List of governors of Portuguese India

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Viceroy of Portuguese India
Portuguese: Vice-rei da Índia Portuguesa
Coat of arms of Portuguese India
Residence	Viceroy's House
Nominator	Prime Minister of Portugal
Appointer	Monarch of Portugal (1505–1910) President of Portugal (1910–1961)
Precursor	None
Formation	12 September 1505
First holder	Tristão da Cunha
Final holder	Manuel António Vassalo e Silva
Abolished	19 December 1961
Succession	Governor of Goa

The government of Portuguese India (Portuguese: Índia Portuguesa) started on 12 September 1505, seven years after the Portuguese discovery of the sea route to India by Vasco da Gama, with the nomination of the first Portuguese viceroy Francisco de Almeida, then settled at Cochin. Until 1752, the name India included all Portuguese possessions in the Indian Ocean, from Southern Africa to Southeast Asia, governed – either by a viceroy or governor – from its headquarters, established in Old Goa since 1510. In 1752 Portuguese Mozambique was granted its own government, and in 1844 the Portuguese government of India ceased administering the territory of Portuguese Macau, Solor and Portuguese Timor, seeing itself thus confined to a reduced territorial possessions along the Konkan, Canara and Malabar Coasts, which would further be reduced to the present-day state of Goa and the union territory of Daman. Portuguese control ceased in Dadra and Nagar Haveli in 1954, and finally ceased in Goa in 1961, when the area was occupied by the Republic of India (although Portugal only recognised the occupation after the Carnation Revolution in 1974, by a treaty signed on 31 December 1974^[1][2]). This ended four and a half centuries of Portuguese rule in parts – though tiny – of India.

It may be noted that during the term of the monarchy, the title of the head of the Portuguese government in India ranged from "governor" to "viceroy". The title of viceroy would only be assigned to members of the nobility; it was formally terminated in 1774, although it has later been given sporadically to be decisively ended after 1835, as shown below.