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{{Short description|Union territory of India}}
{{Use Indian English|date=June 2016}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=September 2020}}
{{Infobox Indian state or territory
| name = Dadra and Nagar Haveli and Daman and Diu
| type = Union territory
| image_seal = Seal of Dadra and Nagar Haveli and Daman and Diu.svg{{!}}class=skin-invert
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| image_caption = From top, left to right: Vanganga Garden, Silvassa; St. Thomas Church, Diu; [[Damanganga]] river, Silvassa; [[Diu Fort]], Diu; St. Paul's Church, Diu; Naida Caves, Diu
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| coordinates = {{coord|20.42|N|72.83|E|display=inline,title}}
| region = Western India
| formation_date4 = 26 January 2020<ref name="auto2">{{cite web|url=http://egazette.nic.in/WriteReadData/2019/214745.pdf|title=Data|publisher=egazette.nic.in |access-date=9 June 2020}}</ref>
| capital = Daman, India
| largestcity = Silvassa
| districts = [[List of districts of Dadra and Nagar Haveli and Daman and Diu|3]]
| Administrator = [[Praful Khoda Patel]]
| Chief_secretary = Amit Singla, IAS
| rajya_sabha_seats = N/A
| lok_sabha_seats = 2 seats
| judiciary = [[Bombay High Court]]
| area_total_km2 = 603
| area_rank = 33rd
| elevation_m = 8
| elevation_max_m = 425
| elevation_min_m = 0
| population_total = 585,764
| population_as_of = 2011
| population_density = 970
| 0fficial_Langs = [[Hindi]], [[Gujarati language|Gujarati]]<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.nclm.nic.in/shared/linkimages/NCLM52ndReport.pdf |title=Report of the Commissioner for linguistic minorities: 52nd report (July 2014 to June 2015) |pages=1–100 |publisher=Commissioner for Linguistic Minorities, Ministry of Minority Affairs, Government of India |access-date=16 February 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171228171523/http://www.nclm.nic.in/shared/linkimages/NCLM52ndReport.pdf |archive-date=28 December 2017}}</ref>
| literacy = 87.8%<ref>{{Cite book |url=https://www.mospi.gov.in/sites/default/files/publication_reports/AnnualReport_PLFS2023-24L2.pdf |title=Annual Report, Periodic Labour Force Survey (PLFS) (July 2023 – June 2024) |date=23 September 2024 |publisher=National Sample Survey Office, Ministry of Statistics and Programme Implementation, Government of India |pages=A-10 |chapter=Appendix-A: Detailed tables, Table (7): Literacy rate (in per cent) of persons of different age groups for each State/UT (persons, age-group (years): 7 & above, rural+urban (column 6))}}</ref>
| literacy_year = 2024
| literacy_rank = 13th
| iso_code = IN-DH
| registration_plate = DD<ref>{{cite web|url=https://1drv.ms/b/s!AoSY7m8bBHQlkxAnCvnuRK7v7Ui2?e=cdtfs9|title=DD Vehicle Registration Mark, Amendment in the Notification No. S.O. 444(E) dated 12th June, 1989|publisher=eGazette of India|access-date=22 January 2020}}</ref>
| website = ddd.gov.in
}}

