<P> From 1503 to 1663 , Kochi was ruled by Portugal through the namesake Cochin Raja . Kochi remained the capital of Portuguese India till 1510 . In 1530 , Saint Francis Xavier arrived and founded a Christian mission . The following Portuguese period was difficult for the Jews living in the region , since the Inquisition was established in Portuguese India in 1560 . Kochi hosted the grave of Vasco da Gama , the Portuguese viceroy , who was buried at St. Francis Church until his remains were exhumed and interred in Portugal in 1539 . Soon after the time of Albuquerque , the Portuguese rule in Kerala declined . The failure is attributed to intermarriages , forcible conversions , religious persecution , etc . </P>
<P> From 1503 to 1663 , Kochi was ruled by Portugal through the namesake Cochin Raja . Kochi remained the capital of Portuguese India till 1510 . In 1530 , Saint Francis Xavier arrived and founded a Christian mission . The following Portuguese period was difficult for the Jews living in the region , since the Inquisition was established in Portuguese India in 1560 . Kochi hosted the grave of Vasco da Gama , the Portuguese viceroy , who was buried at St. Francis Church until his remains were exhumed and interred in Portugal in 1539 . Soon after the time of Albuquerque , the Portuguese rule in Kerala declined . The failure is attributed to intermarriages , forcible conversions , religious persecution , etc . </P>
which personality was initially buried in kochi and taken to portugal
which personality was initially buried in kochi and taken to portugal
Vasco da Gama
Vasco da Gama