Discovery of the new sea route the Cape route, was discovered from Europe to India by Vasco da Gama.
This led to the establishment of trading stations at Calicut, Cochin and Cannanore.
Cochin was the early capital of the Portuguese in India.Later Goa replaced it.
Alfonso d' Albuquerque arrived in India in 1503 as the governor of the Portuguese in India in 1509 (The first governor being Francisco de Almeida between 1503 09) .
He captured Goa from the ruler of Bijapur in 1510. Other Governors Nino da Cunha (152938) — transferre d his capital from Cochin to Goa (1530) and acquired Diu and Bassein (1534) from Bahadur Shah of Gujarat.
Martin Alfonso de Souza (154245) — the famous Jesuit saint Francisco Xavier arrive in India with him.
The Portuguese rule began to decline afterward
He said about Mughals: ‗Let us strike at the trunk of the withering tree and the branches will fall of themselves‘. Balaji Baji Rao: 174061
- Popularly known as Nana Saheb, he succeeded hi father at the age of 20. s
- After the death of Shahu (1749), the management of all state affairs was left in his hands. the end they left only with GOA, DAMAN & DIU which they retained till 1961.
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