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Jan 1, 1498
Discovery of India
Vasco Da Gama, not just a Portuguese sailor and explorer, but also the 1st Count of Vidigueira discovered the mysterious land in 1498 and that is India. Thus, Vasco Da Gama was one of the most sucessful in the Age of Discovery. -
Jan 1, 1502
The Start of The Colonial Era
The Colonial Era started in Indian in 1502 when the Portuguese Empire started and hosted a trading centre for the Europeans at Kolam, Kerala. Things then started to snowball since the action in 1502, therefore, the Colonial Era was created -
Jan 1, 1505
First Governer and Viceroy of Portuguese India
Since the Colonial Era started in 1502 in India, there was need of a leader, and Francisco de Almeida was the first viceroy of Portuguese India. Almeida was too credited with the victory of the Battle of Diu, but unfortunaetly past away in 1509 -
Jan 1, 1509
Dom Alfonso de Alburquerque
In the same year of Fransisco de Almeida's death, Dom Alfonso de Alburquerque stepped up and took the throne. After taking throne, Alfonso quickly took charge and conquered places around India and Asia. He then inaguarated a new rule of marrying local indian girls with Portuguese soldiers.. -
Rivalry with Netherlands
The England and the Netherlands decided to take on Portugal's large trade in India and takeover their buisness. Focusing on spice, these two countries has two major companies created in India. English East India Company and the Dutch East India Company -
Beginning of the English in India
With England's help, Portugal defeated spain and regained all their land, and in the same time, with the English's help, it started the English in India, beginning the English Presence in India -
War with Spain
In 1661, Portugal started the war between them and Spain, creating a violence warfield but they were in serious condition, and couldn't take down the spanish troops, and then, requested help from England. With their help. defeated Spain and regained all their loss land all the way from Bandra to Bassein. -
Cooperation with Royal Navy
In 1754, when the Seven Years War started, the East India Company decided to cooperate with the Royal Navy to secure the win in the Seven Years War in 1763. After that, the two went on to dominate more land and areas in Asia -
Betrayal of the Nawab
In 1757, Mir Jafar secretly allied with the British in order to backstab the Nawab and overthrow him in exchange for trade grants. During the war of the British and Nawab, Jafar helped defeat Nawab and marked the beginning of the imperial or colonial era in the subcontinent. -
The Rise of the Sepoy
In 1857, a local army of the sepoys rebelled towards The British and turned into the Rebellion of 1857. It was a long and brutal war and it took them half a year to surpress the army but the British has lost a lot of resources. There was a large reason why the Sepoys rebelled, and that is when The Britsh East India Company wanted to expand its control over India.
