1501 in India

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