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Template:Year in region Events from the year 1509 in India.
Events[edit | edit source]
- 3 February – Battle of Diu is fought.
- 26 July – Krishnadevaraya starts his reign as Emperor of the Vijayanagara Empire
Kannada inscription dated 1509 A.D., of Krishnadevaraya at the Virupaksha temple in Hampi describes his coronation and the construction of the large open mantapa - Francisco de Almeida ceases his governorship of Portuguese India (commenced 1505)
- Afonso de Albuquerque becomes governor of Portuguese India (and continues until 1515)[1]
- The Portuguese acquire Bombay.[2]
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Births[edit | edit source]
- Kanaka Dasaru poet, philosopher, musician and composer is born in modern Karnataka (dies 1609)
Deaths[edit | edit source]
- Viranarasimha Raya king of Vijayanagar empire
See also[edit | edit source]
References[edit | edit source]
- ↑ Frederick Charles Danvers (1988). The Portuguese in India: Being a History of the Rise and Decline of Their Eastern Empire. Asian Educational Services. p. 487. ISBN 978-81-206-0391-2.
- ↑ Everyman's Dictionary of Dates; 6th ed. J. M. Dent, 1971; p. 80
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