Mestre Diogo
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Mestre Diogo was a Portuguese nobleman. He was sent to India
India
India , officially the Republic of India , is a country in South Asia. It is the seventh-largest country by geographical area, the second-most populous country with over 1.2 billion people, and the most populous democracy in the world...

 in 1533 by King John III of Portugal
John III of Portugal
John III , nicknamed o Piedoso , was the fifteenth King of Portugal and the Algarves. He was the son of King Manuel I and Maria of Aragon, the third daughter of King Ferdinand II of Aragon and Queen Isabella I of Castile...

 to promote the religious interests of the Portuguese. The islands of Bombay were leased to Mestre Diogo in 1534. He died in 1548.
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