page_title: Dadra and Nagar Haveli
section_title: Administration
hierarchical_section_title: Dadra and Nagar Haveli / Administration
caption_attribution_description: English: Street in Silvassa, Dadra and Nagar Haveli, India
context_page_description: Dadra and Nagar Haveli is a region in western India. It is composed of two separate geographical entities: Nagar Haveli, wedged between Maharashtra and Gujarat and 1 km to the northwest, the smaller enclave of Dadra, which is surrounded by Gujarat. Silvassa is the administrative headquarters of Dadra and Nagar Haveli. Unlike the surrounding areas, Dadra and Nagar Haveli was ruled by the Portuguese from 1783 until the mid-20th century. The area was captured by Pro-India forces in 1954 and administered as the de-facto state of Free Dadra and Nagar Haveli before being annexed to India as a union territory, the Union Territory of Dadra and Nagar Haveli in 1961. The union territory was merged with the neighbouring union territory of Daman and Diu to form the new union territory of Dadra and Nagar Haveli and Daman and Diu on 26 January 2020. The territory of Dadra and Nagar Haveli then became one of the three districts of the new union territory, as the Dadra and Nagar Haveli District.
context_section_description: Dadra and Nagar Haveli covers an area of 487 km² and consists of two talukas:
  Dadra
  Nagar Haveli
  Dadra is the headquarters of Dadra taluka, comprising Dadra town and two other villages.
  Silvassa is the headquarters of Nagar Haveli taluka, comprising Silvassa town and 68 other villages.
caption: Silvassa Town Hall
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