Claim: In April 1521, D. Luis de Menezes accompanied Duarte de Menezes from Lisbon to India as the next governor of Portuguese India, a colonial state of the Portuguese Empire founded six years after discovering a sea route to the Indian Subcontinent by the Kingdom of Portugal.
Evidence: In 1521, D. Duarte de Menezes was named by King Manuel I of Portugal as the next governor of Portuguese India, succeeding Diogo Lopes de Sequeira. Duarte de Menezes left Lisbon in April, 1521, with an armada of 11 carracks destined for India. He was accompanied by his brother D. Luís de Menezes, who captained one of the ships. The State of India (Portuguese: Estado da Índia), also referred as the Portuguese State of India (Estado Português da Índia, EPI) or simply Portuguese India (Índia Portuguesa), was a colonial state of the Portuguese Empire founded six years after the discovery of a sea route to the Indian Subcontinent by the Kingdom of Portugal.