The Battle of Dabul was a retaliatory attack by the forces of the Viceroy of

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, upon the port city of Dabul (now

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) in the

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. It occurred on 29 December 1508, in retaliation for attacking the Portuguese armada ''en route'' to the

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. Despite the presence of a double wooden wall and a ditch, the Portuguese using both an

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and a

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of armed soldiers, "slammed into the town. What followed was a black day in the history of European conquest that would leave the Portuguese cursed on Indian soil." The conquerors were merciless--all living creatures (male, female, old, young, human or animal) were slaughtered then the city set on fire to burn alive those who had managed to hide in secret. The Portuguese departed on January 5, 1509. "This massacre stood beside asco deGama's destruction of he_Hajj_pilgrim_ship.html"_;"title="Hajj.html"_;"title="he_Hajj">he_Hajj_pilgrim_ship">Hajj.html"_;"title="he_Hajj">he_Hajj_pilgrim_shipthe_''Miri''_as_an_unforgiven_act_that_lingered_long_in_the_memory".Crowley,_p._199

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