24 February 1965(1965-02-24) (aged 37) Westlands, Parklands, Nairobi, Kenya
Political party
Kenya African National Union
Spouse
Emma Pinto
Children
3
Alma mater
Karnataka College, Dharwar
Occupation
Politician, journalist
Pio Gama Pinto (31 March 1927 – 24 February 1965) was a Kenyan journalist, politician and freedom fighter. He was a socialist leader who was key in Kenya's struggle for independence. He was assassinated in 1965, leading many to consider him independent Kenya's first political martyr.[1]
^"Pinto, Pio Gama (1927–1965)". Blackwell Reference Online. Retrieved 29 December 2012.
PioGamaPinto (31 March 1927 – 24 February 1965) was a Kenyan journalist, politician and freedom fighter. He was a socialist leader who was key in Kenya's...
had apparently continued. "Glimpses of Kenya's Nationalist Struggle,PioGamaPinto,1963 pg 9" (PDF). Retrieved 11 December 2018. See Wipper 1989:313 See...
other Kenyans directly or indirectly supported the movement. Notably, PioGamaPinto, a Kenyan of Goan descent, facilitated the provision of firearms to...
the detainees arrested in the emergency crackdown, and, together with PioGamaPinto, raised objections to the continuance of British Imperial dominion in...
Lancaster House Conferences (Kenya) Early post-independence Shifta War PioGamaPinto Bildad Kaggia Kenya People's Union 'Little general election' Kisumu...
arrested on October 20, 1952, due to their involvement with the Mau Mau. PioGamaPinto 31 March 1927 25 February 1965 Journalist, politician and freedom fighter...
at the forefront of the push for increased rights. These included: PioGamaPinto, founder of the Kenya African National Union newspaper, Makhan Singh...
Lancaster House Conferences (Kenya) Early post-independence Shifta War PioGamaPinto Bildad Kaggia Kenya People's Union 'Little general election' Kisumu...
land redistribution policy that did not benefit the poor and landless. PioGamaPinto, a prominent anti-colonial activist, Odinga's chief tactician and link...
Lancaster House Conferences (Kenya) Early post-independence Shifta War PioGamaPinto Bildad Kaggia Kenya People's Union 'Little general election' Kisumu...
Lancaster House Conferences (Kenya) Early post-independence Shifta War PioGamaPinto Bildad Kaggia Kenya People's Union 'Little general election' Kisumu...
Lancaster House Conferences (Kenya) Early post-independence Shifta War PioGamaPinto Bildad Kaggia Kenya People's Union 'Little general election' Kisumu...
Lancaster House Conferences (Kenya) Early post-independence Shifta War PioGamaPinto Bildad Kaggia Kenya People's Union 'Little general election' Kisumu...
opposition parties were outlawed. The high-profile assassinations of PioGamaPinto and Josiah Mwangi Kariuki, which directly benefited Kenyatta and his...
Pandurang Purushottam Shirodkar, first speaker of the Goa Assembly PioGamaPinto, Kenyan freedom fighters and politician; director of the Pan African...
Gama (Portuguese pronunciation: [ˈklubi dʒi ʁeˈɡatɐz ˈvasku dɐ ˈɡɐ̃mɐ]; English: Vasco da Gama Club of Rowing), commonly referred to as Vasco da Gama...
Date Victim(s) Assassin(s) Notes February 25, 1965 PioGamaPinto, journalist, anti-colonial activist and socialist legislator July 5, 1969 Tom Mboya,...
Lancaster House Conferences (Kenya) Early post-independence Shifta War PioGamaPinto Bildad Kaggia Kenya People's Union 'Little general election' Kisumu...
land redistribution policy that did not benefit the poor and landless. PioGamaPinto, a freedom fighter, Oginga Odinga's chief tactician and link to the...
Sellasie. The mausoleum also contains portraits of Josiah Mwangi Kariuki, PioGamaPinto and Dedan Kimathi, as well as photographs of all the presidents and...
Lancaster House Conferences (Kenya) Early post-independence Shifta War PioGamaPinto Bildad Kaggia Kenya People's Union 'Little general election' Kisumu...
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