Question

Who were the last foreigners to leave India?
1. The British
2. The Portuguese
3. The French
4. The Dutch

Answer 1

Correct Answer - Option 2 : The Portuguese

The correct answer is The Portuguese.

• The sea routes of India were discovered at the end of the 15th century, after which the Europeans started coming to India.
• The Portuguese came to India in 1510 and were the first European rulers to visit here.
• The last European ruler to leave India in 1961 was the Portuguese.
• On 19 December 1961, the Indian Army liberated Goa, Daman, and Diu from the Portuguese occupation and joined India.
• The four-and-a-half-year rule of the ancestors here ended with this.
• On 30 May 1987, Goa was granted statehood while Daman and Diu were made a union territory.​

•  First Portuguese came to India via waterways, followed by Dutch, British and French respectively.
• Vasco-de-Gama of Portugal arrived on the coast of India on 17 May 1498, after which the way to India came.
• Pedro Albrez Cabral (1500 AD) was the second Portuguese traveler to visit India after Vasco da Gama.