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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]
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.
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 .
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 ...
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]
Praful Patel is the son of Indian National Congress politician Manoharbhai Patel, who represented Gondia in the Maharashtra Legislative Assembly. His father died when Patel was 13. His family is Gujarati and runs the Ceejay Group, a tobacco conglomerate. [13] Patel attended Mumbai's Campion School, and the Sydenham College of Commerce and ...
Praful Khoda Patel (additional charge) 5 December 2020 Incumbent: 4 years, 61 days See also. List of current Indian lieutenant governors and administrators;
On 19 December 1961 the territories of Goa, Daman and Diu were annexed by the Indian Army under Operation Vijay. [1] [2] The mission was concluded within 32 hours, after which the newly merged territory of Goa, Daman and Diu was put under military administration. It ended in June 1962 when the Legislative Assembly of Goa, Daman and Diu formed.