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The Tenth Amendment of the Constitution of India, enacted in 1961, incorporated Dadra and Nagar Haveli as a Union Territory of the Republic of India. The full title of the law is the Constitution (Tenth Amendment) Act, 1961. It was passed by the Indian parliament and came into force on 11 August 1961.
In 1783 Nagar Haveli was given to Portugal as compensation for the sinking of a Portuguese ship by the Maratha navy. In 1785 the Portuguese purchased Dadra. It was administered by the Portuguese Governor of Daman until 1954.
After India attained independence in 1947, the residents of Dadra and Nagar Haveli freed the territories of Dadra and Nagar Haveli from Portuguese rule in 1954, with the help of volunteers from organizations like the United Front of Goans, the National Movement Liberation Organisation and the Azad Gomantak Dal. The residents of the former colony requested the Government of India for administrative help. KG Badlani, an officer of the Indian Administrative Service was sent as the administrator. From 1954 to 1961 the territory was administered by a body called the Varishta Panchayat of Free Dadra and Nagar Haveli.
In 1961, when Indian forces took over Goa, Daman and Diu, Badlani was designated Prime Minister of Dadra and Nagar Haveli for one day, so that, as head of state, he could sign an agreement with Indian Prime Minister Jawaharlal Nehru to merge Dadra and Nagar Haveli formally with the Republic of India.