Annexation of Dadra and Nagar Haveli

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Annexation of Dadra and Nagar Haveli
Part of decolonisation of Asia and Cold war.
Map of Dadra and Nagar Haveli in the 1950s.
Date 22 July – 11 August 1954 (2 weeks and 6 days) Location Dadra and Nagar Haveli, Portuguese India Result Indian rebel victory
Belligerents
Nationalist and Communist rebels from India United Front of Goans (UFG) National Liberation Movement Organization (NMLO) Goa People's Party (GLP) Communist Party of India (CPI) Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS)[1] Azad Gomantak Dal (AGD) Maharashtra Police	Portugal  Portuguese India
Commanders and leaders
J.D. Nagarwala, DIG of Maharashtra Police Francis Mascarenhas, leader of UFG Com. L.B. Dhangar, CPI Raja Wakankar, leader of RSS Prabhakar Sinari, leader of AGD	Virgílio Fidalgo, Administrator of Nagar Avely
Strength
Nearly 201,000 volunteer fighters: 200,000 Adivasis CPI fighters 50 UFG rebels GLP rebels AGD fighters NLMO fighters RSS fighters Maharashtra Police officers	329 units in total: Portuguese India Police constables
Casualties and losses
Unknown	2 killed[2]

The Annexation of Dadra and Nagar Haveli was the conflict in which the territories of Dadra and Nagar Haveli passed from Portuguese rule to independent rule, with Indian allegiance, in 1954.

Dadra and Nagar Haveli were small undefended Portuguese overseas territories, part of Portuguese India since 1779. The territories were enclaves, without any access to the sea, administered by the Portuguese Governor of the district of Damão.

After India attained independence in 1947, some residents, with the help of volunteers from organizations such as the United Front of Goans (UFG), the National Movement Liberation Organization (NMLO), the Goa People's Party (affiliated to communist ideology), and the Communist Party of India. The movement was also supported by nationalist organizations such as the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) and the Azad Gomantak Dal (AGD). Volunteers and organizers occupied Dadra and Nagar Haveli in 1954 and displaced Portuguese rule. The territories were subsequently merged into the Republic of India in 1961.