Portuguese explorer Pedro Álvares Cabral arrives at Calicut, India, on September 13, 1500. It followed the landing In May 1498, of Portuguese explorer Vasco da Gama and marked the beginning of Portugal's presence in India leading to the establishment of trade, conflicting with local Muslim traders who up to then had controlled it.
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