Social Sciences, asked by ajay25591, 1 year ago

where did the Portuguese first establish a fort in the year 1502 C.E.?

Answers

Answered by appuarronpcqhs5

When the Portuguese penetrated the Indian Ocean in the late 15th century and reached India’s southwestern coast, the Portuguese navigator Pedro Álvares Cabral founded the first European settlement on Indian soil at Kochi in 1500. Vasco da Gama, discoverer of the sea route to India (1498), established the first Portuguese factory (trading station) there in 1502, and the Portuguese viceroy Afonso de Albuquerque built the first European fort in India there in 1503. The city remained a Portuguese possession until it was conquered by the Dutch in 1663. Much Portuguese architecture still exists in the city.

Answered by KaurSukhvir

Answer:

The Portuguese first established a fort in Calicut in the year 1502 C.E.

Explanation:

Portuguese were the first Europeans to arrive in India and the last ones to leave.

In 1498 CE, Vasco da Gama discovered a new sea route from Europe to India. He reached Calicut via the Cape of Good Hope.
That time, he was welcomed by the Zamorin who was the Hindu ruler of Calicut. He returned to Portugal after making huge profits from the Indian cargo in the next year . The profit was worth 60 times the cost of his expedition.
In 1502 CE, Vasco da Gama made a second trip and in year 1500 CE, another Portuguese Pedro Alvares Cabral arrived in India.
The Portuguese established trading settlements at Calicut, Cannanore and Cochin.
Francis de Almeida was the first governor of the Portuguese in India.
In 1509 CE, Afonso de Albuquerque became the governor of the Portuguese territories in India. In 1510 CE, during the reign of Sikander Lodhi, he captured Goa from the ruler of Bijapur. Thereafter, Goa became the capital of the Portuguese territories in India.
By the end of the 16th century, the Portuguese power declined in India. They lost all their acquired territories in India except Goa, Diu and Daman.