Indian names generally contain a given name followed by some number of secondary names. Secondary names are often patronyms, names derived from the father, grandfather or other paternal ancestor, village names, occupation names, or names of gods. Hindu given names are from Sanskrit.n the U.S. in 2014, it ranked 12781 in baby name popularity for girls with 8 occurrences. Less than 5 boys were given the name. View the Sahiba Name Popularity Page to see how the popularity trend for Sahiba has changed since 1880, or to compare the popularity of Sahiba to other names.
Christopher Columbus dies. On May 20, 1506, the great Italian explorer Christopher Columbus dies in Valladolid, Spain. Columbus was the first European to explore the Americas since the Vikings set up colonies in Greenland and Newfoundland in the 10th century.
On October 12, 1492, Christopher Columbus landed on a small island he called San Salvador. Columbus believed he had reached the Indies, or the islands southwest of India that include Indonesia and Malaysia. Columbus died believing he had reached the east by sailing west, but instead he had discovered a ânew world.â. San Salvador was one of the islands in the Caribbean Sea, a body of water between North America and South America. The islands of the Caribbean are part of the West Indies. The West Indies received its name because Columbus believed the native people of the Caribbean Islands were Indians. The Caribbean Sea is named for the Carib, nomadic sea-faring warriors who lived in the region when Columbus arrived.