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	==Education==		==Education==
	After completing his primary schooling, Loyola Furtado admitted in Rachol Seminary. He moved to [[Bangalore]] for further studies and then passed Inter-Science with distinction from St. Aloysius College. He obtained his medical degree from Madras Medical College in 1941.<ref name="Xanno_Moidecar">{{cite web\|url=http://thestateofgoa.blogspot.com/\|title=THE STATE OF GOA \|last=COLACO\|first=Dr FRANCISCO C\|author2=Xanno Moidecar \|date=22 August 2006\|accessdate=23 May ~~2022~~}}</ref>		After completing his primary schooling, Loyola Furtado admitted in Rachol Seminary. He moved to [[Bangalore]] for further studies and then passed Inter-Science with distinction from St. Aloysius College. He obtained his medical degree from Madras Medical College in 1941.<ref name="Xanno_Moidecar">{{cite web\|url=http://thestateofgoa.blogspot.com/\|title=THE STATE OF GOA \|last=COLACO\|first=Dr FRANCISCO C\|author2=Xanno Moidecar \|date=22 August 2006\|accessdate=23 May 2009}}</ref>

	==Role in World War II==		==Role in World War II==

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	In acknowledgement of his contribution, the people of Chinchinim have respectfully named the main road from St Sebastian's Chapel, Chinchinim, to the Assolna bridge in his honour.<ref>{{Cite web\|url=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/goa/Alvaro-de-Loyola-Furtado-Remembering-a-Goan-patriot/articleshow/35489597.cms\|title=Goan patriot: Alvaro de Loyola Furtado: Remembering a Goan patriot \| Goa News - Times of India}}</ref>		In acknowledgement of his contribution, the people of Chinchinim have respectfully named the main road from St Sebastian's Chapel, Chinchinim, to the Assolna bridge in his honour.<ref>{{Cite web\|url=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/goa/Alvaro-de-Loyola-Furtado-Remembering-a-Goan-patriot/articleshow/35489597.cms\|title=Goan patriot: Alvaro de Loyola Furtado: Remembering a Goan patriot \| Goa News - Times of India\|website=[[The Times of India]]}}</ref>

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	In acknowledgement of his contribution, the people of Chinchinim have respectfully named the main road from St Sebastian's Chapel, Chinchinim, to the Assolna bridge in his honour.<ref>http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/goa/Alvaro-de-Loyola-Furtado-Remembering-a-Goan-patriot/articleshow/35489597.cms</ref>		In acknowledgement of his contribution, the people of Chinchinim have respectfully named the main road from St Sebastian's Chapel, Chinchinim, to the Assolna bridge in his honour.<ref>{{Cite web\|url=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/goa/Alvaro-de-Loyola-Furtado-Remembering-a-Goan-patriot/articleshow/35489597.cms\|title=Goan patriot: Alvaro de Loyola Furtado: Remembering a Goan patriot \| Goa News - Times of India}}</ref>

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'''Alvaro de Loyola Furtado''' (died 23 August 1981), was a member of the [[Goa]] assembly and a parliamentarian. He was a founding member of the [[United Goans Party]]<ref name="Xanno_Moidecar"/> and also the leader of the [[United Goans (Furtado Group)|United Goans]]. He was also a social worker, a historian, journalist, physician and humanitarian. He was described as a leader among men, a man of great integrity and honour.<ref name="archgoa_lf_house">{{cite web|url=http://www.archgoa.org/loyala%20futardo/main.htm|title=Loyola-Furtado House-Chinchini|publisher=Houses of Goa Museum|accessdate=23 May 2009}}</ref> He was known to his friends as "Alu".<ref name="archgoa.org">http://www.archgoa.org/loyala%20futardo/main.htm</ref>

==Birth and family==
Loyola Furtado was born in Goa, in the village of [[Chinchinim]].<ref name="archgoa_lf_house"/> He was born into one of the prominent families of Goa: the Loyolas of [[Orlim]]. His great-grandfather José Inácio de Loyola was a fierce patriot, much before the mainstream Goa freedom struggle and the founder of [[Partido Indiano]].<ref name="Xanno_Moidecar"/> His father, Dr. Miguel de Loyola Furtado, was also an eminent doctor. He was also an activist who edited the "A India Portuguesa" .<ref name="archgoa.org"/> His elder brother, [[Mario de Loiola Furtado]], was the icon behind Goa's oldest publication the "A India Portuguesa" and is considered a legal luminary amongst Goan lawyers from the Portuguese era, although he died at the young age of 33.

==Education==
After primary school he joined the [[Rachol Seminary]]. He moved to [[Bangalore]] for further studies and then passed Inter-Science with distinction from [[St. Aloysius College (Mangalore)|St. Aloysius College]]. He obtained his medical degree from [[Madras Medical College]] in 1941.<ref name="Xanno_Moidecar">{{cite web|url=http://thestateofgoa.blogspot.com/|title=THE STATE OF GOA |last=COLACO|first=Dr FRANCISCO C|author2=Xanno Moidecar |date=22 August 2006|accessdate=23 May 2009}}</ref>

==World War II==
He was in active service in the [[Indian Medical Service]] in the [[South East Asia Command]] during [[World War II]] for four years.<ref name="Xanno_Moidecar"/> He was awarded the [[Burma Campaign Medal]], the [[Long Service Medal (India)|Long Service Medal]] and [[War Medal (India)|War Medal]] for his meritorious service.<ref name="archgoa_lf_house"/>

