16 October 2026
The Union Territory Administration of Dadra and Nagar Haveli and Daman and Diu published three issues of its Official Gazette in the first fortnight of October 2026.
Extra Ordinary No. 75 was dated 06/10/2026, Series I No. 07 was dated 07/10/2026 and Series II No. 36 was dated 09/10/2026.
Series I No. 06 and Series II No. 35 had both been dated 05/10/2026.
The Administration's latest-updates listing also carries a Home Department notification dated 06/10/2026 and a Collectorate Daman notice dated 08/10/2026.
The Union Territory runs its own gazette in separate Series I, Series II and Extra Ordinary numbering, rather than publishing through a State gazette.
Extra Ordinary issue:
No. 75, 06/10/2026
Series I issue:
No. 07, 07/10/2026
Series II issue:
No. 36, 09/10/2026
Why it matters for exams: How a Union Territory publishes its subordinate legislation, and that it has its own gazette, is a precise governance point.
UPSCSSC
In plain words
Official Gazette Official Gazette — The government's own periodical in which notifications, rules and orders are published to take legal effect.
16 October 2026
The U.T. Administration of Dadra and Nagar Haveli and Daman and Diu has posted a corrigendum dated 12/10/2026 to the specialist advertisement of Namo Hospital, Daman.
The original advertisement is numbered NAMO/DMN/Specialist in the Administration's listing.
The same listing carries an interview notice dated 01/10/2026 from Government College, Daman, against advertisement No. GC/DMN/PG/Application STC/2026-27/693 of 31/08/2026.
A Sports Department, Daman notice dated 15/10/2026 is the most recent entry on the listing.
Corrigendum date:
12/10/2026
Government College interview notice:
01/10/2026
Most recent listed notice:
Sports Department, Daman, 15/10/2026
Why it matters for exams: The institutions a small Union Territory runs directly, such as a government hospital and a government college, are asked about in administration questions.
UPSCSSC
In plain words
Corrigendum Corrigendum — A formal correction issued to an earlier official notice or advertisement.
16 October 2026
The Public Works Department of the U.T. Administration of Dadra and Nagar Haveli and Daman and Diu posted a notice dated 03/10/2026 for the balance work on the construction of the Police Station at Nani Daman.
A separate notice dated 30/09/2026 covers supplying, installing and commissioning a 25 KLD sewage treatment plant at UT Bhawan, Chanakyapuri, New Delhi.
UT Bhawan at Chanakyapuri is the Union Territory's own building in the national capital.
Both notices appear on the Administration's latest-updates listing alongside its October 2026 gazette issues.
Police station work notice:
03/10/2026
Sewage treatment plant capacity:
25 KLD
Location of UT Bhawan:
Chanakyapuri, New Delhi
Why it matters for exams: That a small Union Territory maintains its own building in Delhi, and the KLD unit used for sewage plants, are both small but examinable facts.
UPSCSSC
In plain words
KLD Kilolitres per day — The unit in which the daily treatment capacity of a sewage plant is stated.
Background
This Act is behind every notice the Union Territory Administration of Dadra and Nagar Haveli and Daman and Diu issued in October 2026, including its Official Gazette issues of that month.
The Dadra and Nagar Haveli and Daman and Diu (Merger of Union territories) Act, 2019 is Act No. 44 of 2019.
It was enacted on 9 December 2019 and came into force on 26 January 2020.
It belongs to the Ministry of Home Affairs, Department of Home.
It provides for merging the Union territories of Dadra and Nagar Haveli and of Daman and Diu, and for matters connected with that merger.
Act number:
44 of 2019
Date of enactment:
9 December 2019
Date of enforcement:
26 January 2020
Ministry:
Ministry of Home Affairs
Why it matters for exams: The act number, the date of enactment and the date of commencement are three separate facts an examiner can ask about separately.
Kerala PSCUPSCSSC
In plain words
Union territory Union territory — A part of India administered by the Union Government through an Administrator or Lieutenant Governor rather than by a State government.
Background
This office stands behind the Union Territory's October 2026 notices and gazette issues, all published by its Administration.
