<P> According to a 2013 BBC World Service Poll, only 26% of Brazilians view India's influence positively . Indians opinion on Brazil is also sharply divided, with 20% viewing Brazil positively and 18% viewing Brazil negatively . </P> <Table> <Tr> <Td> </Td> <Td> This article needs additional citations for verification . Please help improve this article by adding citations to reliable sources . Unsourced material may be challenged and removed . (May 2010) (Learn how and when to remove this template message) </Td> </Tr> </Table> <Tr> <Td> </Td> <Td> This article needs additional citations for verification . Please help improve this article by adding citations to reliable sources . Unsourced material may be challenged and removed . (May 2010) (Learn how and when to remove this template message) </Td> </Tr> <P> India's links with Brazil go back five centuries . Portugal's Pedro Alvares Cabral is officially recognised as the first European to "discover" Brazil in 1500 . Cabral was sent to India by the King of Portugal after the return of Vasco da Gama from his pioneering journey to India . Cabral is reported to have been blown off course on his way to India . Brazil became an important Portuguese colony and stop - over in the long journey to Goa . This Portuguese connexion led to the exchange of several agricultural crops between India and Brazil in the colonial days . Indian cattle was also imported to Brazil . Most of the cattle in Brazil is of Indian origin . </P>

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