The following lists events that happened during 1501 in India.

Incumbents Prabhat Ray, founder and ruler of the Jaintia Kingdom, 1500–1516 Miran Adil Khan II, Sultan of the Faruqi dynasty, 1457–1501 Rudra Pratap Singh, Raja of Orchha State, 1501-1531 Dhanya Manikya, Maharaja of Tripura, 1463-1515

Events The 2nd Portuguese India Armada (Cabral, 1500) left India in January The 3rd Portuguese India Armada (Nova, 1501), funded by Bartolomeo Marchionni, landed in India in August The Portuguese Armada fought the navy of the Zamorin of Calicut in the First Battle of Cannanore on 31 December Pedro Álvares Cabral left India on 16 January and returned to Portugal with pepper, ginger, cinnamon, cardamom, nutmeg, mace, and cloves. The profits made from this trip were huge. Guru Nanak made his first Udaasis, stopping in Gwarighat on the way back Mallabairegowda built Devanahalli Fort Rudra Pratap Singh founded Orchha State

Sikandar Lodi conquered Dholpur in Rajasthan Portuguese tried to conquer Diu Island but failed Dhanya Manikya constructed the Tripura Sundari Temple in Udaipur, Tripura Nilakantha Somayaji wrote Tantrasamgraha, an important astronomical treatise The Jain manuscript Devasanpada Kalpasutra was written

Deaths Miran Adil Khan II, Sultan of the Faruqi dynasty Ali-Shir Nava'i, who extensively influenced India, died on 9 February in Herat, Timurid Empire

See also

Timeline of Indian history

References