Shri Praful Patel is the Administrator of the Union Territory of Dadra and Nagar Haveli and Daman and Diu.
He was born on 28 August 1957 at Unava near Unjha in the Mehsana district of Gujarat, holds a diploma in Civil Engineering, won the 2007 State Assembly election from Himmatnagar and served as an MLA until 2012.
He took charge as Administrator of Daman and Diu on 29 August 2016 and was appointed Administrator of Dadra and Nagar Haveli on 30 December 2016, so he held both offices before the merger.
Before 2016 the post was held by officers of the Indian Administrative Service, the last of them Vikram Dev Dutt from 14 March 2016 to 29 August 2016.
A Union Territory of this kind is headed by an Administrator appointed by the President, not by a Chief Minister and Council of Ministers.
Took charge in Daman and Diu:
29 August 2016
Appointed in Dadra and Nagar Haveli:
30 December 2016
Date of birth:
28 August 1957
Why it matters for exams: The distinction between a Union Territory with a legislature and one headed only by an Administrator is a standard polity question.
UPSCSSC
In plain words
Administrator Administrator of a Union Territory — The head of a Union Territory's administration, appointed by the President under Article 239.
Background
This geography underlies the notices the Union Territory Administration published in October 2026, which come from offices in Daman, Silvassa and Diu.
The Union Territory has three districts: Dadra and Nagar Haveli, Daman and Diu.
Dadra and Nagar Haveli covers 491 sq. km, Daman 72.00 sq. km and Diu 40.00 sq. km.
Their populations are 343,709, 191,173 and 52,074 respectively, and their densities are 700, 2,655 and 1,302 persons per sq. km.
Each district has its own municipal council: Silvassa Municipal Council, Daman Municipal Council and Diu Municipal Council.
The Daman Ganga river is listed for all three districts, and Dadra and Nagar Haveli lies on the western side of the foothills of the Western Ghats with 204 sq. km of forest cover.
Area of Dadra and Nagar Haveli:
491 sq. km
Area of Daman:
72.00 sq. km
Area of Diu:
40.00 sq. km
Population of Dadra and Nagar Haveli:
343,709
Why it matters for exams: Areas, populations and densities of the three districts are the most quotable facts about this Union Territory.
Kerala PSCUPSCSSC
In plain words
Population density Population density — The number of persons living in each square kilometre of an area.
Background
These figures sit behind the education and health notices the Union Territory Administration published in October 2026, including an interview notice from Government College, Daman.
The Administration's own profile of the Union Territory gives Daman a literacy rate of 88.06 per cent, Diu 83.46 per cent and Dadra and Nagar Haveli 76.2 per cent, with female literacy in Dadra and Nagar Haveli at 64.3 per cent.
The sex ratio is 1,031 in Diu, 774 in Dadra and Nagar Haveli and 534 in Daman.
The child sex ratio is 926 in Dadra and Nagar Haveli, 897 in Daman and 929 in Diu.
Most of these population and literacy figures are drawn from the 2011 Census.
The profile lists Gujarati, Marathi, Portuguese and Hindi for all three districts, with Varli and Kokni additionally for Dadra and Nagar Haveli.
Literacy, Daman:
88.06%
Literacy, Diu:
83.46%
Literacy, Dadra and Nagar Haveli:
76.2%
Sex ratio, Diu:
1,031
Why it matters for exams: A sex ratio above 1,000 in one district and far below it in the next, within one small Union Territory, is exactly the contrast an examiner uses.
UPSCSSC
In plain words
Sex ratio Sex ratio — The number of females per thousand males in a population.
Child sex ratio Child sex ratio — The number of girls per thousand boys in the age group 0 to 6 years.
Background
Diu's past is in the news this week because the Union Territory Administration of Dadra and Nagar Haveli and Daman and Diu, of which Diu is one of three districts, published its October 2026 gazette issues and notices.
The Administration's history page traces Diu's documented past to the Maurya Empire, with Chandragupta Maurya extending control over Saurashtra and Ashoka's governor ruling the region.
