Dadra and Nagar Haveli and Daman and Diu

Dadra and Nagar Haveli and Daman and Diu

Dadra and Nagar Haveli and Daman and Diu, union territory, western India, consisting of three noncontiguous districts—Dadra and Nagar Haveli, Daman, and Diu—and which came into being in January 2020 following the merger of Dadra and Nagar Haveli union territory and Daman and Diu union territory. The districts have in common a history of imperial Portuguese rule until after India’s independence from the British raj. The other region under Portuguese rule at the time of India’s independence, Goa, became a state in 1987.