Explanation:

1498 AD: Vasco da Gama landed in Calicut. 1503 AD: The Portuguese had established their first fort in Cochin in India. 1505 AD: Francisco de Almeida was appointed Viceroy of India, on the condition that he would set up four forts on the south western Indian coast: at Anjediva Island, Cannanore, Cochin and Quilon. 1509 AD: Almeida becomes the first Portuguese to set sail in Bombay. He also brought down a decisive defeat on a joint fleet of the Mamluk Burji (Sultanate of Egypt), the Ottoman Empire, the Zamorin of Calicut and the Sultan of Gujarat, with the naval support from the Republic of Venice and the Republic of Ragusa (Dubrovnik).