The first Portuguese fort on the Indian soil was built at ........

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The first Portuguese fort on the Indian soil was built at

Goa

Calicut

Diu

Cochin

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Explanation:

Afonso de Albuquerque was an exceedingly energetic commander of Portuguese India, who established a Portuguese fort at Cochin in 1503 on his initial voyage. It was a timber fortress, the first fortress erected by the Portuguese in India. In 1505 a stone fortress replaced the wooden fortress of Cochin.