'''Dadra and Nagar Haveli and Daman and Diu'''{{efn|{{ubl|{{IPA|hi|ˈd̪ɑːd̪ɾɑː ɔːɾ ˈnəɡəɾ ɦəˈʋeːliː ɔːɾ ˈd̪əməɳ ɔːɾ ˈd̪iːʋ}}|{{IPA|gu|ˈd̪ɑd̪ɾɑ ˈəne ˈnəɡəɾ ɦəˈʋeli ˈəne ˈd̪əməɳ ˈəne ˈd̪iʋ}}}}}} is a [[union territory]] in [[India]].<ref name="Dutta">{{cite web|url=https://theprint.in/india/there-will-be-one-ut-less-as-modi-govt-plans-to-merge-dadra-nagar-haveli-and-daman-diu/261056/|title=There will be one UT less as Modi govt plans to merge Dadra & Nagar Haveli and Daman & Diu|first=Amrita Nayak|last=Dutta|date=10 July 2019|access-date=31 January 2020}}</ref><ref name="egazette.nic.in">{{cite web|url=http://egazette.nic.in/WriteReadData/2019/214565.pdf |title=Data |publisher=egazette.nic.in |access-date=9 June 2020}}</ref> The territory was constituted through the merger of the former territories of [[Dadra and Nagar Haveli]] and [[Daman and Diu]]. Plans for the proposed merger were announced by the [[Government of India]] in July 2019; the necessary legislation was passed in the [[Parliament of India]] in December 2019 and came into effect on 26 January 2020.<ref name="auto">{{cite web | url=https://www.devdiscourse.com/article/national/754685-govt-plans-to-merge-2-uts----daman-and-diu-dadra-and-nagar-haveli |title = Govt plans to merge 2 UTs -- Daman and Diu, Dadra and Nagar Haveli}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://164.100.47.4/BillsTexts/LSBillTexts/Asintroduced/366_2019_LS_Eng.pdf |title=Data |publisher=164.100.47.4 |access-date=9 June 2020}}</ref> The territory is made up of four separate geographical entities: [[Dadra, Dadra and Nagar Haveli and Daman and Diu|Dadra]], [[Nagar Haveli]], [[Daman district, India|Daman]], and the island of [[Diu district|Diu]]. All four areas were formerly part of [[Portuguese India]], with a joint capital at [[Panjim]], Goa. They came under Indian rule in the mid-20th century after the [[Annexation of Goa]] and of the [[Free Dadra and Nagar Haveli]]. [[Goa, Daman and Diu]] were jointly administered until 1987, when [[Goa]] was granted statehood after the [[Konkani language agitation]]. The current capital is [[Daman, India|Daman]] and [[Silvassa]] is the largest city.

==History==
{{see also|Annexation of Dadra and Nagar Haveli|Annexation of Goa}}

[[File:Dadra and Nagar Haveli and Daman and Diu.svg|left|500px|Map of Dadra and Nagar Haveli and Daman and Diu, showing its three districts as well as general location within India.|alt=Map of Dadra and Nagar Haveli and Daman and Diu, showing its three districts as well as general location within India.|thumb]]

[[Daman and Diu]] were [[Portuguese Empire|Portuguese colonies]] from the 1520s until [[Annexation of Goa|annexed]] by India on 19 December 1961. [[Dadra and Nagar Haveli]] were Portuguese territories from [[Maratha handover of Nagar Haveli (1783)|1779]] until [[Annexation of Dadra and Nagar Haveli|annexed]] by the Indian army on 11 August 1961. Portugal officially recognised Indian sovereignty over the areas in 1974 following the [[Carnation Revolution]].<ref name="auto1">{{cite web|url=https://www.worldstatesmen.org/India_states.html|title=Indian states since 1947|newspaper=World Statesmen|access-date=31 January 2020}}</ref>

Daman and Diu were administered as part of the union territory of [[Goa, Daman and Diu]] between 1962 and 1987, becoming a separate union territory when [[Goa]] was granted statehood.<ref name="auto1"/>

In July 2019, the [[Government of India]] proposed merging the two territories into a single union territory in order to reduce duplication of services and reduce the cost of administration. Legislation to this effect, the Dadra and Nagar Haveli and Daman and Diu (Merger of Union territories) Bill, 2019, was tabled in the [[Parliament of India]] on 26 November 2019 and assented to by the President of India on 9 December 2019.<ref name="egazette.nic.in"/><ref name="auto"/> The two union territories had previously shared a common administrator and government officials. The town of Daman was chosen to be the capital of the new combined union territory.<ref name="Dutta"/> The appointed day for the act to come into effect was notified as 26 January 2020 by the Government of India.<ref name="auto2"/>

==Geography==
[[File:DadraAndNagarHaveliAndDamanAndDiu2024OSM.png|thumb|left|Detailed map of the union territory.]]

Dadra and Nagar Haveli and Daman and Diu is composed of four distinct areas located in [[Western India]]. [[Dadra, Dadra and Nagar Haveli and Daman and Diu|Dadra]] is a small [[enclave and exclave|enclave]] within the state of Gujarat. [[Nagar Haveli]] is a C-shaped enclave located between the states of [[Gujarat]] and [[Maharashtra]] which contains a counterenclave of Gujarat around the village of [[Maghval]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/ahmedabad/4-gujarat-villages-will-no-more-be-dry/articleshow/89004297.cms|title=4 Gujarat villages will no more be dry |website=[[The Times of India]] |date=20 January 2022 |access-date=14 March 2024}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |date=2022-06-14 |title=Merger of four Gujarat villages with Dadra deferred |work=The Times of India |url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/ahmedabad/merger-of-four-gujarat-villages-with-dadra-deferred/articleshow/92191058.cms |access-date=2023-10-17 |issn=0971-8257}}</ref> [[Daman District, India|Daman]] is an enclave on the southeast coast of Gujarat, while [[Diu district|Diu]] is an island off the southcentral coast of Gujarat.

