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Dadra and Nagar Haveli Facts





Dadra and Nagar Haveli is one of the seven union territories of India. It is situated in the western border between the states of Gujarat and Maharashtra. This article is about historical, geographical, social, religious, cultural, astonishing, rare, unknown interesting facts about the Union Territory of Dadra and Nagar Haveli.


Basic facts about Dadra and Nagar Haveli



Capital - Silvassa
Official Language - Gujarati, Marathi, Hindi, English
Area - 487 km
Area Rank - 4th (Between All Union Territories)
Population - 3,42,853 as per 2011 census
Population Rank - 5th (Among all Union Territories)
Population density - 700 per square kilometer
Sex Ratio - 775
Sex Ratio Rank - 6th (Between All Union Territories)
Literacy Rate - 77.6%
Literacy Rank - Sixth (among all Union Territories)
Number of districts - 01
Legislature - None
Number of Lok Sabha seats - 01
Number of Rajya Sabha seats - zero
Foundation Day - August 11, 1961
First Administrator - Tumkur Shivshankar





Historical Facts About Dadra And Nagar Haveli



01. This land was ruled by Maratha rulers in pre-modern and medieval times.

02. The Marathas formed alliances and signed treaties with the Portuguese to protect the region from attacks by the Mughals and the British Army. In return, the Marathas offered the Portuguese to collect taxes from the villages of Dadra and Nagar Haveli.

03. Portuguese influence eventually increased after the loss of Maratha power in the Third War of Panipat and the Portuguese became sole rulers of Dadra and Nagar Haveli.

04. The area was a Portuguese colony until 1954, after which its control was seized by the Portuguese from India on 2 August 1954.

05. The liberation and annexation of Dadra and Nagar Haveli is quite interesting. No Indian armed force was involved in this action. This was done by a group of citizens and some nationalist organizations, mainly the United Front of Goans (Francis Massisonhans, Vaman Desai and some other leaders), RSS (Raja Wakankar and some other leaders), on the night of August 1, 1954 Many leaders in. And volunteers from these organizations attacked Dadra's police stations and forced them to surrender. The national song was sung and the Indian flag was hoisted. The next morning of 2 August 1954, the region was declared free from Portuguese rule. However it remained as a free zone till 1961 and was recognized as a union territory in 1961 by the Government of India.

Geographical facts about Dadra and Nagar Haveli
06. Dadra and Nagar Haveli is situated in the Western Ghats of India, south of Goa and north of Maharashtra.

07. Daman Ganga is the main important river that not only passes through Dadra and Nagar Haveli, but also through the region of Daman and Diu, and has many cities like Vapi, Dadra and Silvassa.

08. It is surrounded by the Valsad district of Gujarat from the north, east and west; And from the south by Palghar district of Maharashtra.

09. The High Court of Mumbai functions as the judiciary of this union territory.

10. The main agricultural products of this UT are ragi, wheat, sugarcane, paddy, pulses, mango, chiku and litchi.

Social and cultural facts about Dadra and Nagar Haveli
11. Dadra and Nagar Haveli have a fair literacy rate of 77.6%, which is above India's average literacy rate of 74.04%. If all the states and union territories are taken together then it is at 19th position. If only Union Territories are considered then its rank is sixth.

12. The sex ratio of this union territory is poor and there are 775 females per 1000 males. This corresponds only to Daman and Diu which is the lowest among all states and union territories with a figure of 618 females per 1000 males.
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