Significant1510
Portuguese Conquest of Goa
Goa · Indian Ocean · Western India
1510 Portuguese conquest of Goa established European presence in Indian Ocean.
Estimated casualties
20Ksingle estimate · no range published
What happened
Portuguese forces under Afonso de Albuquerque captured Goa from the Bijapur Sultanate in 1510. The conquest involved naval operations and assault on fortified positions. Goa became the center of Portuguese Indian Ocean empire.
Why it mattered
Goa's conquest established Portuguese foothold in India. The city became the administrative center for Portuguese Asian expansion.
Belligerents3
- Portugal
- Adil Shahi Dynasty
- Bahmani Sultanate
ON THE MAPKingdom of PortugalBahmani Sultanate
Sources
- Wikipedia — text reused under CC BY-SA 4.0
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