1555 in India

Events from the year 1555 in India.

Events

 * June Francisco Barreto takes up the position of viceroy in Goa, Portuguese India
 * Muhammad Adil Shah reign as fourth ruler of the Sur dynasty ends (since 1554)

Births

 * Keshavdas, Sanskrit scholar and Hindi poet, author of Rasik Priya, is born in Orchha (dies 1617)

Deaths

 * 16 June – Pedro Mascarenhas, viceroy of Portuguese India dies (born 1470)
 * 5 November – Hemu (Hemu Vikramaditya), Hindu emperor of north India.