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Lopo Vaz de Sampaio
Lopo
Vaz
de
Sampaio
was the
6th
Governor of Portuguese India
from
1526
to
1529
. He was also the
captain
of
Vasco da Gama
, a
famous
Portuguese explorer
. During 1528–29, Lopo Vaz de Sampaio
seized
the
fort of Mahim
from the
Gujarat Sultanate
, when
the King
was at
war
with
Nizam-ul-mulk
, the
emperor
of
Chaul
, a
town
south
of
Bombay
.
