[Solved] The first to come and last to leave India were -

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Q.	The first to come and last to leave India were -
A.	the Portuguese
B.	the French
C.	the English
D.	the Dutch
Answer» A. the Portuguese
Explanation: The first Portuguese encounter with India was on May 20, 1498 when Vasco da Gama reached Calicut on Malabar Coast. The Portuguese State of India was established in 1505 as a viceroyalty of the Kingdom of Portugal, six years after the discovery of a sea route between Portugal and India, to serve as the plenipotentiary governing body of a string of Portuguese for tresses and colonies overseas.

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