1522 in India
Events from the year 1522 in India.
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Events
- 22 January – Duarte de Menezes becomes governor of Portuguese India (until 1524)[1]
- The Portuguese arrive in Chennai and made a port named São Tomé after the Christian apostle, St. Thomas.[2]
Births
- 4 August – Maharana Udai Singh, king of Mewar and the founder of the city of Udaipur, (died 1572)
See also
References
- ↑ Danvers, Frederick Charles (1894). The Portuguese in India: A.D. 1481-1571. W.H. Allen & Company, limited. p. 353.
- ↑ "Birth of a Metro". The Hindu. 20 August 2015. Retrieved 10 July 2024.