Events from the year 1508 in India.
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
References
- ^ 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.