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Daman (Damão)

1961, when they became part of India.
Introduction... Daman was acquired by the Portuguese from the Shah of Gujarat. at a distance of about 710 kms. Daman is the head Quarter of this
Union Territory. Daman is on main land near southern portion
of Gujarat State. Vapi is the nearest Railway Station (11 kms) which
They noticed the port of Daman for the first time in 1523. They
T he Portuguese acquired Daman and Diu as part of Sé Matriz about the turn of the 17th century; the cathedral remains a attacked it several times and finally obtained it in 1559 by means of a 167 kms from Mumbai Central and 95 kms from Surat towards
is on Western Railway between Mumbai and Vadodra. Vapi is
treaty with the Shah. Thereafter it was under the rule of Portuguese till
Vadodra. "Daman Road" had been the name of Vapi Railway
its liberation in 1961, Before Portuguese, Mahmud Shah Begada,
station earlier.
sultan of Gujarat, seems to have conquered fort Parnera on the river
landmark today. Renowned for its docks and shipbuilding yards,
their grand design to control the trade of the Indian
Ocean. In 1535, under a treaty with Sultan Bahadur
Shah of Gujarat, the Portuguese built a fort at Diu, an important port Daman (known in Portuguese as Damão) was conquered/occupied by Par and port of Daman and levied tribute from Jagatshah in 1465. Diu is an island near Una of Junagarh District in Gujarat State. Nearest
the Portuguese in 1559. Both Daman and Diu were subject to the
Naranshah who succeeded Jagatshah ruled from A.D. 1470 to 1500
Railway Station is Delwada at the distance of 9 kms from Diu. But
on the flourishing commercial and pilgrimage routes between India governor-general of Goa as part of the Portuguese overseas province and Dharmshah II from 1500 to 1531. important trains are linked with Veraval which is 90 kms from Diu. A
and the Middle East. By the mid-1550s all Gujarati ships entering and Estado da India (State of India). They remained under Portuguese rule Union Territory of Daman and Diu comprises two districts namely portion of Diu District is on main land which is named as Ghoghla. A
leaving the Gulf of Khambhat (Cambay) ports were required to call at for more than four centuries, though the decline of the Portuguese Daman and Diu. Both Districts are situated on western coast of India small part of Diu known as Simbor is situated in Gujarat.
Diu to pay Portuguese duties. In Diu the Portuguese constructed a empire in Asia greatly diminished their strategic significance. Daman
Jesuit college which was converted into the majestic Cathedral of and Diu survived as outposts of Portuguese overseas territory until

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