there! Ferdinand Magellan was Portuguese, but sailed for Spain (under Spanish King Charles the First) to find an alternate spice trade route to India (instead of using Portugal's route)
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Bihar State is first in india - Dasari Srinivas, Director, Ambedkar IAS Study Circle, Hyderabad- 9397677681
K.C. Neogi -Feb-1953
The portuguese
the first governor of the portuguese in india was
vascoda gama is the first portuguese came to india
the portuguese were the first to trade in India...........
I'll exclude Alexander the Great's brief conquest of parts of NE India as he wasn't able to hold this territory. The first European countries to establish permanent settlements (trading-posts initially) in India from 1500 onwards were the Portuguese. They were followed by the Dutch and French; and the English were relative lateccomers. However, I think it would misleading to speak of any European country 'ruling' India or any really large part of it till the British conquered Bengal in 1757. Joncey
Portuguese
The Portuguese came first as traders to India.
The Portuguese came first as traders to India
the Portuguese
Portuguese occupied Kochi by 1503 which was the first European colonial settlement in India. It remained the capital of Portuguese India until 1530, when Goa became the capital.
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