Vasco De Gama was the first European to find an ocean trading route to India. He accomplished what many explorers before him could not do. His discovery of this sea route helped the Portuguese establish a long-lasting colonial empire in Asia and Africa.
Q. Why is Prince Henry called Henry the Navigator?
Prince Henry the Navigator (1394–1460) was a prince from Portugal, the third son of King John I of Portugal. He was called Infante Dom Henrique in Portuguese. He was never a navigator himself. He got his name because he organized many ocean voyages on which lands were found.
Q. What was Henry the Navigator most famous for?
voyages of exploration
Q. What year did the Portuguese reach the Indian Ocean?
1497
Q. What did the Portuguese attempt to achieve?
Under the leadership of Prince Henry the Navigator, Portugal took the principal role during most of the fifteenth century in searching for a route to Asia by sailing south around Africa. In the process, the Portuguese accumulated a wealth of knowledge about navigation and the geography of the Atlantic Ocean.
Q. Who was the first European to attack India?
1460s – 24 December 1524), was a Portuguese explorer and the first European to reach India by sea….
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Q. Who are the original residents of India?
If it was believed at one time that Dravidians were the original inhabitants of India, that view has since been considerably modified. Now the generally accepted belief is that the pre-Dravidian aborigines, that is, the ancestors of the present tribals or Adivasis (Scheduled Tribes), were the original inhabitants.
Q. Who was last Viceroy of India?
Lord Louis Mountbatten
Q. Who was the last viceroy of India 2 points?
Lord Mountbatten was the last viceroy of the British Indian Empire and the first Governor-General of independent India.
Q. Is a viceroy royalty?
Viceroy is a form of royal appointment rather than noble rank. An individual viceroy often also held a noble title, however, such as Bernardo de Gálvez, 1st Viscount of Galveston who was also Viceroy of New Spain.
Q. Who is India’s first governor-general?
Warren Hastings
Q. Who is the first woman governor of India?
Sarojini Naidu
Q. Who was the first British Viceroy of India?
Charles John Canning
Q. Who is the first and last Governor General of free India?
Louis Mountbatten, Earl Mountbatten of Burma became governor-general and oversaw the transition of British India to independence. Chakravarti Rajagopalachari (1878-1972) became the only Indian and last governor-general after independence.
