1550 in India

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Events from the year 1550 in India.

Events

• Afonso de Noronha becomes viceroy of India (until 1554) ^[1]

Births

• Achyuta Pisharati, Sanskrit grammarian, astrologer, astronomer and mathematician (died 1621)
• Vijnanabhiksu, philosopher (died 1600)
• Chand Bibi, warrior and acting Regent of Bijapur (1580–90) and regent of Ahmednagar (1596–99) (died 1599) ^[2]
• Rodolfo Acquaviva, Italian Jesuit missionary at the court of Akbar is born (dies 1583)
• Ralph Fitch, merchant, early European traveller to India and the court of Akbar and consultant to the East India Company is born (dies 1611) ^[3]

Deaths

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See also

• India portal

• Timeline of Indian history

References

1. Frederick Charles Danvers (1988). The Portuguese in India: Being a History of the Rise and Decline of Their Eastern Empire. Asian Educational Services. p. 487. ISBN   978-81-206-0391-2.
2. "Women in Power 1570-1600". Archived from the original on 19 December 2006. Retrieved 3 July 2013.
3. "Ralph Fitch (british explorer)" . Retrieved 20 July 2013.

See also

• Timeline of Indian history