Goa, Daman and Diu

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Goa, Daman and Diu (Template:Langx, Template:Langx) was a union territory of the Republic of India established in 1961 following the annexation of Portuguese India, with Maj Gen K P Candeth as its first governor. The Goa portion of the territory was granted full statehood within the Indian union on 30 May 1987,[1] Daman and Diu remained a separate territory until December 2019, when it was merged with Dadra and Nagar Haveli and is today the territory of Dadra and Nagar Haveli and Daman and Diu (Damaon, Dio & Silvassa).

The areas of Goa and Damaon are located at the southern and northern edges of the Konkan region, the two geographically separated from each other by land and sea, the two areas were among the many other possessions that were ruled over for centuries by the Portuguese in Goa and Bombay.

For the purposes of local administration under Indian administration, the territory was divided into three districts; namely Goa, Damaon, and Dio district, with the capital at Panjim.[2]

Lieutenant governors of Union territory of Goa, Daman and Diu

Goa, along with Daman and Diu was a Union Territory of India until 30 May 1987. As such it had a lieutenant governor till that time.[3]

# Name Took office Left office Birth-Death
1 Maj Gen K. P. Candeth (military governor) 19 December 1961 6 June 1962 1916–2003
2 T. Sivasankar 7 June 1962 1 September 1963 189?–19??
3 M. R. Sachdev 2 September 1963 8 December 1964 1903–1964
4 Hari Sharma 12 December 1964 23 February 1965 1910–1987
5 K. R. Damle 24 February 1965 17 April 1967 1912–2001
6 Nakul Sen 18 April 1967 15 November 1972 1915–1983
7 S. K. Banerji 16 November 1972 15 November 1977 1922–2010
8 P. S. Gill 16 November 1977 30 March 1981 1927-living
9 Jagmohan 31 March 1981 29 August 1982 1927–2021
10 I H Latif 30 August 1982 23 February 1983 1923–2018
11 K. T. Satarawala 24 February 1983 3 July 1984 1930–2016
12 I H Latif 4 July 1984 23 September 1984 1923–2018
13 Gopal Singh 24 September 1984 29 May 1987 1917–1990

Chief Ministers of Union territory of Goa, Daman and Diu

No.Template:Efn Portrait Name Constituency Term of office[4] Assembly

(election)

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1 File:Dayanand Bandodkar (cropped).jpg Dayanand Bandodkar Marcaim 20 December 1963 2 December 1966 Template:Age in years and days Interim Maharashtrawadi Gomantak Party style="background-color: Template:Party color" |
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N/A 2 December 1966 5 April 1967 Template:Age in years and days N/A
(1) File:Dayanand Bandodkar (cropped).jpg Dayanand Bandodkar Marcaim 5 April 1967 23 March 1972 Template:Age in years and days 1st

(1967 election)

Maharashtrawadi Gomantak Party rowspan="4" style="background-color: Template:Party color" |
23 March 1972 12 August 1973 2nd

(1972 election)

2 File:Shashikala Kakodkar.jpg Shashikala Kakodkar Bicholim 12 August 1973 7 June 1977 Template:Age in years and days
7 June 1977 27 April 1979 3rd

(1977 election)

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N/A 27 April 1979 16 January 1980 Template:Age in years and days N/A
3 File:Pratapsingh Rane.jpg Pratapsingh Rane Sattari 16 January 1980 7 January 1985 Template:Age in years and days 4th

(1980 election)

Indian National Congress (U) style="background-color:Template:Party color" |
7 January 1985 30 May 1987 5th

(1984 election)

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References

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  1. Goa Vidhan Sabha Template:Webarchive
  2. Goa Vidhan Sabha Template:Webarchive
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  4. Chief Ministers of Goa. Department of Information and Publicity, Government of Goa. Retrieved on 20 March 2014.