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{{Infobox Former Country
|conventional_long_name = Goa, Daman and Diu
|native_name = Goa, Damão e Diu
|common_name = Goa, Damão e Diu
|continent = Asia
|region = South Asia
|country = Republic of India
|empire =
|status = Former [[Union Territory]]
|era = '''Era of Independence'''
|year_start = 1961
|year_end = 1987
|date_start = 19 December
|date_end = 30 May
|event_start = [[1961 Indian Annexation of Goa|Indian Annexation]]
|event_end = Statehood for [[Goa]];
|p1 = Estado da Índia
|flag_p1 = Flag of Portugal.svg
|s1 = Daman and Diu
|flag_s1 = Flag of India.svg
|flag_s2 = Flag of India.svg
|s2 = Goa
|image_flag = Flag of India.svg
|flag = Flag
|image_coat = Emblem_of_India.svg
|image_map = Goa,Damão_e_Diu.gif
|symbol = Emblem Of India
|symbol_type = Emblem
|image_map_caption = Goa,Damão e Diu
|capital = [[Panaji|Panjim]]
|latd=2|latm=11|lats=20|latNS=N|longd=102|longm=23|longs=4|longEW=E
|national_anthem = [[Jana Gana Mana]]<br/>{{small|''Thou Art the Ruler of the Minds of All People''}}<br/><center>[[File:Jana_Gana_Mana_instrumental.ogg |noicon|center]]</center>
|common_languages = '''[[Portuguese language|Portuguese]]''' (on decline)
Also spoken; [[English language|English]], [[Konkani language|Konkani]], [[Gujarati language|Gujarati]], [[Marathi language|Marathi]]
|title_leader = Head of state
|leader1 = [[Jawaharlal Nehru]]
|year_leader1 = [[List of Prime Ministers of India|Prime Minister of India]]<br>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;1961–64
|leader2 = [[Rajiv Gandhi]]
|year_leader2 = [[List of Prime Ministers of India|Prime Minister of India]]<br>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;1984–87
|title_representative = Chief Ministers
|representative1 = [[Dayanand Bandodkar]]
|year_representative1 = 1963-66 (first)
|representative2 = [[Pratapsingh Rane]]
|year_representative2 = 1985-87 (last)
|title_deputy = Governors
|deputy1 = [[Kunhiraman Palat Candeth|Maj Gen K. P. Candeth]] (Military Governor)
|year_deputy1 = 1961-62 (first)
|deputy2 = Gopal Singh
|year_deputy2 = 1984-87 (last)
|currency = [[Indian Rupee]] (INR)
}}



'''Goa, Daman, and Diu''' was a [[union territory]] of [[India]] from 19 December 1961 to 30 May 1987. The union territory comprised the present-day state of [[Goa]] and the two small coastal enclaves of [[Daman and Diu]] on the coast of [[Gujarat]]. The territory, along with [[Dadra and Nagar Haveli]], comprised [[Portuguese India]]. The territory was incorporated by military conquest from Portuguese rule in 1961, though their incorporation into India wasn't recognized by Portugal until 1975. Administratively the territory was divided into three districts, Goa, Daman, and Diu, with the capital at [[Panaji|Panjim]]. In 1987 Goa was granted statehood, and Daman and Diu was made a separate union territory.<ref>[http://www.goavidhansabha.gov.in/addinfo11.php Goa Vidhan Sabha]</ref>
'''Goa, Daman, and Diu''' was a [[union territory]] of [[India]] from 19 December 1961 to 30 May 1987. The union territory comprised the present-day state of [[Goa]] and the two small coastal enclaves of [[Daman and Diu]] on the coast of [[Gujarat]]. The territory, along with [[Dadra and Nagar Haveli]], comprised [[Portuguese India]]. The territory was incorporated by military conquest from Portuguese rule in 1961, though their incorporation into India wasn't recognized by Portugal until 1975. Administratively the territory was divided into three districts, Goa, Daman, and Diu, with the capital at [[Panaji|Panjim]]. In 1987 Goa was granted statehood, and Daman and Diu was made a separate union territory.<ref>[http://www.goavidhansabha.gov.in/addinfo11.php Goa Vidhan Sabha]</ref>


Revision as of 04:24, 17 July 2015

Goa, Daman and Diu
Goa, Damão e Diu
1961–1987
Emblem of Goa, Damão e Diu
Emblem
Anthem: Jana Gana Mana
Thou Art the Ruler of the Minds of All People
noicon
Goa,Damão e Diu
Goa,Damão e Diu
StatusFormer Union Territory
CapitalPanjim
Common languagesPortuguese (on decline) Also spoken; English, Konkani, Gujarati, Marathi
Head of state 
• Prime Minister of India
   1961–64
Jawaharlal Nehru
• Prime Minister of India
   1984–87
Rajiv Gandhi
Chief Ministers 
• 1963-66 (first)
Dayanand Bandodkar
• 1985-87 (last)
Pratapsingh Rane
Governors 
• 1961-62 (first)
Maj Gen K. P. Candeth (Military Governor)
• 1984-87 (last)
Gopal Singh
Historical eraEra of Independence
19 December 1961
• Statehood for Goa;
30 May 1987
CurrencyIndian Rupee (INR)
Preceded by		 Succeeded by
Estado da Índia
Daman and Diu
Goa


Goa, Daman, and Diu was a union territory of India from 19 December 1961 to 30 May 1987. The union territory comprised the present-day state of Goa and the two small coastal enclaves of Daman and Diu on the coast of Gujarat. The territory, along with Dadra and Nagar Haveli, comprised Portuguese India. The territory was incorporated by military conquest from Portuguese rule in 1961, though their incorporation into India wasn't recognized by Portugal until 1975. Administratively the territory was divided into three districts, Goa, Daman, and Diu, with the capital at Panjim. In 1987 Goa was granted statehood, and Daman and Diu was made a separate union territory.[1]

References

  1. ^ Goa Vidhan Sabha




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