KERALA PSC / KERALA HISTORY / THE PORTUGUESE PERIOD / NOTES

 

KERALA PSC / KERALA HISTORY / THE PORTUGUESE PERIOD / NOTES

KERALA PSC / KERALA HISTORY / THE PORTUGUESE PERIOD / NOTES

·       Vasco Da Gama was the first European navigator to reach India by sea route

·  Gama reached at Kappad near Calicut on 20^th May 1498. He was sent to India by Portuguese king Dom Manuel.

·       Gama was received at Calicy by the Zamorin

·       Gama left Calicut and reached Cannanore at the invitation of Kolathiri Raja

·       Vasco-da-Gama reached Kerala in a ship called St.Gabriel

·       Gama returned to Lisbon in 1499

·       Gama’s second visit was in 1502

·       Gama reached Kerala for the third time in 1524 and died here on 29 December 1524 and was cremated at the St.Francis Church at Fort Cochin. Later his mortal remains were brought back to Lisbon. Portugal.

 

KERALA PSC / KERALA HISTORY / THE PORTUGUESE PERIOD / NOTES

 

·       The second expedition of the Portuguese to Kerala was led by Pedro Alvarez Cabral. He reached Cochin on 24^th December, 1500.

·    Francisco d’ Almeida was the first Viceroy of the Portuguese in the East. H was appointed in 1505AD

·      Albuquerque is regarded as the greatest of the Portuguese statemen who came to the East.

·       Kunjali Marakkar opposed the Portuguese

·       Kunjali Marakkars were the traditional naval commanders of Calicut Zamorin

·       Kunjalis were four in number. Kutti Ali was the first Kunjali. The policy of Kunjali was ‘Hit and run’.

·    Fourth and last Kunjali was Muhammed Kunjali. He adopted the titles “King of the Moors” and ‘Lord of the Indian Seas’.

·       In 1600 the Kunjali IV was captured by the Zamorin and he was executed by the Portuguese at Goa

·       The Portuguese power in India declined by the coming of the English

 

KERALA PSC / KERALA HISTORY / THE PORTUGUESE PERIOD / NOTES

 

·       The bungalow type of building was introduced in Kerala by the Portuguese

·       The Portuguese introduced in India a number of new agricultural products such as the Cashewnuts, Tobacco, Custardapple, Guava, Pinapple and Pappaya

·       The Chavittunatakam, the Christian counterpart of the Hindu Kathakali was also introduced by the Portuguese

·       The Synod of Diamper (Udayamperur) to reform Kerala Church was conducted by the Portuguese (1599)

·       The ‘Oath of the Coonan Cross’ against the appointment of Latin Bishop was in 1653

·       First European fort built in India was the Fort Manual t Cochin by Albuquerque.

 

 

KERALA PSC / KERALA HISTORY / THE PORTUGUESE PERIOD / NOTES