liberation of Goa from the Portuguese by India in 1961, he became the first nominated member of Parliament for Goa, and also a member of the Goa Planning Board. He subsequently lived in retirement in London, and spent time on the study of the history of medicine and East-West relations during the sixteenth century. Books The Liberation of Goa. A Participant's View of History, Oxford University Press, 1987 Portuguese Pioneers in India: Spotlight on Medicine, Bombay Popular Prakashan 1983 The Goan Opinion Poll, 1967 (co-author), Tipografia Rangel, Bastora, Goa The Goa Problem, Indian Council of World Affairs, New Delhi, 1956. Atomic Energy in Medicine, Indian Council of Medical Research, New Delhi, 1958. In Search of Tomorrow, Edila Gaitonde (https://books.google.com/books?id=nUhPGfFg10sC&source=gbs_book_similarbooks&redir_esc=y) References Medical doctors from Goa People from Mapusa 1913 births 1996 deaths Indian surgeons Goa liberation activists 20th-century Indian medical doctors 20th-century surgeons