In which year did the Portuguese explorer Vasco da Gama become the first European to reach India by sea, landing at Calicut on the Malabar Coast?

• A 1498 ✓
• B 1453
• C 1526
• D 1600

Vasco da Gama arrived at Calicut (Kozhikode) in May 1498, establishing the sea route from Europe to India that would reshape global trade for centuries.