Portuguese explorer Vasco Da Gama reached India in 1498, and there are many versions about how he discovered the sea route
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Some people claim a Gujarati trader brought him to Africa. According to Encyclopaedia Britannica, the sailor helped Da Gama reach Calicut
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The trader reportedly belonged to Mandvi, a city in Kutch district known for its ship-building industry for the last more than 300 years
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The revelation was also made by scholars from France, Portugal, China and Singapore who gathered for a three-day maritime conference in Gujarat in 2010
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Italian researcher Sinthia Salvadori talked about Malam's role in her book 'We Came In Dhows' saying "it is high time we studied this"
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Union minister Meenakshi Lekhi said last year that the government should try to get the fascimile of Vasco Da Gama's diary
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Ms Lekhi said the document will help reveal the real story and everyone will get to know how Da Gama reached India
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But some experts have raised say Vaso Da Gama did meet an Indian person, but the identity is not known
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Vasco Da Gama was the third son of Estevao da Gama, a minor provincial nobleman in Portugal, as per Encyclopaedia Britannica
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He sailed from Lisbon on July 8, 1497, with a fleet of four vessels