Indian Audax Brotherhood

The Indian Audax Brotherhood is a branch of the Audax Brotherhood operating in India, Sri Lanka, Pakistan, Burma, Singapore, Bangladesh, Maldives, Nepal, Bhutan and Fiji. It is headquartered in Kolkata, West Bengal.
== History ==
=== 1498 ===
A small group of the Portuguese Audax Brotherhood members led by Miguel Porto arrived in Kappad, Kerala aboard Vasco Da Gama's expedition to India. The 12 of them then abandoned the party and fled to Malappuram where they looked for members to join their cause. They then toured around south India met the leaders of many empires. They made allies with Alauddin Husain Shah who let Porto's party stay in Kolkata, West Bengal where the brotherhood got big. 
=== 1838 ===
In 1838, the leader of the Indian Audax Brotherhood, Samuel Ford needed a ship to take 2 negotiators, Nurhachi Drake and Chaitanya Kumar from Singapore to Hong Kong, China from where they would get to Beijing and meet with Emperor Daoguang. The ship (La Maynila) was sent by Sebastian Craneo and captained by David Ochoa.
== List of Leaders ==
Name 	Start of Office	End of Office
Miguel Porto 	1498 	1557
Antonio Porto 	1557 	1563
Humayun Kumar 	1817 	1834
Samuel Ford 	1834 	1858
Nurhachi Drake	1858 	1861