| His black silk shirt was unbuttoned, but for Daman, this was nothing new. |
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| The dogs alternately padded alongside Daman or capered with the boy. |
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| Daman and Diu is a union territory of India which, like Goa, was a former colonial possession of Portugal. |
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| While alcohol is prohibited in the neighbouring state of Gujarat, drinking is common in Daman and Diu. |
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| Goa, along with Daman and Diu, was organised as a centrally administered union territory of India. |
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| The Portuguese soon set up trading posts in Goa, Daman, Diu and Bombay. |
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| On 19 December 1961, the Indian Army began military operations with Operation Vijay resulting in the annexation of Goa, Daman, and Diu into the Indian union. |
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| Portuguese is still spoken by a few thousand people in the former Portuguese colonies of Goa and Daman and Diu in India, and is an official language in nine countries. |
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| Another forcible retreat from overseas territories occurred in December 1961 when Portugal refused to relinquish the territories of Goa, Daman and Diu. |
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| The Portuguese naval forces comprised only three small patrol boats, one each in Goa, Daman and Diu, and the old sloop NRP Afonso de Albuquerque, based in Goa. |
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| The Archbishop of Goa and Daman holds title as the Patriarch of the East. |
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| In India, it is the official language in the state of Gujarat, as well as an official language in the union territories of Daman and Diu and Dadra and Nagar Haveli. |
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