1522 in India

Events from the year 1522 in India.

Events

 * 22 January – Duarte de Menezes becomes governor of Portuguese India (until 1524)
 * The Portuguese arrive in Chennai and made a port named São Tomé after the Christian apostle, St. Thomas.

Births

 * 4 August – Maharana Udai Singh, king of Mewar and the founder of the city of Udaipur, (died 1572)