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'''Daman and Diu''' ({{IPAc-en|d|ə|ˈ|m|ɑː|n|...|'|d|iː|uː}}; [[Portuguese language|Portuguese]]: ''Damão e Diu''; {{audio|Daman & Diu.ogg|locally}}) is a former [[union territory]] in western [[India]]. It was a separate union territory until 26 January 2020 before it was merged with [[Dadra and Nagar Haveli]] union territory to form a single UT due to its small landmass. With an area of {{cvt|112|km2}}, it was the smallest federal division of [[India]] on the mainland. The territory comprised two distinct areas—[[Daman District, India|Daman]] and [[Diu District|Diu]]—that are geographically separated by the [[Gulf of Khambhat]]. The state of [[Gujarat]] and the [[Arabian Sea]] bordered the territory. A [[Portuguese India|Portuguese]] colony since the 1500s, the territories were [[Annexation of Goa|annexed]] by India in 1961. Daman and Diu were administered as part of the union territory of [[Goa, Daman and Diu]] between 1961 and 1987, when 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.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://indusdictum.com/2019/12/04/dadra-nagar-haveli-and-daman-diu-uts-merge-for-better-admin-efficiency-service-mos-home/|title=Dadra & Nagar Haveli and Daman & Diu UTs merge for 'better admin efficiency, service': MoS Home|first=The ID|last=Staff|date=4 December 2019|website=Indus Dictum|access-date=5 December 2019}}</ref>

 

For over 450 years, the coastal enclaves of Daman ([[Portuguese language|Portuguese]]: Damão) and Diu on the Arabian Sea coast were part of [[Portuguese India]], along with [[Goa]] and [[Dadra and Nagar Haveli]]. [[Goa, Daman and Diu]] were incorporated into the Republic of India on 19 December 1961, by [[Operation Vijay (1961)|military conquest]]. [[Portugal]] did not recognise the Indian annexation of these territories until the [[Carnation Revolution]] of 1974. The territory has also been ruled by [[Kolis]].<ref>{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=P7EHTBl_pyQC&q=Daman+Diu+Koli&pg=PA136|title=Gujarat–Daman–Diu: A Travel Guide|last=Ward|date=1998|publisher=Orient Longman Limited|isbn=9788125013839|language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=lS-vD6l8cO8C&q=Daman+Diu+Koli&pg=PP19|title=Daman and Diu|last1=Singh|first1=K. S.|last2=Solanki|first2=B. R.|last3=Sinha|first3=N. K.|last4=Pereira|first4=Jaime F.|date=1994|publisher=Popular Prakashan|isbn=9788171547616|language=en}}</ref>