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| birth_name = James Nathaniel Heredia<br />
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| spouse = [[Irene Heredia]]<br />
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| occupation = Diplomat<br />
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| movement = [[Goa Liberation Movement]]<br />
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| office = [[Sheriff of Bombay]] <br />
| term1 = 1965<br />
| predecessor1 = Appat Balkrishna Nair<br />
| successor1 = Gangaram Ratansi Joshi<br />
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'''James Nathaniel Heredia''' (died 1975), known popularly as '''J. N. Heredia''', was an Indian honorary counsel and advocate of the end of Portuguese rule in Goa and its smaller territories. A road in [[Mumbai]], J. N. Heredia Marg, is named after him. In 1965, he was honoured as the [[Sheriff of Bombay]].<br />
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==Life==<br />
===Early and personal life===<br />
James Nathaniel Heredia<ref name= RBA>{{cite report|url=https://cdnbbsr.s3waas.gov.in/s3c8758b517083196f05ac29810b924aca/uploads/2024/06/202406182015826177.pdf|title=Raj Bhavan Archives (A Class Files - Permanent Record|access-date= 29 December 2024}}</ref> was born to a family of Goan businesspeople in [[Bombay]]. The family is originally from [[Divar]], Goa.<ref name="FaleiroGoa1961">{{Cite book |last=Faleiro |first=Valmiki |author-link=Valmiki Faleiro |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=GYLyEAAAQBAJ |title=Goa, 1961: The Complete Story of Nationalism and Integration |date=2023-07-24 |publisher=Penguin Random House India Private Limited |isbn=978-93-5708-175-7 |pages=25, 81, 346 |access-date=21 August 2024}}</ref> His father was Dr. Manoel Heredia, who started the Asian Life Assurance, an insurance company.<ref name="LongDayBook">{{Cite book |last=Heredia |first=Irene |title=It's Been A Long Day: A Nonagenarian Remembers |publisher=Goa 1556 |isbn=978-93-80739-44-1 |location=Goa |year=2012}}</ref> This was later [[nationalised]]. The family also started a [[steamship]] service between Bombay and Goa.<ref name="FaleiroGoa1961" /><br />
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Heredia was married to Irene,<ref name="LongDayBook" /> who was a writer and social worker.<ref>{{Cite book |last=Raut |first=H. |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=b2JRAAAAYAAJ |title=Bombay Art Society's Art Journal |date=1976 |publisher=Bombay Art Society |page=20}}</ref><br />
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===As a diplomat===<br />
Heredia was appointed as the honorary consul to [[Brazil]], and remained so for the tenure of three Brazilian ambassadors to India. He resigned in 1954, when Brazil sided with Portugal regarding the freedom of Goa.<ref name="LongDayBook" /><br />
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===Goa liberation movement===<br />
In June 1954, the Goa Liberation Council was formed in Bombay, with Heredia, [[Nicolau Menezes]] and his brother [[Armando Menezes]] as members. They published a fortnightly journal, ''Goan Tribune'', with the intention of highlighting the atrocities of the Portuguese in Goa. This was then distributed by them to political leaders from both India and of western countries.<ref name="FaleiroGoa1961" /> Heredia's family warehouse at [[Ballard Estate]] became the headquarters for the Goa Liberation Council.<ref name="LongDayBook" /><br />
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In June 1957, Heredia was part of a delegation of 11 Goans chosen for consultation by then [[Prime Minister of India]], [[Jawaharlal Nehru]]. Others included Nicolau Menezes and Armando Menezes from the Goa Liberation Council, along with [[Peter Alvares]], [[Evágrio Jorge]], [[Vishwanath Lawande]], [[Rama Hegde]], [[Gerald Pereira]], [[Pundalik Gaitonde]], Luis Gracias and [[Purushottam Kakodkar]].<ref name="FaleiroGoa1961" /><ref>{{Cite news |work=[[Times of India]] |location=Delhi |title=Goan Nationals Allowed To Send Money Home |date=1957-06-11 |url=https://archive.org/details/goan-nationals-allowed-to-send-money-home |access-date=2024-09-11}}</ref><br />
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===Death===<br />
He died in 1975 of a [[heart attack]].<ref name="LongDayBook" /><br />
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==Awards and accolades==<br />
* Heredia was appointed as the honorary consul to Brazil before he resigned in 1954.<ref name="LongDayBook" /><br />
* In 1965, he was honoured as the [[sheriff of Bombay]].<ref name= RBA /><br />
* A road in [[Ballard Estate]] in [[Mumbai]], is named after him, being renamed from Graham Road.<ref>{{Cite book |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=V_0iAQAAMAAJ |title=The Bombay Civic Journal |date=1980 |publisher=Municipal Corporation of Greater Bombay |volume=27 |page=33}}</ref><br />
* The Centre for Counselling at [[Sophia College for Women]] is named after him.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Sophia College For Women |url=https://www.sophiacollegemumbai.com/J.N.Heredia.aspx |access-date=2024-12-28 |website=www.sophiacollegemumbai.com}}</ref><br />
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