1555 in India

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Events from the year 1555 in India.

Events

• June Francisco Barreto takes up the position of viceroy in Goa, Portuguese India ^[1]
• Muhammad Adil Shah reign as fourth ruler of the Sur dynasty ends (since 1554)

Births

• Keshavdas, Sanskrit scholar and Hindi poet, author of Rasik Priya, is born in Orchha (dies 1617)

Deaths

• 16 June – Pedro Mascarenhas, viceroy of Portuguese India dies (born 1470)
• 5 November – Hemu (Hemu Vikramaditya), Hindu emperor of north India.

See also

• India portal

• Timeline of Indian history

References

1. Branco, Alberto M. Vara. "Ensaio de Portugalidem Terras Africanas durante a Governação d'El-Rei D.Sebastião: D.Francisco Barreto em Moçambique e na Região do Monomotapa". Millennium (in Portuguese). Polytechnic Institute of Viseu. Archived from the original on 7 July 2013. Retrieved 2013-07-06.