1508 in India

Events from the year 1508 in India.

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