Biography
Conspiracy of the Pintos, also known as the Pinto Revolt or the Pinto Conspiracy, and in Portuguese as Conjuração dos Pintos, was a rebellion against the Portuguese rule in Portuguese Goa in 1787. The leaders of the plot were three prominent priests from the village of Candolim in the concelho of Bardes, Goa. The highest-ranked leaders belonged to the Pinto clan of Candolim, hence the name of the rebellion. The Pintos were a Goan noble family and later vassals of Peshwa Baji Rao II in the Maratha Confederacy. They were one of the wealthiest and noblest families in Goa during the 18th century.