Sanjukta; Hoek, Lotte (16 December 2021).
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723:Sawant Mendes, Sushila (24 February 2024).
299:and promoted the adoption of khadi fabric.
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975:Sawant Mendes, Sushila (16 June 2024).
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193: 1947; died 1988)
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364:In 1955, she participated in the mass
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