1522 in India

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Events from the year 1522 in India.

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Events

  • 22 January – Duarte de Menezes becomes governor of Portuguese India (until 1524){{Cite book |last=Danvers |first=Frederick Charles |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=iRxBAQAAMAAJ |title=The Portuguese in India: A.D. 1481-1571 |date=1894 |publisher=W.H. Allen & Company, limited |pages=353 |language=en}}
  • The Portuguese arrive in Chennai and made a port named São Tomé after the Christian apostle, St. Thomas.{{cite web | access-date=10 July 2024 | url=https://www.thehindu.com/features/kids/how-madras-came-to-be-376-years-ago/article7561549.ece | title=Birth of a Metro | date=20 August 2015 | website=www.thehindu.come}}

Births

See also

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References

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