1550 in India explained

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]

See also

• Timeline of Indian history

See also

• Timeline of Indian history

Notes and References

1. Book: Frederick Charles Danvers. Frederick Charles Danvers. The Portuguese in India: Being a History of the Rise and Decline of Their Eastern Empire. 1988. Asian Educational Services. 978-81-206-0391-2. 487.
2. Web site: Women in Power 1570-1600 . https://web.archive.org/web/20061219205920/http://www.guide2womenleaders.com/Womeninpower1570.htm . 19 December 2006 . 3 July 2013 . dead . dmy .
3. Web site: Ralph Fitch (british explorer). 20 July 2013.