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Nuno da Cunha
Nuno da Cunha was a Portuguese governor of India from 1529 to 1538. On his way to India in 1528 he attacked and burned Mombasa, and in office he secured Diu in Gujarat, where the Portuguese built a fortress in 1535 by agreement with Sultan Bahadur Shah, and extended Portuguese power at Bassein on the Indian coast. He died at sea on the voyage home.
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