Advent of the Europeans Part-1

  • The cap route was discovered from Europe to India by Vasco da Gama. He reached port of Calicut on May, 1498 and was received by the Hindu ruler, of Calicut, Zamorin. This led to estemblished of trading station at Calicut, Cochin and Cannanore.
  • Cochin (1502) was the early capital of the Portuguese in India, later on replaced by Goa.
  • The first Governor of Portguess in India was Fransisco Almeda (1505-09). He introduced the policy of Blue Water.
  • Alfonso di Albuquerque arrived in India in 1503 and became Governor of the Portguess in India in 1509. He captured Goa from the ruler of Bijapur in 1310 and introduced the policy of Imperialism.
  • Nino-da-Cunha (1529-28) transferred the capital from Cochin to Goa in 1530. He acquired Did and Bassein from Bahadur Shah of Gujarat (1534).
  • Portguess acquired Daman in 1559. They lost Hugh in 1631, during the reign of Shah-Jahan.
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