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Relations between India and Portugal began amicably in 1947 when the former achieved independence. Relations went into decline after 1950 over Portugal's refusal to surrender its exclaves of Goa, Daman and Diu and Dadra and Nagar Haveli on India's west coast.
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 [4] (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 ...
Portuguese India (15 C, 47 P) ... Pages in category "India–Portugal relations" The following 7 pages are in this category, out of 7 total.
Relations between India and Portugal began amicably in 1947 when the former achieved independence. Relations went into decline after 1950 over Portugal's refusal to surrender its enclaves of Goa, Daman and Diu on India's west coast. By 1955, the two nations had cut off diplomatic relations, triggering a crisis which precipitated in the invasion ...
The Portuguese governor António de Noronha then signed a treaty with Akbar, officially establishing bilateral relations between Portugal and the Moghal Empire. [1] Hostilities usually broke out because of diplomatic blunders, Portuguese support of the Maratha Empire [citation needed] or steadfast Portuguese rejection of Mughal demands for tribute.
Ruins of the Portuguese built St Thomas Fort at Tangasseri in Kollam city, est. in 1518. Though Portugal's presence in India initially started in 1498, their colonial rule lasted from 1505 until 1961. [17] The Portuguese Empire established the first European trading centre at Quilon (Kollam) in 1502.
The Portuguese governor of India Nuno da Cunha, sketched by Gaspar Correia. In 1531, the Portuguese governor of India Nuno da Cunha assembled a large armada of up to 400 ships and 30,000 men to capture the island of Diu. They engaged roughly 800 enemy soldiers at Siyâl Bet island and killed them all. [12]
The Portuguese denied the Mughals permission to cross their territory to attack the Marathas. [1] Having learned of the Portuguese acts, Matabar khan launched an attack against them, a strong detachment invaded their holdings in Konkan, and he drove the native peasants into the Mughal side and captured many of the enemy families whenever found, the Portuguese attempted to offer a fight but ...