Indo-Greek kings held the area in the 2nd and 1st centuries BCE and the Kshaharatas in the 1st century CE; the Vaja dynasty of Somnath Patan ruled it in the early 1400s, followed by about 150 years of Gujarat Sultanate rule.
The Battle of Diu of 1509 set the Portuguese against a combined force that included the Sultan of Gujarat, Mahmud Begada, and Portuguese attempts at an outpost in 1513, 1521 and 1523 failed.
In 1535 Sultan Bahadur Shah allied with the Portuguese against the Mughal emperor Humayun and in return allowed them to build the Diu Fort and station a garrison on the island.
The alliance broke down, attempts to remove the Portuguese between 1537 and 1546 failed, and the page states that the Portuguese conquered Diu in 1546; the fort later withstood attacks by the Arabs of Muscat and the Dutch, and Diu declined in importance from the 18th century as Bombay grew.
Battle of Diu:
1509
Permission to build the Diu Fort:
1535
Portuguese conquest of Diu:
1546
Why it matters for exams: The Battle of Diu and the fort built in 1535 are fixed points in the Portuguese chapter of Indian history.
Kerala PSCUPSCSSC
In plain words
Gujarat Sultanate Gujarat Sultanate — The medieval Muslim kingdom of Gujarat that ruled Diu for about 150 years before the Portuguese.
Background
This sequence explains why the Union Territory that published its October 2026 gazette issues carries the names of three once-separate Portuguese possessions.
Portuguese rule over Diu lasted until 1961, when it ended under Operation Vijay after about 48 hours of land, sea and air strikes before the Portuguese garrison surrendered.
The Indian military occupied Diu on 19 December 1961, and it became part of the Union Territory of Goa, Daman and Diu.
Goa became a State on 30 May 1987, and Daman and Diu then became a separate Union Territory.
That Union Territory was in turn merged with Dadra and Nagar Haveli with effect from 26 January 2020 under Act No. 44 of 2019.
Diu occupied by the Indian military:
19 December 1961
Goa became a State:
30 May 1987
Merger with Dadra and Nagar Haveli:
26 January 2020
Why it matters for exams: The 1961 date, the 1987 reorganisation and the 2020 merger are three steps examiners like to place in order.
Kerala PSCUPSCSSC
In plain words
Operation Vijay Operation Vijay (1961) — The Indian military action of December 1961 that ended Portuguese rule in Goa, Daman and Diu.
Background
These places sit behind the tourism and sports notices the Union Territory Administration published in October 2026, including a Sports Department, Daman notice of 15/10/2026.
For Diu the Administration lists Diu Fort, Goghla Beach with Blue Flag certification, Naida Caves, Nagoa Beach, the INS Khukhri Memorial, the Diu Museum, Gangeswar Mahadev and Saint Paul's Church.
For Daman it lists Ram Setu or Lighthouse Beach, Moti Daman Fort, Devka Garden, Jampore Beach, Mirasol Lake Resort, Bom Jesus Church and St. Jerome Fort.
For Dadra and Nagar Haveli the attractions listed are forests, wildlife, gardens, tribal culture and heritage, with 204 sq. km of forest cover.
The music and dance forms listed are Tarpa, Bhawada, Tur and Thali, Dhol and Gheria for Dadra and Nagar Haveli, and Mando, Verdigao and Vira for Daman and Diu.
Forest cover is about 41.63 per cent of the geographical area in Diu and 20.49 sq. km in Daman.
Forest cover in Diu:
About 41.63% of the area
Forest cover in Daman:
20.49 sq. km
Forest cover in Dadra and Nagar Haveli:
204 sq. km
Why it matters for exams: A naval memorial, a Blue Flag beach and named folk dance forms are the sort of specifics that distinguish this Union Territory in a general knowledge paper.
UPSCSSC
In plain words
INS Khukhri INS Khukhri — An Indian Navy ship whose loss is commemorated by a memorial at Diu.
Tarpa Tarpa — A folk music and dance form of Dadra and Nagar Haveli, named after a wind instrument.