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Date 1505 - December 19, 1961

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Goa, India
Daman and Diu
Vasai-Virar: Portuguese fort
Vasco da Gama's first voyage
Gama, Vasco da; Portuguese India
Afonso de Albuquerque
Goa, India: Roman Catholic Basilica of Bom Jesus
Goa
Diu, India: Portuguese fort
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state, India
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district, Dadra and Nagar Haveli and Daman and Diu, India
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Vasco da Gama
Vasco da Gama
Portuguese navigator
Afonso de Albuquerque
Afonso de Albuquerque
Portuguese conqueror

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