<page_title> List of governors of Portuguese India </page_title> <section_title> List </section_title> <table> <cell> Viceroy <col_header> Official Title </col_header> </cell> <cell> D. Vasco da Gama <col_header> Office-Holder </col_header> </cell> <cell> 5 September 1524 <col_header> Mandate Begin </col_header> </cell> <cell> old discoverer of Indies route, now Count of Vidigueira, second Viceroy, first appointee of new King John III of Portugal (r.1521-1557), died at Cochin, December 1524 <col_header> Notes </col_header> </cell> </table>
In 1524 Vasco da Gama was appointed Governor of India, with the title of Viceroy, and was Count of Vidigueira.