This led to the establishment of trading
stations at Calicut, Cochin and Cannanore.
Cochin was the early capital of the Portuguese
in India. Later Goa replaced it.
Francisco de Almeida was the second governor of
Portuguese. Almeida (1505-09) introduced ‘the policy of Blue water’.
Alfonso d’ Albuquerque was the second governor
of Portuguese. Albuquerque (1509-15) introduced ‘the policy of Imperialism’. He
captured Goa from the ruler of Bijapur in 1510.
Nino da Cunha (1529-15) transferred his capital
from Cochin to Goa (1530) and acquired Diu and Bassein (1534) from Bahadur Shah
of Gujarat.
Martin Alfonso de Souza (1542-45): The famous
Jesuit Saint Fransisco Xavier arrived in India with him.
The Portuguese power witnessed a decline by the
end of the 16th century.
They lost Hugli 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.
The Marathas captured Salsette and bassein in
1739.
In the end they were left only with Goa, Diu and
Daman which they retained till 1961.