Estado da Índia

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Estado da Índia was the Portuguese Empire’s colonial state in Asia, encompassing its key trading ports and territories from the early 16th century onward.

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All labels observed (2)

Label Occurrences
Estado da Índia canonical 6
India 1

Statements (51)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Portuguese colonial state
imperial administrative unit
overseas territory
appliesToJurisdiction Portuguese India
areaOfInfluence Arabian Sea
Bay of Bengal
Indian Ocean
South China Sea
capital Cochin
Goa
Old Goa
continent Asia
country Portugal
dissolution 19th century
economicActivity precious metals trade
slave trade
spice trade
textile trade
governmentType colonial administration
viceroyalty
historicalPeriod Age of Exploration
surface form: Age of Discovery

Early modern period
inception 1505
language Portuguese
legalSystem Portuguese colonial law
mainTerritory Bassein
Sri Lanka
surface form: Ceylon

Cochin
Daman district
surface form: Daman

Diu
Goa
Hormuz Island
surface form: Hormuz

Malacca
Island of Mozambique
surface form: Mozambique Island

Nagasaki trading post
Macau
surface form: Portuguese Macau

Timor-Leste
surface form: Portuguese Timor
militaryRole naval power projection in the Indian Ocean
notableOfficeHolder Afonso de Albuquerque
Francisco de Almeida
João de Castro
Nuno da Cunha
officeHeldByHeadOfGovernment Governor of India
Viceroy of India
partOf Portuguese Empire
purpose administration of Portuguese possessions in Asia
control of Indian Ocean trade routes
religion Roman Catholicism
significantEvent appointment of first Viceroy Francisco de Almeida in 1505
governorship of Afonso de Albuquerque
successor Portuguese India
surface form: Portuguese India (as a narrower territorial entity)

Referenced by (7)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Portuguese India partOf Estado da Índia
6th Regiment of Foot notableTheatre Estado da Índia
this entity surface form: India
Old Goa formerCapitalOf Estado da Índia
Nuno da Cunha government Estado da Índia
António de Noronha jurisdiction Estado da Índia
Portuguese Indian rupia legalTenderIn Estado da Índia