Dadra and Nagar Haveli and Daman and Diu

E30869

union territory of India

Dadra and Nagar Haveli and Daman and Diu is a union territory on India’s western coast, comprising small, non-contiguous districts known for their multilingual population and former Portuguese colonial heritage.

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All labels observed (12)

Label	Occurrences
Dadra and Nagar Haveli and Daman and Diu canonical	29
Daman and Diu	8
Dadra and Nagar Haveli	7
Union Territory of Dadra and Nagar Haveli and Daman and Diu	6
Dadra and Nagar Haveli district	3
Dadra and Nagar Haveli (union territory)	1
Daman and Diu (union territory)	1
Union Territory of Dadra and Nagar Haveli and Daman and Diu (for non-Supreme Court matters)	1
Union Territory of Dadra and Nagar Haveli and Daman and Diu (parts)	1
Union Territory of Daman and Diu	1
Union territory of Dadra and Nagar Haveli and Daman and Diu	1
union territory of Dadra and Nagar Haveli and Daman and Diu	1

How this entity was disambiguated

This entity first appeared as the object of triple T176495 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.

NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: Dadra and Nagar Haveli and Daman and Diu
Context triple: [Marathi language, primaryRegion, Dadra and Nagar Haveli and Daman and Diu]

A. Andaman and Nicobar Islands
The Andaman and Nicobar Islands are a remote Indian archipelago in the Bay of Bengal, known for their strategic location, indigenous tribes, and role as a former colonial penal settlement.
B. Jammu and Kashmir
Jammu and Kashmir is a northern region of the Indian subcontinent known for its mountainous terrain, strategic location, and long-standing political and territorial disputes.
C. United State of Kathiawar
The United State of Kathiawar was a short-lived post-independence political union of princely states on the Kathiawar Peninsula in western India, formed in 1948 before being integrated into the state of Saurashtra.
D. Goa
Goa is a coastal state on India’s western shore known for its beaches, distinctive blend of Indian and Portuguese heritage, and vibrant tourism industry.
E. Azad Jammu and Kashmir
Azad Jammu and Kashmir is a self-governing administrative territory under Pakistani control in the disputed Kashmir region.
F. None of above. chosen
G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.

NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: Dadra and Nagar Haveli and Daman and Diu
Target entity description: Dadra and Nagar Haveli and Daman and Diu is a union territory on India’s western coast, comprising small, non-contiguous districts known for their multilingual population and former Portuguese colonial heritage.

A. Andaman and Nicobar Islands
The Andaman and Nicobar Islands are a remote Indian archipelago in the Bay of Bengal, known for their strategic location, indigenous tribes, and role as a former colonial penal settlement.
B. Jammu and Kashmir
Jammu and Kashmir is a northern region of the Indian subcontinent known for its mountainous terrain, strategic location, and long-standing political and territorial disputes.
C. United State of Kathiawar
The United State of Kathiawar was a short-lived post-independence political union of princely states on the Kathiawar Peninsula in western India, formed in 1948 before being integrated into the state of Saurashtra.
D. Goa
Goa is a coastal state on India’s western shore known for its beaches, distinctive blend of Indian and Portuguese heritage, and vibrant tourism industry.
E. Azad Jammu and Kashmir
Azad Jammu and Kashmir is a self-governing administrative territory under Pakistani control in the disputed Kashmir region.
F. None of above. chosen

