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.[citation needed]
Prime Minister (de facto)
editAfter 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.[1]
Administrator
edit| 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 |
See also
editReferences
edit- ^ Pal, Sanchari (28 March 2018). "When an IAS Officer Was The Prime Minister of Dadra & Nagar Haveli". The Better India. Retrieved 15 February 2023.
- India states, worldstatesmen.org
- Ramjayam Nadar, Office Seceratary, UT PRESS CLUB, Silvassa