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In which year for the first time Vasco da Gama reached Kozhikkod in Kerala?

A. 1435

B. 1498

C. 1508

D. 1465

Answer: Option B

Solution (By Examveda Team)

Portuguese explorer Vasco de Gama becomes the first European to reach India via the Atlantic Ocean when he arrives at Calicut on the Malabar Coast. The fleet arrived in Kappadu near Kozhikode (Calicut), in Malabar Coast (present day Kerala state of India), on 20 May 1498.

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