Diu district is one of the three districts of the union territory of Dadra and Nagar Haveli and Daman and Diu of India. The district is made up of Diu Island and two small enclaves in the State of Gujarat. The district headquarters are at Diu Town. It is the ninth least populous district in the country.
The Diu Fortress was built in 1535 by the Portuguese, when Bahadur Shah, the Sultan of Gujarat, requested their help to resist an attack by Humayun, the second Moghal emperor.
Major Church Buildings on Diu Island (Anticlockwise from top): 1. Churches of St. Paul and St. Thomas (Diu) 2. Church of St. Francis of Assisi (Diu) 3. Church of Our Lady of Remedes (Fudam) 4. Church of Our Lady of Mercy (Vanakbara)
Diu Fort Fixed Cannons
St. Thomas Church, Diu
Dadra and Nagar Haveli and Daman and Diu
Dadra and Nagar Haveli and Daman and Diu is a union territory in India. The territory was constituted through the merger of the former territories of Dadra and Nagar Haveli and Daman and Diu. Plans for the proposed merger were announced by the Government of India in July 2019; the necessary legislation was passed in the Parliament of India in December 2019 and came into effect on 26 January 2020. The territory is made up of four separate geographical entities: Dadra, Nagar Haveli, Daman, and the island of Diu. All four areas were formerly part of Portuguese India, and had a joint capital at Panjim, Goa along with Goa. They came under Indian rule in the mid-20th century after the Annexation of Goa and of the Free Dadra and Nagar Haveli. Goa, Daman and Diu were jointly administered until 1987, when Goa was granted statehood after the Konkani language agitation. The current capital is Daman and Silvassa is the largest city.
Image: Vanganga Garden, Silvassa (32345632184)
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Image: Dadra and Nagar Haveli Silvassa
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