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Praful Patel then lost the 2012 Gujarat Legislative Assembly election cutting short his political career in Gujarat. After Narendra Modi became Prime Minister in 2014, Modi appointed Patel as the Administrator of Daman and Diu in 2016 followed shortly after by Administrator of Dadra and Nagar Haveli. [2]
Praful Khoda Patel, till date, is the only administrator of Dadra and Nagar Haveli and Daman and Diu who is not an armed forces officer or a civil servant (i.e. IAS or IPS), rather a politician. He was also given the additional charge of Lakshadweep after the death of Dineshwar Sharma .
This is a list of administrators of Dadra and Nagar Haveli and Daman and Diu a union territory of India.The union territory of Dadra and Nagar Haveli and Daman and Diu was created following the merger of the union territories of Dadra and Nagar Haveli and Daman and Diu on 26 January 2020.
According to the 2011 census, Daman and Diu had a literacy rate of 87.1%, higher than the national average of 74.04%. [11] Male and female literacy rates are 91.5 and 79.5 per cent respectively. The lowest female-to-male ratio in India (618 females per thousand males) was recorded in Daman and Diu. [12]
The Union Territory of Daman and Diu had shared its administrator with Dadra and Nagar Haveli since its inception on 30 May 1987. The union territory of Daman and Diu was merged with the nearby territory of Dadra and Nagar Haveli to create the new union territory of Dadra and Nagar Haveli and Daman and Diu on 26 January 2020 and the office of Administrator of Daman and Diu was abolished on ...
Map of Dadra and Nagar Haveli and Daman and Diu, showing its three districts as well as general location within India. Daman and Diu were Portuguese colonies from the 1520s until annexed by India on 19 December 1961. Dadra and Nagar Haveli were Portuguese territories from 1779 until annexed by the Indian army on 11 August 1961.
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The union territory of Dadra and Nagar Haveli was merged with the nearby territory of Daman and Diu to create the new union territory of Dadra and Nagar Haveli and Daman and Diu on 26 January 2020 and the office of Administrator of Dadra and Nagar Haveli was abolished on that date. [citation needed]