Statements (48)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	union territory of India ⓘ
administrativeHead	Administrator of Dadra and Nagar Haveli and Daman and Diu ⓘ
borderedBy	Gujarat ⓘ Maharashtra ⓘ
capital	Daman district ⓘ surface form: Daman
colonialHistory	former Portuguese colony ⓘ
country	India ⓘ
dateEstablished	2020-01-26 ⓘ
formedByMergerOf	Dadra and Nagar Haveli and Daman and Diu self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Dadra and Nagar Haveli Daman district ⓘ surface form: Daman and Diu
formerColonialPower	Portugal ⓘ
governingBody	Government of India ⓘ
hasCity	Daman district ⓘ surface form: Daman Diu ⓘ Silvassa ⓘ
hasCoastlineOn	Arabian Sea ⓘ
hasMajorLanguage	English ⓘ Gujarati ⓘ Hindi ⓘ Konkani ⓘ Marathi ⓘ
hasOfficialScript	Devanagari script ⓘ surface form: Devanagari Latin script ⓘ
hasPart	Dadra and Nagar Haveli and Daman and Diu self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Dadra and Nagar Haveli district Daman district ⓘ Diu district ⓘ
hasTourismAttractionType	Portuguese colonial architecture ⓘ beaches ⓘ churches ⓘ forts ⓘ
isNonContiguous	true ⓘ
ISOCode	IN-DH ⓘ
largestCity	Silvassa ⓘ
legislativeRepresentationInLokSabha	2 seats ⓘ
locatedIn	western India ⓘ
locatedOn	western coast of India ⓘ
officialLanguage	English ⓘ Gujarati ⓘ Hindi ⓘ Konkani ⓘ
partOf	Union of India ⓘ surface form: Republic of India
precededBy	Dadra and Nagar Haveli and Daman and Diu self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Dadra and Nagar Haveli (union territory) Dadra and Nagar Haveli and Daman and Diu self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Daman and Diu (union territory)
religionMajority	Hinduism ⓘ
timeZone	Indian Standard Time ⓘ
UTCOffset	+05:30 ⓘ
vehicleRegistrationCode	DD ⓘ DN ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (60)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Marathi language → primaryRegion → Dadra and Nagar Haveli and Daman and Diu ⓘ

Goa → unionTerritoryWith → Dadra and Nagar Haveli and Daman and Diu ⓘ

this entity surface form: Daman and Diu

Gujarati → spokenIn → Dadra and Nagar Haveli and Daman and Diu ⓘ

Gujarati → officialLanguageOf → Dadra and Nagar Haveli and Daman and Diu ⓘ

Gujarat → borders → Dadra and Nagar Haveli and Daman and Diu ⓘ

Portuguese Empire → territory → Dadra and Nagar Haveli and Daman and Diu ⓘ

this entity surface form: Daman and Diu

Western India → includesUnionTerritory → Dadra and Nagar Haveli and Daman and Diu ⓘ

Dadra and Nagar Haveli and Daman and Diu → hasPart → Dadra and Nagar Haveli and Daman and Diu self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Dadra and Nagar Haveli district

Dadra and Nagar Haveli and Daman and Diu → formedByMergerOf → Dadra and Nagar Haveli and Daman and Diu self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Dadra and Nagar Haveli

Dadra and Nagar Haveli and Daman and Diu → precededBy → Dadra and Nagar Haveli and Daman and Diu self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Dadra and Nagar Haveli (union territory)

Dadra and Nagar Haveli and Daman and Diu → precededBy → Dadra and Nagar Haveli and Daman and Diu self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Daman and Diu (union territory)

Bombay High Court → jurisdiction → Dadra and Nagar Haveli and Daman and Diu ⓘ

Bombay High Court → appliesToJurisdiction → Dadra and Nagar Haveli and Daman and Diu ⓘ

this entity surface form: Union Territory of Dadra and Nagar Haveli and Daman and Diu

Bombay High Court → highestCourtInJurisdiction → Dadra and Nagar Haveli and Daman and Diu ⓘ

this entity surface form: Union Territory of Dadra and Nagar Haveli and Daman and Diu (for non-Supreme Court matters)

Union territories of India → hasPart → Dadra and Nagar Haveli and Daman and Diu ⓘ

Union territories of India → includesUnionTerritoryWithoutLegislature → Dadra and Nagar Haveli and Daman and Diu ⓘ