==Philanthropy==
After World War II, he returned to his native village and started a medical practice there. He served the poor and the rich without distinction, often waking up at unearthly hours.<ref name="Xanno_Moidecar"/> He was actively involved in the Tuberculosis Control Programme and rose to the post of Chief of 'Ordem dos Médicos da Índia Portuguesa'.<ref name="Xanno_Moidecar"/> Loyola Furtado was concerned about the decline of the [[Comunidades]] and in 1961 he wrote a paper advocating its continuance. As a member of the Goa legislature he moved various resolutions that covered Goan rural life.<ref name="archgoa_lf_house"/>

==Mayor of Salsette==
During Portuguese rule, Loyola Furtado was the mayor of [[Salcette]] Municipality for two years where he worked [[pro-bono]].<ref name="Xanno_Moidecar"/> He resigned as he felt that the Portuguese Administration hurt nationalist feelings.<ref name="archgoa_lf_house"/>

==Instituto Vasco da Gama==
At the [[Instituto Vasco da Gama]], he wrote articles that led the Governor General [[Manuel António Vassalo e Silva|Vassalo e Silva]] to reinstate to the comunidades full ownership rights and abolish rents (''foro''). Later, he resigned from the Instituto in protest against the Governor's interference in cultural institutions. The Portuguese administration had marked him as a member of the Margao Group of Autonomists and anti-Salazarists.<ref name="archgoa_lf_house"/>

==Scholar==
Loyola Furtado spoke fluent English, [[Portuguese language|Portuguese]], [[Konkani language|Konkani]] and [[Latin language|Latin]]. He wrote various papers, mostly in Portuguese. ''Os Primordios de Inprensa e do Jornalismo em Goa e no Resto da índia'' was an essay on the history of printing and journalism in India. ''O Diréito de Propriedade Rústica nas Comunidades Aldeanas'' was a treatise on the Communidades (Ganvkaar) system in Goa and an advocacy of its continuance.<ref name="archgoa_lf_house"/>

==Role in Goa's Liberation Movement==
Loyola Furtado was a Goan patriot. He advocated [[autonomy]] for the [[Portuguese India|Portuguese colonies in India]]. When India's independence was declared, the movement for Goa's freedom gained momentum. In July 1946, he took part in a public meeting that openly petitioned the [[António de Oliveira Salazar|Salazar]] administration to grant autonomy to the [[Estado da India]]. The meeting was presided by his grandfather José Inácio de Loyola. Laxmikant Bhembre proposed a committee to pursue autonomy. Loyola Furtado was one of the members of this committee. However their efforts did not move Salazar.

==Political career==
Loyola Furtado was a founding member of the [[United Goans Party]] headed by [[Dr. Jack de Sequeira]]. He successfully brought about the merger of four political parties that formed the UGP. He was also a member of the '''Congresso Provincial de Goa''' and also a member of the delegation that met Prime Minister [[Jawaharlal Nehru]], to apprise him of the aspirations of Goans, for a [[Goa Opinion Poll|separate political identity]].<ref name="Xanno_Moidecar"/>

In the first [[Goa, Daman and Diu]] Assembly elections, Loyola Furtado contested from [[Navelim]] on the United Goans Party ticket and won. He led a revolt against the party president Dr. Jack de Sequeira in 1967 on the issue of the [[Goa Opinion Poll]] and formed a splinter group that came to be known after him as [[United Goans Party|United Goans Party (Furtado Group)]]. The remaining members came to be known as [[United Goans Party|United Goans Party (Sequiera Group)]].<ref name="prabhudesai_defectors">{{cite web|url=http://www.goanews.com/defect.htm |title=Goa has 'glorious' history of defections ! |last=Prabhudesai |first=Sandesh |date=29 November 1999 |publisher=Goanews.com |accessdate=22 May 2009 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20080820210849/http://www.goanews.com/defect.htm |archivedate=20 August 2008 }}</ref>

The assembly had been dissolved prior to the Opinion Poll to ensure a free and fair referendum. In the following election, the Furtado Group contested in six constituencies. They lost all seats.<ref name="prabhudesai_defectors"/>

==Death==
Loyola Furtado died on 23 August 1981. His funeral at [[Chinchinim]] was attended by thousands.<ref name="Xanno_Moidecar"/>

==Legacy==
In acknowledgement of his contribution, the people of Chinchinim have respectfully named the main road from St Sebastian's Chapel, Chinchinim, to the Assolna bridge in his honour.<ref>http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/goa/Alvaro-de-Loyola-Furtado-Remembering-a-Goan-patriot/articleshow/35489597.cms</ref>

==Remembrance==
[[Teotonio R de Souza|Teotonio de Souza]] published a work '' "A Scholar's Discovery of Goa", Alvaro de Loyola Furtado: A Tribute from his Fellow Citizens'' in 1982 as a tribute to Loyola Furtado.

==See also==
*[[United Goans Party]]
*[[Goa Opinion Poll]]
*[[Dr. Jack de Sequeira]]

==References==
{{Reflist}}

==External links==
*[http://www.archgoa.org/loyala%20futardo/main.htm A description of Alvaro de Loyola Furtado's ancestral house and family history.]

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