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Pulicat, The Portuguese established a trading post 1502

Pulicat, The Portuguese established a trading post 1502

Pulicat (Pazhaverkadu) is a historic seashore town in “north of Chennai” in Thiruvallur District, of Tamil Nadu state, South India. It is about 60 km north of Chennai and 3 km from Elavur, on the barrier island of Sriharikota, which separates Pulicat Lake from the Bay of Bengal. Portuguese trading outpost In 1502, the Portuguese traders established […]

Portuguese Indian escudo

Portuguese Indian escudo

The escudo was the currency of Portuguese India between 1958 and 1961. It was divisible into 100 centavos and was equal in value to the Portuguese escudo. The escudo replaced the rupia at the rate of 1 rupia = 6 escudos. This was due to the respective values of the Indian rupee (to which the […]

Portuguese Indian rupia

Portuguese Indian rupia

The rupia was the currency of Portuguese India until 1958. Before 1871, the rupia was subdivided into 750 bazarucos, 600 réis (singular: real), 20 pardaus or 10 tangas, with the xerafim worth 2 rupias. After 1871, 960 réis or 16 tangas (worth 60 réis) equalled 1 rupia. The rupia was equal in value to the […]

Tangasseri, India

Tangasseri, India

Tangasseri or Thangassery is a heavily populated beach area on the shores of the Arabian Sea in Kollam city, Kerala, India. It is located about 5 kilometres (3.1 mi) from the city centre and 71 kilometres (44 mi) from Thiruvanthapuram, the state capital. Archaeologists recently discovered Chinese coins and other artefacts along the coast, which reveal the […]

St. Angelo Fort, in Kannur or Cannanore

St. Angelo Fort, in Kannur or Cannanore

St. Angelo Fort (also known as Kannur Fort or Kannur Kotta), is a fort facing the Arabian Sea, situated 3 km from Kannur, a city in Kerala state, south India. St. Angelo’s Fort was built in 1505 by Dom Francisco de Almeida, the first Portuguese Viceroy of India and is on the Arabian sea coast about […]

Estado Português da Índia, Portuguese State of India 1505–1961

Estado Português da Índia, Portuguese State of India 1505–1961

The State of India, Estado da Índia, also referred as the Portuguese State of India (Estado Português da Índia, EPI) or simply Portuguese India(Índia Portuguesa), was a state of the Portuguese Overseas Empire, founded six years after the discovery of a sea route between Portugal and the Indian Subcontinentto serve as the governing body of a […]

Siege of Diu, in 1538

Siege of Diu, in 1538

The Siege of Diu occurred when an Ottoman imperial fleet attempted to capture the Indian city of Diu in 1538, then held by the Portuguese. It ended with a Portuguese victory. 16th century Turkish painting depicting the Ottoman fleet protecting shipping in the Gulf of Aden. The three peaks on the left symbolize Aden. In the […]

The Portuguese Devastations in the Indian Ocean, Contributed by Prof. Dr. Nazeer Ahmed, PhD

The Portuguese Devastations in the Indian Ocean, Contributed by Prof. Dr. Nazeer Ahmed, PhD

The following text is from Prof. Dr. Nazeer Ahmed, PhD – in www.historyofislam.com. “The discovery of America and the circumnavigation of Africa were logical consequences of the religious-political rivalry between the Christian powers of Iberia and the Muslim powers of North Africa. As the Maghrib disintegrated, the Christian powers of Iberia, with the cooperation of the […]

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