HISTORY
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Duarte Pacheo
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Vasco-da-Gama
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Da Almeida
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Albuquerque
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Detailed explanation-1: -Francisco de Almeida, (born c. 1450, Lisbon, Portugal-died March 1, 1510, Table Bay [modern Cape Town, South Africa]), soldier, explorer, and the first viceroy of Portuguese India.
Detailed explanation-2: -In 1505 he was appointed as the first governor and viceroy of the Portuguese State of India (Estado da Índia). Almeida is credited with establishing Portuguese hegemony in the Indian Ocean with his victory at the naval Battle of Diu in 1509.
Detailed explanation-3: -On 4 November 1509, Afonso became the second Governor of Portuguese India, a position he would hold until his death.
Detailed explanation-4: -The government of Portuguese India started in 1505, six years after the discovery of the sea route to India by Vasco da Gama, with the nomination of the first Viceroy Francisco de Almeida, then settled at Kochi.