Portuguese come to India

The Cape route was discovered from Europe to India by Vasco da Gama.He reached the port of Calicut on may 17,1498 and was received by the Hindu ruler of Calicut(city of kerala).This led to the establishment of trading station at Calicut,Cochin and Cannanore.Cochin was the early capital of portugues in India.Later Goa replaced it.Francisco de Almeida was the first governer of Portuguese.Almeida introduced 'the policy of Blue water'.Blue water means that he wanted to make the portuguese the master of Indian ocean.Alfonso d' Albuquerque was the second governer of portuguese.He introduced 'the policy of Imperialism'.He captured Goa from the ruler of Bijapur in 1510.Policy of Imperaliasim means that the policy of extending the rule or authority of nation or empire over foreign countries. Ninho da Cunha transferred his capital from Cochin to Goa.The Portuguese witnessed a decline by the end of 16th century.They lost Hugni in 1631 after being driven out by Qasim khan,a Mughal noble of Shahjahan.In 1661 the king of Portugal gave Bombay to Charles II of England as dowry when he married the former's sister.At the end they were only left with Goa,Diu and Daman which they retained till 1961.The Diu and Daman, a union territory in west India,consist of two separate areas divided by arabian sea. The daman ganga river flows through the coastal town of Daman.Diu is a small island. The fort of Moti Daman and diu fort and 16th century church reflect territorry's past as portuguese colony.