Which event in 1510 AD marked the beginning of Portuguese political control in India?
Capture of Goa
In 1510 AD, the Portuguese governor Afonso de Albuquerque captured Goa from the Sultan of Bijapur, giving the Portuguese their first substantial territorial base on Indian soil.
This capture marked the shift from purely commercial Portuguese trading activity to actual political and territorial control in India, with Goa later becoming the capital of Portuguese India.
Trade route establishment and alliance formation had occurred earlier without granting territorial control, and the Treaty of Tordesillas (1494) was an earlier Spanish-Portuguese agreement unrelated to this event.
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Important Questions from Advent of Europeans
Which one of the following provisions wasnotinvolved in the treaty of Shrirangapattana between Tipu Sultan and the British?
In the first quarter of seventeenth century, in which of the following was/were the factory/factories of the English East India Company located?
1. Broach
2. Chicacole
3. Trichinopoly
Select the correct answer using the code given below.
________ was the first European to come to India.
Arrange the following events chronologically starting from the earliest
(A) Royal charter granted to English East India Company
(B) Death of Mughal Emperor Akbar
(C) Portuguese occupation of Goa
(D) Establishment of French East India Company
(E) Establishment of The Dutch East India Company (VOC)
Choose the correct answer from the options given below:
Who led the British on behalf of British East India Company in the Battle of Plassey?
