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Dadra and Nagar Haveli are in western India.

Dadra and Nagar Haveli were both liberated in 1954 by Indian nationalists but the union territory of Dadra and Nagar Haveli was not declared till 1961. Technically speaking, it is only after that, that Dadra and Nagar Haveli became part of India. Usually, the administrator of Dadra and Nagar Haveli also acted as the administrator of Daman and Diu. The union territory of Dadra and Nagar Haveli was merged with the nearby territory of Daman and Diu to create the new union territory of Dadra and Nagar Haveli and Daman and Diu on 26 January 2020 and the office of Administrator of Dadra and Nagar Haveli was abolished on that date.

Prime Minister (de facto)

After Dadra and Nagar Haveli liberated Gujarat cadre IAS officer K. G. Badlani was appointed Prime Minister of the territory on August 11, 1961. He became Prime Minister for one day.

He ceded the territory to India. As a Prime Minister, he had signed an agreement with then Prime Minister of India Jawaharlal Nehru.

Administrator

Name Took office Left office
R. V. Mudras 22 July 1954 24 July 1954
Jayantibhai Desai 22 July 1954 1 August 1954
Vishwanath Lawande 2 August 1954 15 August 1954
Atmaram "Appasaheb" Narsinh Karmalkar 15 August 1954 May 1955
Antoni Furtado May 1955 17 October 1960
Kishinchand Gobindram Badlani 17 October 1960 8 June 1962
Tumkur Sivasankar 8 June 1962 2 September 1963
M.R. Sachdev 2 September 1963 8 December 1964
Hari Sharma 12 December 1964 24 February 1965
Kashinath Raghunath Damle 24 February 1965 18 April 1967
Nakul Sen 18 April 1967 16 November 1972
S.K. Banerjee 16 November 1972 16 November 1977
Pratap Singh Gill 16 November 1977 31 March 1981
Jagmohan 31 March 1981 30 August 1982
Idris Hasan Latif (acting) 30 August 1982 24 February 1983
Kershasp Tehmurasp Satarawala 24 February 1983 4 July 1984
Idris Hasan Latif (acting) 4 July 1984 24 September 1984
Gopal Singh 24 September 1984 18 July 1989
Khurshed Alam Khan 18 July 1989 25 March 1991
Bhanu Prakash Singh 25 March 1991 16 March 1992
K.S. Baidwan 16 March 1992 28 March 1994
Ramesh Chandra 28 March 1994 15 July 1995
S.P. Aggarwal 15 July 1995 26 June 1998
Ramesh Negi (acting) 26 June 1998 23 February 1999
Sanat Kaul 23 February 1999 23 April 1999
Ramesh Negi(acting) 23 April 1999 19 July 1999
O.P. Kelkar 19 July 1999 2003
Arun Mathur 2003 2006
R.K. Verma 2006 2009
Shri Satya Gopal, IAS 2009 2011
Shri. Narendra Kumar, IAS 2011 2012
B. S. Bhalla 28 August 2012 18 August 2014
Ashish Kundra 18 August 2014 13 March 2016
Vikram Dev Dutt 14 March 2016 3 October 2016
Madhup Vyas 4 October 2016 29 December 2016
Praful Khoda Patel 30 December 2016 26 January 2020

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