Viceroy of Portuguese India

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Portuguese imperial title colonial office government position

The Viceroy of Portuguese India was the crown-appointed chief colonial governor responsible for administering and overseeing Portugal’s Asian territories from its base in Goa.

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Observed surface forms (1)

Surface form	Occurrences
Governor-General of Portuguese India	2

Statements (52)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Portuguese imperial title ⓘ colonial office ⓘ government position ⓘ
appliesToJurisdiction	Estado da Índia ⓘ Portuguese India ⓘ
appointedBy	Kings of Portugal ⓘ surface form: King of Portugal Portuguese Crown ⓘ
country	Kingdom of Portugal ⓘ
firstHolder	Francisco de Almeida ⓘ
hasDuty	administer Portuguese territories in Asia ⓘ command Portuguese military forces in the East ⓘ conduct diplomacy with Asian polities ⓘ enforce Portuguese royal policies overseas ⓘ oversee colonial governance in Portuguese India ⓘ protect Portuguese commercial interests in Asia ⓘ
hasJurisdictionOver	Daman district ⓘ surface form: Daman and Diu Goa ⓘ Portuguese possessions in East Africa ⓘ Portuguese India ⓘ surface form: Portuguese possessions in India Portuguese India ⓘ surface form: Portuguese possessions in Southeast Asia Portuguese possessions in the Persian Gulf ⓘ
inception	1505 ⓘ
languageUsed	Portuguese ⓘ
locationOfWork	Arabian Sea ⓘ Bay of Bengal ⓘ Sri Lanka ⓘ surface form: Ceylon Coromandel Coast ⓘ Swahili Coast ⓘ surface form: East Africa coast Goa ⓘ Indian Ocean ⓘ Malabar Coast ⓘ Malacca ⓘ Persian Gulf ⓘ
notableOfficeHolder	Afonso de Albuquerque ⓘ António de Noronha ⓘ Constantino de Bragança ⓘ João de Castro ⓘ Luís de Ataíde ⓘ Nuno da Cunha ⓘ
officeHolderHasResidence	Old Goa ⓘ surface form: Viceroy’s Palace, Goa
partOf	Portuguese Empire ⓘ Portuguese colonial administration ⓘ
religionAssociated	Roman Catholicism ⓘ
replacedBy	Viceroy of Portuguese India self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Governor-General of Portuguese India
replaces	Governor of Portuguese India ⓘ
seat	Goa ⓘ Goa ⓘ surface form: Goa, Portuguese India
subordinateTo	Kings of Portugal ⓘ surface form: King of Portugal
timePeriod	16th century ⓘ 17th century ⓘ 18th century ⓘ 19th century ⓘ

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

Portuguese India → governorTitle → Viceroy of Portuguese India ⓘ

this entity surface form: Governor-General of Portuguese India

Afonso de Albuquerque → positionHeld → Viceroy of Portuguese India ⓘ

Vasco da Gama → positionHeld → Viceroy of Portuguese India ⓘ

Viceroy of Portuguese India → replacedBy → Viceroy of Portuguese India self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Governor-General of Portuguese India