Portuguese India → part → Dadra and Nagar Haveli and Daman and Diu ⓘ

this entity surface form: Dadra and Nagar Haveli

Portuguese India → successor → Dadra and Nagar Haveli and Daman and Diu ⓘ

this entity surface form: Dadra and Nagar Haveli

Western Railway zone → servesRegion → Dadra and Nagar Haveli and Daman and Diu ⓘ

this entity surface form: Union Territory of Dadra and Nagar Haveli and Daman and Diu (parts)

Bhils → traditionalRegion → Dadra and Nagar Haveli and Daman and Diu ⓘ

Asian Portuguese → spokenIn → Dadra and Nagar Haveli and Daman and Diu ⓘ

this entity surface form: Daman and Diu

Administrators of Indian Union Territories → appointedFor → Dadra and Nagar Haveli and Daman and Diu ⓘ

this entity surface form: Union Territory of Dadra and Nagar Haveli and Daman and Diu

Kolis → locatedIn → Dadra and Nagar Haveli and Daman and Diu ⓘ

this entity surface form: Daman and Diu

Kolis → locatedIn → Dadra and Nagar Haveli and Daman and Diu ⓘ

this entity surface form: Dadra and Nagar Haveli

Daman district → locatedIn → Dadra and Nagar Haveli and Daman and Diu ⓘ

Daman district → partOf → Dadra and Nagar Haveli and Daman and Diu ⓘ

this entity surface form: union territory of Dadra and Nagar Haveli and Daman and Diu

Daman district → unionTerritoryFormation → Dadra and Nagar Haveli and Daman and Diu ⓘ

this entity surface form: Daman and Diu

Daman district → mergedInto → Dadra and Nagar Haveli and Daman and Diu ⓘ

Diu district → partOf → Dadra and Nagar Haveli and Daman and Diu ⓘ

this entity surface form: Union Territory of Dadra and Nagar Haveli and Daman and Diu

Diu district → formerPartOf → Dadra and Nagar Haveli and Daman and Diu ⓘ

this entity surface form: Union Territory of Daman and Diu

DD → appliesTo → Dadra and Nagar Haveli and Daman and Diu ⓘ

this entity surface form: Dadra and Nagar Haveli

DD → appliesTo → Dadra and Nagar Haveli and Daman and Diu ⓘ

this entity surface form: Daman and Diu

DD → isOfficialCodeFor → Dadra and Nagar Haveli and Daman and Diu ⓘ

DD → jurisdiction → Dadra and Nagar Haveli and Daman and Diu ⓘ

this entity surface form: Union territory of Dadra and Nagar Haveli and Daman and Diu

DD → introducedFor → Dadra and Nagar Haveli and Daman and Diu ⓘ

DN → usedIn → Dadra and Nagar Haveli and Daman and Diu ⓘ

DN → jurisdiction → Dadra and Nagar Haveli and Daman and Diu ⓘ

this entity surface form: Union Territory of Dadra and Nagar Haveli and Daman and Diu

DN → introducedFor → Dadra and Nagar Haveli and Daman and Diu ⓘ

IN-DH → represents → Dadra and Nagar Haveli and Daman and Diu ⓘ

IN-DH → subdivisionName → Dadra and Nagar Haveli and Daman and Diu ⓘ

IN-DH → assignedTo → Dadra and Nagar Haveli and Daman and Diu ⓘ

Diu → locatedIn → Dadra and Nagar Haveli and Daman and Diu ⓘ

Diu → governingUnionTerritory → Dadra and Nagar Haveli and Daman and Diu ⓘ

Diu → previousUnionTerritory → Dadra and Nagar Haveli and Daman and Diu ⓘ

this entity surface form: Daman and Diu

Diu → mergedIntoUnionTerritory → Dadra and Nagar Haveli and Daman and Diu ⓘ

Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Goa and Daman → territoryIncludes → Dadra and Nagar Haveli and Daman and Diu ⓘ

this entity surface form: Union Territory of Dadra and Nagar Haveli and Daman and Diu

Silvassa → locatedIn → Dadra and Nagar Haveli and Daman and Diu ⓘ

Silvassa → capitalOf → Dadra and Nagar Haveli and Daman and Diu ⓘ

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