Rise of British Rule in India — Social Science STD 9 — Question
Gujarat BoardEnglish MediumSTD 9Social ScienceRise of British Rule in India4 Marks
Question
Write a note on attempts made to discover a new sea route to India.
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Answer
When Turkish Muslims closed the trade route to India the people of Portugal and Spain started discovering a new sea route to India.
With the inspiration, encouragement and economic help from the Portuguese King Prince Henry, some brave people began efforts to discover new sea routes.
Many great men tried to discover sea route to India namely.
Bartholomew Diaz discovered the ‘Cape of Good Hope’.
Chri Stopher Columbus began his adventure of discovering a new sea route with the economic assistance from King of Spain.
He came to stop at an island, presently known as West Indies, situated in the Atlantic Ocean.
He believed that he discovered a new sea route to India.
Amerigo Vespucci clarified the discovery of Columbus and gave this new land a name as ‘America’.
The Portuguese sailor Vasco-da-Gama discovered the sea route to India in $1498\ A.D.$
He reached Calicut in the western coast of India, where he was welcomed by the King Zamorin and allowed to carry out business there.
Thus, this is considered as an important event in the world as this opened the doors for others Europeans to come to India.
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