1508 in India

Events from the year 1508 in India.

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Events

  • The Christian-Islamic power struggle in Europe and the Middle East spills over into the Indian Ocean as Battle of Chaul during the Portuguese-Mamluk War

Births

  • 7 March – Humayun (Nasir ud-din Muhammad Humayun), later Mughal emperor (died 1556)

Deaths

  • March, Lourenço de Almeida Portuguese explorer and military commander dies in the Battle of Chaul (born c 1480)
  • Mayimama Marakkar, Indian ambassador of the Zamorin ruler of Calicut dies at the Battle of Chaul[1]

See also

References

  1. ^ Ayyar, K. V. (1938). The Zamorins of Calicut: From the Earliest Times Down to A.D. 1806. Publication Division, University of Calicut. p. 170. ISBN 978-81-7748-000-9.
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