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Dadra and Nagar Haveli, District, Dadra and Nagar Haveli and Daman and Diu union territory, western India. Area: 190 sq mi (491 sq km). Population: (2011) 342,853. Administrative headquarters: Silvassa. It consists of two small enclaves: Dadra within Gujarat state and nearby Nagar Haveli between Gujarat and Maharashtra states. Forests cover part of the area; most of the rest is devoted to cultivation and grazing. Industrial development is limited. It came under Portuguese control in 1783–85. In 1954 indigenous freedom movements forced the Portuguese out, and it became a union territory of India in 1961. In 2020 Dadra and Nagar Haveli was absorbed into the newly created union territory of Dadra and Nagar Haveli and Daman and Diu. The population is predominantly Hindu.

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