There are 2 wildlife sanctuaries in the territory- [[Dadra and Nagar Haveli Wildlife Sanctuary|Dadra and Nagar Haveli wildlife sanctuary]] and [[Fudam Bird Sanctuary|Fudam bird sanctuary]].<ref>{{Cite news|title=Holiday in Dadra & Nagar Haveli, Daman & Diu: Here’s all you need to know to plan a vacation there|url=https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/wealth/spend/holiday-in-dadra-nagar-haveli-daman-diu-heres-all-you-need-to-know-to-plan-a-vacation-there/articleshow/118798979.cms?from=mdr|work=The Economic Times|date=2025-03-10|access-date=2025-11-27|issn=0013-0389}}</ref>

==Administration==

Dadra and Nagar Haveli and Daman and Diu is administered as a [[union territory]] of India by virtue of [[s:Constitution of India/Part VIII|Article 240 (2)]] of the [[Constitution of India]]. The [[President of India]] appoints an [[List of administrators of Dadra and Nagar Haveli and Daman and Diu|administrator]] to administer the territory on behalf of the central Government of India. The central government may appoint advisers to assist the administrator with his/her duties.

===Districts===

The union territory is made up of [[List of districts of Dadra and Nagar Haveli and Daman and Diu|three districts]]:

{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! No. !! District !! Area, km2 !! Population, (2011) !! Density, per/km2
|-
| 1 || [[Daman District, India|Daman]] ||align="right" | 72 ||align="right" | 190,855 ||align="right" | 2,650.76
|-
| 2 || [[Diu District|Diu]] ||align="right" | 40 ||align="right" | 52,056 ||align="right" | 1,301.40
|-
| 3 || [[Dadra and Nagar Haveli district|Dadra and Nagar Haveli]] ||align="right" | 491 ||align="right" | 342,853 ||align="right" | 698.27
|- style="background: #CCC;"
| || Total ||align="right" | 603 ||align="right" | 585,764 ||align="right" | 971.42
|}

===Law enforcement and justice===
Law enforcement within the territory is the responsibility of the [[Dadra and Nagar Haveli and Daman and Diu Police]]. The territory falls under the jurisdiction of the [[Bombay High Court]].

===In the Parliament of India===
Dadra and Nagar Haveli and Daman and Diu sends two members (MPs) to the lower house of the [[Indian parliament]] the [[Lok Sabha]]. The territory is divided into the constituencies of [[Daman and Diu (Lok Sabha constituency)|Daman and Diu]] and [[Dadra and Nagar Haveli (Lok Sabha constituency)|Dadra and Nagar Haveli]].

==Demographics==
{{Empty section|date=June 2022}}{{Pie chart
| radius = 100
| caption = Religion in Daman and Diu and Dadra and Nagar Haveli<ref>{{Cite web |title=Dadra and Nagar Haveli Hindu Muslim Population |url=https://www.census2011.co.in/data/religion/state/26-dadra-and-nagar-haveli.html |access-date=2025-03-22 |website=www.census2011.co.in}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Daman and Diu Hindu Muslim Population |url=https://www.census2011.co.in/data/religion/state/25-daman-and-diu.html |access-date=2025-03-22 |website=www.census2011.co.in}}</ref>
| label1 = [[Hinduism]]
| value1 = 92.4
| color1 = darkorange
| label2 = [[Islam]]
| value2 = 5.5
| color2 = green
| label3 = [[Christianity]]
| value3 = 1.3
| color3 = blue
| value4 = 0.83
| color4 = grey
| label4 = Others
}}

== See also ==
* [[Goa civil code|Goan Civil Code]]
* [[Goa, Daman and Diu]]
* [[Portuguese India]]
*[[2019 Daman indigenous land clearing protests|2019 Daman Indigenous Land Clearing Protests]]
*[[Dadra and Nagar Haveli Lok Sabha constituency]]
*[[Daman and Diu Lok Sabha constituency]]

== Notes ==
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==References==
{{reflist}}

==External links==
*[https://ddd.gov.in/ Dadra and Nagar Haveli and Daman and Diu Administration]
*[http://www.tourismdddnh.in/ Dadra and Nagar Haveli and Daman and Diu Tourism]

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