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Struggle against Portuguese Estado da Índia

1498–1961

he multi-century resistance in Goa, Daman, Diu, and the Malabar coast.

Historical Timeline

7th Century - 1947

Resistance to Umayyad Caliphate
712–750
Resistance to Ghaznavid Invasions
1000–1186
Resistance to Ghurid Conquests
1175–1206
Resistance to Delhi Sultanate Expansion
1206–1526
Vijayanagara Resistance
1336–1646
Struggle against Portuguese Estado da Índia
1498–1961
Resistance to Mughal Imperial Rule
1526–1857
Resistance to Dutch East India Company
1605–1825
Resistance to French Colonial Settlements
1664–1954
Resistance to British East India Company Expansion
1757–1856
1857 War of Independence
1857–1858
Organized Indian Freedom Struggle
1885–1947
Islamic Invasion
European Colonialism

Heroes of this Period (1)

Kunjali Marakkar IV

Kunjali Marakkar IV

Fleet admiral of the Samoothiri

Struggle against Portuguese Estado da Índia
📍 Malabar ⚔️ VS Portuguese Empire

Kunjali Marakkar was the title inherited by the Admiral of the fleet of the King Samoothiri / Zamorin, the King of Calicut, in present-day Kerala, India. There were four Marakkars whose war tactics defended against the Portuguese invasion from 1520 to 1600. The Kunjali Marakkars are credited with organizing the first naval defense of the Indian coast. Indian Navy commissioned INS Kunjali in their memory on 11 July 1954, with Captain Michael Benjamin Samuel, VSM, as the first Commanding Officer.

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