SSC
INDIAN HISTORY
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Question
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Who was the first Portuguese explorer who went to India?
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Sadio lama
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Vasco da gama
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Nana sahib
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None of the above
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Explanation:
Detailed explanation-1: -Portuguese explorer Vasco de Gama becomes the first European to reach India via the Atlantic Ocean when he arrives at Calicut on the Malabar Coast.
Detailed explanation-2: -Notes: After Vasco Da gama, Pedro Alvarez Cabral sailed to India in 1500 AD and established the first Portuguese factory at Calicut.
Detailed explanation-3: -Setting out in April 1524, with a fleet of fourteen ships, Vasco da Gama took as his flagship the famous large carrack Santa Catarina do Monte Sinai on her last journey to India, along with two of his sons, Estêvão and Paulo.
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