Portuguese India
Also spoken; Konkani, Kannada, Gujarati, Marathi, Malayalam, others
Political structure Colony; Overseas Province State of the Portuguese Empire
Head of state - King 1511–21 Manuel I of Portugal - President 1958–61 Américo Tomás
Viceroy - 1505–9 Francisco de Almeida - 1896 Afonso, Duke of Porto
Governor-general - 1509–15 Afonso de Albuquerque - 1958–62 Manuel António Vassalo e Silva
Historical era Imperialism - Fall of Sultanate of Bijapur 15 August 1505 - Indian Annexation; 19 December 1961
Currency Portuguese Indian rupia Portuguese Indian escudo The
State of India, formally,
Estado da Índia Portuguesa, and commonly
Portuguese India, was a colonial state of the Portuguese Empire, six years after the discovery of a sea route between Portugal and India, to serve as the plenipotentiary governing body of a string of Portuguese fortresses and colonies overseas.