Dadra and Nagar Haveli is a district of the union territory of Dadra and Nagar Haveli and Daman and Diu in western India. It is composed of two separate geographical entities:Nagar Haveli,wedged in between Maharashtra and Gujarat states 1 kilometre (0.62 mi) to the north-west,and the smaller enclave of Dadra,which is surrounded by Gujarat. Silvassa is the administrative headquarters of Dadra and Nagar Haveli.
Daman and Diu was a union territory in northwestern India. With an area of 112 km2 (43 sq mi),it was the smallest administrative subdivision of India on the mainland. The territory comprised two districts,Daman and Diu island,geographically separated by the Gulf of Khambat. The state of Gujarat and the Arabian Sea bordered the territory. A Portuguese colony since the 1500s,the territories were taken by India with the Annexation of Goa in 1961. Daman and Diu were administered as part of the union territory of Goa,Daman and Diu between 1961 and 1987. After the Goa Opinion Poll,they became a separate union territory. In 2019,legislation was passed to merge the union territory of Daman and Diu with its neighbouring union territory,Dadra and Nagar Haveli,to form the new union territory of Dadra and Nagar Haveli and Daman and Diu with effect from 26 January 2020.
Daman district,is one of four districts of the Indian union territory of Dadra and Nagar Haveli and Daman and Diu. It is located on the west coast of India and is surrounded by the Valsad district of the Gujarat state to the north,east and south,and by the Arabian Sea to the west. The district covers an area of 72 square kilometers and had a population of 191,173 as of the 2011 census,an increase of 69.256% from the 2001 census. The district headquarters is Daman. Previously,the territorial headquarters were in Panjim when it was jointly administered as Goa,Daman,and Diu until the time of the Konkani language agitation.
Mohan Sanjibhai Delkar was an Indian politician and tribal rights advocate,who was elected seven times as a member of Lok Sabha from Dadra and Nagar Haveli constituency,in the Union Territory of Dadra &Nagar Haveli and Daman &Diu. He had been part of Indian National Congress (INC),Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) and Janata Dal (United) (JDU) at various times,and had also founded his own party Bharatiya Navshakti Party for some period.
Dadra and Nagar Haveli Lok Sabha constituency is one of the two Lok Sabha constituencies in the union territory of Dadra and Nagar Haveli and Daman and Diu. This constituency is reserved for the Scheduled Tribes.
Delhi,Andaman and Nicobar Islands,Lakshadweep,Dadra and Nagar Haveli and Daman and Diu Civil Service is now called Delhi,Andaman,Nicobar Islands,Lakshwadeep,Dadra Nagar Haveli and Daman Diu Administrative Service (DANIAS) cadre civil servants are recruited directly through the Civil Services Examination and are responsible for the diverse administrative functions of the National Capital Territory of Delhi and the Union territories of India.
The Annexation of Dadra and Nagar Haveli was the conflict in which the territories of Dadra and Nagar Haveli passed from Portuguese rule to independent rule,with Indian allegiance,in 1954.
A union territory is a type of administrative division in the Republic of India. Unlike the states of India,which have their own governments,union territories are federal territories governed,in part or in whole,by the Union Government of India. There are currently eight union territories in India:Andaman and Nicobar Islands,Chandigarh,Dadra and Nagar Haveli and Daman and Diu,Delhi (NCT),Jammu and Kashmir,Ladakh,Lakshadweep and Puducherry.
Dadra and Nagar Haveli and Daman and Diu is a union territory in India. 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. The territory is made up of four separate geographical entities:Dadra,Nagar Haveli,Daman,and the island of 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 and Silvassa is the largest city.
NAMO Medical Education &Research Institute and Shri Vinoba Bhave Civil Hospital is a government medical college located in Silvassa in the Union Territory of Dadra and Nagar Haveli and Daman and Diu. The union government allocated the fund of 289 crore for its construction. The foundation stone was laid by the Prime Minister of India Shri Narendra Modi on 19 January 2019,and the first undergraduate batch commenced on 15 August 2019.
SSR College of Pharmacy is a Pharmaceutical college located in Silvassa in the Union Territory of Dadra and Nagar Haveli and Daman and Diu. The late Mohanbhai Sanjibhai Delkar Lok Sabha MP established the college as one of four colleges in the SSR Memorial Trust including the SSR College of Arts,Science and Commerce. The foundation stone was laid by the Mohanbhai Sanjibhai Delkar in 2003.
SSR College of Education is a Teacher Training college located in Silvassa in the Union Territory of Dadra and Nagar Haveli and Daman and Diu. The late Mohanbhai Sanjibhai Delkar Lok Sabha MP established the college as one of four colleges in the SSR Memorial Trust including the SSR College of Arts,Science and Commerce. The foundation stone was laid by the Mohanbhai Sanjibhai Delkar in 2003.
SSR Institute of Management and Research is a Management education college located in Silvassa in the Union Territory of Dadra and Nagar Haveli and Daman and Diu. The late Mohanbhai Sanjibhai Delkar Lok Sabha MP established the college as one of four colleges in the SSR Memorial Trust including the SSR College of Arts,Science and Commerce. The foundation stone was laid by the Mohanbhai Sanjibhai Delkar in 2003.
The save Lakshadweep campaign is a protest against the administrative reforms announced by the Union Territory of Lakshadweep administrator Praful Khoda Patel,which protesters describe as anti-people. The protests,under the 'Save Lakshadweep campaign',have intensified with more prominent personalities supporting the campaign.
Kalaben Mohanbhai Delkar is an Indian politician and a Member of Parliament from Dadra and Nagar Haveli parliamentary constituency in the Union Territory of Dadra and Nagar Haveli and Daman and Diu. She is the first woman Member of Parliament from Dadra and Nagar Haveli as well as the first Shiv Sena MP outside Maharastra.
The Administration of Dadra and Nagar Haveli and Daman and Diu is the governing body of the union territory of Dadra and Nagar Haveli and Daman and Diu. The administration is led by an administrator appointed by the President of India. The union territory doesn't have an elected legislative assembly. It governs three districts.
The 2024 Indian general election was held in Dadra and Nagar Haveli and Daman and Diu on 7 May 2024 to elect two members of the 18th Lok Sabha. These elections are the first to take place in the union territory after it was formed on 2020 with the merger of the union territories of Dadra and Nagar Haveli and Daman and Diu.
