<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Portuguese_conquest_of_Goa" id="mwUQ" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Portuguese conquest of Goa">Portuguese conquest of Goa</a>: Portuguese naval forces under the command of <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Afonso_de_Albuquerque" id="mwUg" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Afonso de Albuquerque">Afonso de Albuquerque</a>, and local mercenaries working for privateer <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Timoji" id="mwUw" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Timoji">Timoji</a>, seize Goa from the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Adil_Shahi_dynasty" id="mwVA" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Adil Shahi dynasty">Bijapur Sultanate</a>, resulting in 451 years of Portuguese colonial rule.