Territorial change

Portuguese India: Portugal → India (conquest)

1961 · Portuguese India

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When
1961
Kind
Territorial change
Where
Portuguese India
Coordinates
15.35° N, 74.00° E
Process
conquest
Type
Conquest (armed force)
Pop
649660
Area km2
4193
Gaining
India
Losing
Portugal

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Portuguese India

State of the Portuguese Empire (1505–1961)

The State of India, also known as the Portuguese State of India or Portuguese India, was a state of the Portuguese Empire founded seven years after the discovery of the sea route to the Indian subcontinent by Vasco da Gama, a subject of the Kingdom of Portugal.

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