Portuguese colonial state on the Indian subcontinent, centered on Goa, Daman and Diu, and once including numerous coastal trading posts across the Indian Ocean.
Annexed by India via military action (Operation Vijay) on 19 December 1961, ending the last European colonial holding on the subcontinent.
The atlas holds 2 border frames for Portuguese India — the shape you scrub through changes in 1505 · 1644.
Verified via Open Library (author + title + year match); focused scholarly history spanning nearly the entire colony's existence.