Vasco da Gama arrived on western coast port of Calicut on May 20, 1498 A.D. He discovered a new sea route to India and he was welcomed by Zamorin, the then king of Calicut. The voyage of Vasco da Gama opened the new trade dimensions of the Indo-Portuguese alliance. Vasco da Gama earned 60 times profit in Europe by black pepper trade from India which encouraged other Portuguese traders. The Portuguese merchants established their commercial firms in India at the ports of Cali cut, Goa, Daman, Diu and Hooghly. Francisco de Almeida came to India in 1505 as the first Portuguese Viceroy and Albuquerque came to India in 1509 after him as a new Viceroy. He annexed Goa in 1510 from Bijapur ruler Adilshah. The Portuguese maintained Goa as the epicentre of their culture and entity. ....Read more