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EncyclopediaDadra and Nagar HaveliDadra and Nagar Haveli (dä'drä, nä'gär hävā'lē) [key], union territory (2001 provisional pop. 220,451), 188 sq mi (487 sq km), W central India, on the Arabian Sea. Portugal colonized these two inland enclaves in the mid-16th cent. India occupied them in 1954. Despite a ruling by the International Court of Justice that upheld Portugal's claim to the area, they were incorporated into India as a single union territory in 1961. The territory is being developed as a “no industry” sector for tourism. The Columbia Electronic Encyclopedia, 6th ed. Copyright © 2007, Columbia University Press. All rights reserved. More on Dadra and Nagar Haveli from Infoplease:
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