1505 in India
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Events from the year 1505 in India.
Events
- Viranarasimha Raya succeeds Narasimha Raya II as king of Vijayanagara Empire[1] (reigns until 1509)
- Tristão da Cunha ceases his nominal (never took office) governorship of Portuguese India (commenced 1504)
- Francisco de Almeida becomes governor of Portuguese India (and continues until 1509)
- 7 April, Francis Xavier, Roman Catholic missionary in India (dies 1552)
Deaths
- Narasimha Raya II, king of Vijayanagara Empire
See also
References
- ^ Prof K.A. Nilakanta Sastry, History of South India, From Prehistoric times to fall of Vijayanagar, 1955, Oxford University Press, New Delhi (Reprinted 2002)