On 20 May 1498, Vasco da Gama stepped onto a quiet beach near Calicut—and nothing in Indian history was the same again.
What started as a spice mission turned into four centuries of empire. This is the story of how one Portuguese sailor opened the sea route to India, triggered a global scramble for power, and unknowingly walked India into the age of colonisation.
📍Kappad, Kerala
⏳ From trinkets to conquest in under 30 years.
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