Dadra and Nagar Haveli (India)

Status of the region

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Status of the region

image by Željko Heimer, 6 November 2001

The liberators soon [probably August 1954] declared Dadra and Nagar Haveli an independent country � the �Free Dadra and Nagar Haveli� (Mukta Dadra and Nagar Haveli). They formed a government � �Varishtha Panchayat of Free Dadra and Nagar Haveli� � to govern the territory and adopted the Indian national flag and anthem as their country�s flag and national anthem.

R V Mudras was appointed as the first �Administrator of Free Dadra and Nagar Haveli,� the head of the government.

...change came in June 1961. The Varishtha Panchayat seeing the failure of India�s diplomatic efforts with Portugal, voted to accede to the Republic of India. K G Badlani, a civil servant from India, was appointed the �Prime Minister of Free Dadra and Nagar Haveli� by the Varishta Panchayat on August 11, 1962 to sign the accession treaty with India. Badlani was the Prime Minister for only a day and ceased to be so after Dadra and Nagar Haveli became part of India after the Tenth Amendment of the Constitution of India.
Source: https://m.dailyhunt.in/news/india/english/

Jaume Oll�, 13 February 2021