1501_in_India
1501 in India
List of events
The following lists events that happened during 1501 in India.
- Prabhat Ray, founder and ruler of the Jaintia Kingdom, 1500–1516[1]
- Miran Adil Khan II, Sultan of the Faruqi dynasty, 1457–1501
- Rudra Pratap Singh, Raja of Orchha State, 1501-1531
- Dhanya Manikya, Maharaja of Tripura, 1463-1515
- The 2nd Portuguese India Armada (Cabral, 1500) left India in January
- The 3rd Portuguese India Armada (Nova, 1501), funded by Bartolomeo Marchionni, landed in India in August
- The Portuguese Armada fought the navy of the Zamorin of Calicut in the First Battle of Cannanore on 31 December
- Pedro Álvares Cabral left India on 16 January and returned to Portugal with pepper, ginger, cinnamon, cardamom, nutmeg, mace, and cloves. The profits made from this trip were huge.[2]
- Guru Nanak made his first Udaasis, stopping in Gwarighat on the way back
- Mallabairegowda built Devanahalli Fort[3]
- Rudra Pratap Singh founded Orchha State[4]
- Sikandar Lodi conquered Dholpur in Rajasthan
- Portuguese tried to conquer Diu Island but failed
- Dhanya Manikya constructed the Tripura Sundari Temple in Udaipur, Tripura
- Nilakantha Somayaji wrote Tantrasamgraha, an important astronomical treatise
- The Jain manuscript Devasanpada Kalpasutra was written
- Miran Adil Khan II, Sultan of the Faruqi dynasty
- Ali-Shir Nava'i, who extensively influenced India, died on 9 February in Herat, Timurid Empire
- Edward Albert Gait (1906). A History of Assam. Thacker, Spink & Company. p. 255.
- John, K. C.; Kevin, S (2004). Traditional Exports of India: Performance and Prospects. Delhi: New Century Publications. p. 59. ISBN 81-7708-062-8.
- "A forgotten fort?". Deccan Herald. Archived from the original on 6 April 2012. Retrieved 23 May 2013.
- "Mausoleum at Orcha". Retrieved 23 May 2013.