1508 in India

Events from the year 1508 in India.

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See also:	List of years in India Timeline of Indian history

Events

• The Christian-Islamic power struggle in Europe and the Middle East spills over into the Indian Ocean as Battle of Chaul during the Portuguese-Mamluk War

Births

• 7 March – Humayun (Nasir ud-din Muhammad Humayun), later Mughal emperor (died 1556)

Deaths

• March, Lourenço de Almeida Portuguese explorer and military commander dies in the Battle of Chaul (born c 1480)
• Mayimama Marakkar, Indian ambassador of the Zamorin ruler of Calicut dies at the Battle of Chaul ^[1]

See also

• Timeline of Indian history

References

1. Ayyar, K. V. (1938). The Zamorins of Calicut: From the Earliest Times Down to A.D. 1806. Publication Division, University of Calicut. p. 170. ISBN   978-81-7748-000-9.