1508 in India
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Events from the year 1508 in India.
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Events
- The Christian-Islamic power struggle in Europe and the Middle East spills over into the Indian Ocean as Battle of Chaul during the Portuguese-Mamluk War
Births
- 7 March – Humayun (Nasir ud-din Muhammad Humayun), later Mughal emperor (died 1556)
Deaths
- March, Lourenço de Almeida Portuguese explorer and military commander dies in the Battle of Chaul (born c 1480)
- Mayimama Marakkar, Indian ambassador of the Zamorin ruler of Calicut dies at the Battle of Chaul{{cite book|page=170|last=Ayyar|first=K. V.|title=The Zamorins of Calicut: From the Earliest Times Down to A.D. 1806|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=oUtuAAAAMAAJ|year=1938|publisher=Publication Division, University of Calicut|isbn=978-81-7748-000-9}}
See also
References
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