Events from the year 1508 in India.

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Events

• The Christian-Islamic power struggle in Europe and the Middle East spills over into the Indian Ocean as Battle of Chaul during the Portuguese-Mamluk War

Births

• 7 March – Humayun (Nasir ud-din Muhammad Humayun), later Mughal emperor (died 1556)

Deaths

• March, Lourenço de Almeida Portuguese explorer and military commander dies in the Battle of Chaul (born c 1480)
• Mayimama Marakkar, Indian ambassador of the Zamorin ruler of Calicut dies at the Battle of Chaul^[1]