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| Office | Governor of Portuguese India
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|---|---|
| Term start | 1526 |
| Term end | 1529 |
| Predecessor | Henrique de Meneses |
| Successor | Nuno da Cunha
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| Born | c. 1480 |
| Born | Carrazeda de Ansiães, Kingdom of Portugal |
| Died | 1534 |
| Place of death | Lisbon, Kingdom of Portugal |
| Nationality | Portuguese
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Lopo Vaz de Sampaio was the 6th Governor of Portuguese India from 1526 to 1529. He was also the captain of Vasco da Gama, a famous Portuguese explorer. During 1528–29, Lopo Vaz de Sampaio seized the fort of Mahim from the Gujarat Sultanate, when the King was at war with Nizam-ul-mulk, the emperor of Chaul, a town south of Bombay.