Goa, Daman and Diu was a union territory of the Republic of India created in December 1961, following the annexation of Portuguese India. Following the Goan Opinion Poll in 1967, the Goan portion of the territory was granted full statehood within the Indian union on 30 May 1987, Daman and Diu remained separate as a separate union territory until December 2019, when it was merged with Dadra and Nagar Haveli and is today the territory of Damaon, Diu&amp; Silvassa.