1501 in India
# 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
