Fuykgyu

Portuguese Ceylon Ceilão Português (Portuguese) පෘතුගීසි ලංකාව (Sinhalese) போர்த்துகீசியம் இலங்கை (Tamil) Portuguese colony 1597–1658 Flag Coat of arms Extent of Portuguese rule in Ceylon Capital Colombo Languages Portuguese Sinhalese Tamil Religion Roman Catholicism Political structure Colony King of Portugal  •  1597–1598 Philip I  •  1598–1621 Philip II  •  1621–1640 Philip III  •  1640–1656 John IV  •  1656–1658 Afonso VI Governors  •  1597–1614 Jerónimo de Azevedo  •  1656–1658 António de Amaral de Meneses Historical era Colonialism  •  Portuguese arrival 1505  •  Death of Dharmapala of Kotte 27 May 1597  •  Luso–Kandyan Treaty 1633  •  Surrender of Jaffna June 1658 Preceded by Succeeded by Kingdom of Kotte Kingdom of Jaffna Dutch Ceylon Today part of   Sri Lanka Portuguese Ceylon (Portuguese: Ceilão Português , Sinhala: පෘතුගීසි ලංකාව Puruthugisi Lankawa ) was the control of the Kingdom of Kott...

State of India Estado da Índia Colony Overseas Province State of the Portuguese Empire 1505–1961 Flag Seal Anthem "Hymno Patriótico" (1808–1826) Patriotic Anthem "Hino da Carta" (1826–1911) Hymn of the Charter "A Portuguesa" (1911–1961) The Portuguese Evolution of Portuguese empire Portuguese Sri Lanka - in Portuguese Ceilão (Light Blue) Capital Cochin (1505-30) Old Goa (1530-1843) Nova Goa (1843-1961) Languages Official language Portuguese Also spoken Konkani Kannada Gujarati Marathi Malayalam others Political structure Colony Overseas Province State of the Portuguese Empire Head of state  •  King    1511–1521 Manuel I of Portugal  •  President    1958–1961 Américo Tomás Viceroy  •  1505–1509 Francisco de Almeida (first)  •  1896 Afonso, Duke of Porto (last) Governor-general  •  1509–1515 Afonso de Albuquerque (first)  •  1958–1961 Manuel António Vassalo e Silva (last) H...