ABSTRACT
The Union Territory of Dadra and Nagar Haveli consists of two enclaves near the west coast, in the north of the great Indian peninsula. Formerly part of Portuguese India and administered from the nearby coastal town of Daman (Daman and Diu), the much smaller enclave of Dadra is entirely surrounded by Gujarat state, while Nagar Haveli, just south of Dadra, straddles the border between Gujarat and Maharashtra to the south. Nagar Haveli, in turn, houses a small enclave of Gujarat, in the north-west, just south of Silvassa, the territorial capital. Acquired by India in 1954 and formally annexed as a Union Territory in 1961, in advance of the occupation of the rest of Portuguese India, Dadra and Nagar Haveli occupies an area of 491 sq km (190 sq miles), making it the third-largest of India’s territories-much smaller than the Andaman and Nicobar Islands and Delhi, slightly larger than Pondicherry.
