HISTORY
MEDIAVAL INDIA
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Question
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The Portuguese under the leadership of Vasco da Gama in 1498 first landed at
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Cochin
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Calicut
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Quilon
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Pulicut
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Explanation:
Detailed explanation-1: -Vasco da Gama was the first Portuguese sailor who reached India. He reached at Calicut in 1498.
Detailed explanation-2: -Vasco da Gama was best known for being the first to sail from Europe to India by rounding Africa’s Cape of Good Hope. Over the course of two voyages, beginning in 1497 and 1502, da Gama landed and traded in locales along the coast of southern Africa before reaching India on May 20, 1498.
Detailed explanation-3: -Upon his arrival to India, Vasco da Gama was welcomed in Durbar as the ambassador of Portugal by Zamorin, the ruler of Calicut.
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