Garcia de Orta a Portuguese physician and botanist was granted the possession of Bombay in which yea...........

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Garcia de Orta, a Portuguese physician and botanist, was granted the possession of Bombay in which year by viceroy Pedro Mascarenhas?

1554

1665

1717

1882

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Explanation:

Salsette was granted for three years to João Rodrigues Dantas, Cosme Corres, and Manuel Corres. Trombay and Chembur were granted to Dom Roque Tello de Menezes, and the Island of Pory (Elephanta Island) to João Pirez in 1548. Garcia de Orta, a Portuguese physician and botanist, was granted the possession of Bombay in 1554 by viceroy Pedro Mascarenhas.