how many times vascodagama visited india
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Da Gama sailed from Lisbon, Portugal, in July 1497, rounded the Cape of Good Hope, and anchored at Malindi on the east coast of Africa. With the aid of an Indian merchant he met there, he then set off across the Indian Ocean. The Portuguese explorer was not greeted warmly by the Muslim merchants of Calicut, and in 1499 he had to fight his way out of the harbor on his return trip home. In 1502, he led a squadron of ships to Calicut to avenge the massacre of Portuguese explorers there and succeeded in subduing the inhabitants. In 1524, he was sent as viceroy to India, but he fell ill and died in Cochin.
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Vasco da Gama visited India Three Times.
First Visit - 20 May, 1498 AD (He arrived at Calicut (ncurrent name 'Kozhikode') He had started his journey in July 1947 with 170 men on board four ships.
Second Visit - October 1502 AD
Third Visit -September 1524 AD ( he died of malaria in cochin in December 1524)
Vaso da Gama was a Portuguese explorer. He reached India via Cape of Good Hope, at the southern end of Cape Peninsula, Western Cape province, South Africa.
His first visit was more important as it found a sea route to connect Western Europe with India or we can say that he was the first European to reach India by sea-route. It must be remembered that Portuguese were the first among Europeans to come to India followed by the Dutch , the English and then the French.
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