Consider the following statements regarding the Portuguese presence in Kerala:
i. Vasco da Gama arrived in Calicut in 1498 and established the first Portuguese trading post in India.
ii. The first Christian missionary who arrived in India with the Portuguese was Francis Xavier.
iii. The Portuguese built their first fort in India at Cochin in 1503.
iv. The naval Battle of Diu (1509) was fought between the Portuguese and the combined forces of the Ottoman Empire, Mamluks, and Gujarat Sultanate.
Which of the above statements are correct?
1
i, ii, and iii only
2
ii, iii, and iv only
3
i, iii, and iv only
4
i, ii, iii, and iv