Battle of Cochin

Battle of Cochin
	Part of Portuguese battles in the Indian Ocean
	; Duarte Pacheco's victory at the Battle of Cochin, Portuguese lithograph from 1840
Date	16 March – 3 July 1504
Location	Kochi, India
Result	Kochi-Portuguese victory
Belligerents
Portuguese Empire; Kingdom of Cochin;	Calicut; Vassal Malabari states:; Edapalli; Cranganore; Kottakkal; Kingdom of Tanur; Beypore; Chaliyam; Pariyapuram etc.;
Commanders and leaders
Duarte Pacheco Pereira; Candagora, heir of Cochin; Trimumpara Raja;	Zamorin Raja of Calicut; Naubeadarim, heir of Calicut; Elancol, Kaimal of Edapalli;

The Battle of Cochin, sometimes referred as the Second Siege of Cochin, was a series of confrontations, between March and July 1504, fought on land and sea, principally between the Portuguese garrison at Cochin, allied to the Trimumpara Raja, and the armies of the Zamorin of Calicut and vassal Malabari states.

The celebrated heroics of the tiny Portuguese garrison, led by Duarte Pacheco Pereira, fended off an invading army several hundred times bigger. It proved a humiliating defeat for the Zamorin of Calicut. He not only failed to conquer Cochin, but his inability to crush the tiny opposition undermined the faith of his vassals and allies. The Zamorin lost much of his traditional authority over the Malabar states of India in the aftermath. The preservation of Cochin secured the continued presence of the Portuguese in India.

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