1555 in India

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Events from the year 1555 in India.

Events

  • June Francisco Barreto takes up the position of viceroy in Goa, Portuguese India{{cite web|url=http://www.ipv.pt/millenium/arq5_2.htm |title=Ensaio de Portugalidem Terras Africanas durante a Governação d'El-Rei D.Sebastião: D.Francisco Barreto em Moçambique e na Região do Monomotapa |access-date=2013-07-06 |last=Branco |first=Alberto M. Vara |work=Millennium |publisher=Polytechnic Institute of Viseu |language=pt |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130707090249/http://www.ipv.pt/millenium/arq5_2.htm |archive-date=7 July 2013 |url-status=dead |df=dmy }}
  • Muhammad Adil Shah reign as fourth ruler of the Sur dynasty ends (since 1554)

Births

  • Keshavdas, Sanskrit scholar and Hindi poet, author of Rasik Priya, is born in Orchha (dies 1617)

Deaths

  • 16 June – Pedro Mascarenhas, viceroy of Portuguese India dies (born 1470)
  • 5 November – Hemu (Hemu Vikramaditya), Hindu emperor of north India.

See also

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References

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