1581 in India

• Francisco de Mascarenhas becomes 13th Vice Regent of Portuguese India (until 1584)

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• 1 September, Guru Ram Das, the fourth of the ten gurus of Sikhism dies in Goindval (born 1534){{Cite book |last=Mandair |first=Arvind-pal Singh |url=https://www.google.com/books/edition/Religion_and_the_Specter_of_the_West/dzeCy_zL0Q8C?hl=en&gbpv=1 |title=Religion and the specter of the West: Sikhism, India, postcoloniality, and the politics of translation |date=2009 |publisher=Columbia University Press |isbn=978-0-231-14724-8 |series=Insurrections |location=New York |pages=252 |oclc=320798538 |access-date=November 22, 2024}}

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• Timeline of Indian history

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