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Prange, Sebastian R. "The Pagan King replies: an Indian perspective on the Portuguese arrival in India." Itinerario 41.1 (2017): 151–173. Rubiés, Joan-Pau. "The oriental voices of Mendes Pinto, or the traveller as ethnologist in Portuguese India." Portuguese Studies 10 (1994): 24–43. online; Subrahmanyam, Sanjay. The Portuguese empire in ...
Kingdom of Cochin is taken over by the Portuguese creating the first European settlement in India. 1505: Portuguese India is established, and would last until 1961. 1508: 3 February: The Christian-Islamic power struggle in Europe and the Middle East. Spills over into the Indian Ocean as Battle of Chaul during the Portuguese-Mamluk War: 1509: 3 ...
Map of Asia and Oceania c.1550. The Portuguese presence in Asia was responsible for what would be the first of many contacts between European countries and the East, starting on May 20, 1498 with the trip led by Vasco da Gama to Calicut, India [1] (in modern-day Kerala state in India).
Portuguese territory in India defended. Taro Revolt (1694–1695) Location: Azores Portugal: São Jorge peasants Victory: Battle of Daman (1694) Location: India. Portuguese Empire. Portuguese India; Omani Empire: Victory: Omani–Portuguese conflict (1696–1714) Siege of Mombasa (1696–1698) Battle of Surat (1704) Location: Indian Ocean ...
The State of India (Portuguese: Estado da Índia [ɨʃˈtaðu ðɐ ˈĩdiɐ]), also known as the Portuguese State of India (Portuguese: Estado Português da Índia, EPI) or Portuguese India (Portuguese: Índia Portuguesa), was a state of the Portuguese Empire founded six years after the discovery of the sea route to the Indian subcontinent by Vasco da Gama, a subject of the Kingdom of Portugal.
The Portuguese discovery of the sea route to India was the first recorded trip directly from Europe to the Indian subcontinent, via the Cape of Good Hope. [1] Under the command of the Portuguese explorer Vasco da Gama, it was undertaken during the reign of King Manuel I in 1497–1499.
This is an accepted version of this page This is the latest accepted revision, reviewed on 28 February 2025. 1961 Indian military operation This article is about the Indian annexation of Goa. For the conquest by Portugal in 1510, see Portuguese conquest of Goa. "Operation Vijay (1961)" redirects here. For the 1999 Indian operation, see Kargil War. See also: Annexation of Dadra and Nagar Haveli ...
(*) – In 1508, King Manuel I of Portugal devised a plan to partition the Portuguese empire in Asia into three separate governments or "high captaincies" – (1) Captain-Major of the seas of Ethiopia, Arabia and Persia, centered at Socotra, was to cover the East African and Arabian-Persian coasts, from Sofala to Diu; (2) Captain-Major of the seas of India, centered at Cochin, was to cover the ...