Portuguese India

E74723

colonial enclave former colony overseas territory

Portuguese India was a collection of colonial enclaves on the Indian subcontinent that served for centuries as the main base of Portugal’s maritime trade and imperial presence in Asia.

Observed surface forms (7)

Surface form	Occurrences
Estado Português da Índia	1
Portuguese Bombay	1
Portuguese Estado da Índia	1
Portuguese Goa	1
Portuguese State of India	1
Portuguese possessions in India	1
Portuguese possessions in Southeast Asia	1

Statements (51)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	colonial enclave ⓘ former colony ⓘ overseas territory ⓘ
alternativeName	Portuguese India ⓘ surface form: Estado Português da Índia Portuguese India ⓘ surface form: Portuguese State of India
capital	Goa ⓘ Pangim ⓘ
colonialPower	Portugal ⓘ
continent	Asia ⓘ
country	Portugal ⓘ
currency	Portuguese escudo ⓘ surface form: Portuguese Indian escudo Portuguese Indian rupia ⓘ
dissolved	1961 ⓘ
endTime	1961 ⓘ
establishedBy	Afonso de Albuquerque ⓘ Francisco de Almeida ⓘ
event	Indian annexation of Daman and Diu ⓘ surface form: Indian annexation of Dadra and Nagar Haveli Indian annexation of Daman and Diu ⓘ annexation of Goa by India ⓘ
governorTitle	Viceroy of Portuguese India ⓘ surface form: Governor-General of Portuguese India Viceroy of India ⓘ
historicalRole	center of Portuguese imperial presence in the Indian Ocean ⓘ main base of Portugal’s maritime trade in Asia ⓘ
inception	1505 ⓘ
locatedIn	South Asia ⓘ surface form: Indian subcontinent South Asia ⓘ
officialLanguage	Portuguese ⓘ
part	Anjediva Island NERFINISHED ⓘ Bassein ⓘ Mumbai ⓘ surface form: Bombay (until 1661) Cochin ⓘ Dadra and Nagar Haveli and Daman and Diu ⓘ surface form: Dadra and Nagar Haveli Daman district ⓘ surface form: Daman Diu ⓘ Goa ⓘ Korlai ⓘ Mangalore ⓘ
partOf	Estado da Índia ⓘ Portuguese Empire ⓘ
previousEntity	Portuguese Empire ⓘ
primaryPortCity	Diu ⓘ Goa ⓘ
religion	Hinduism ⓘ Islam ⓘ Roman Catholicism ⓘ
sovereignState	Kingdom of Portugal ⓘ Portugal ⓘ surface form: Portuguese Republic
startTime	1505 ⓘ
successor	Dadra and Nagar Haveli and Daman and Diu ⓘ surface form: Dadra and Nagar Haveli Goa ⓘ surface form: Goa, Daman and Diu India ⓘ surface form: Republic of India

Referenced by (16)

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

Portuguese India → alternativeName → Portuguese India ⓘ

this entity surface form: Estado Português da Índia

Portuguese India → alternativeName → Portuguese India ⓘ

this entity surface form: Portuguese State of India

Viceroy of Portuguese India → appliesToJurisdiction → Portuguese India ⓘ

Churches and Convents of Goa → formerCapitalOf → Portuguese India ⓘ

First Portuguese Republic → hadColony → Portuguese India ⓘ

Viceroy of Portuguese India → hasJurisdictionOver → Portuguese India ⓘ

this entity surface form: Portuguese possessions in India

Viceroy of Portuguese India → hasJurisdictionOver → Portuguese India ⓘ

this entity surface form: Portuguese possessions in Southeast Asia

Iberian Union → includesTerritory → Portuguese India ⓘ

Portuguese Inquisition → jurisdiction → Portuguese India ⓘ

Dutch–Portuguese War → mainTheater → Portuguese India ⓘ

Francis Xavier → missionaryRegion → Portuguese India ⓘ

this entity surface form: Portuguese Goa

Afonso de Albuquerque → placeOfDeath → Portuguese India ⓘ

Bombay Island → precededBy → Portuguese India ⓘ

this entity surface form: Portuguese Bombay

Portuguese Empire → territory → Portuguese India ⓘ

Estado Novo regime → territoryIncluded → Portuguese India ⓘ

subject surface form: Estado Novo (Portugal)

Bengal Subah → tradingPartner → Portuguese India ⓘ

this entity surface form: Portuguese Estado da Índia