Goa, Daman and Diu


Goa, Daman and Diu was a union territory of the Republic of India established in 1961 following the annexation of Portuguese India, with Maj Gen K P Candeth as its first governor. The Goa portion of the territory was granted full statehood within the Indian union on 30 May 1987, Daman and Diu remained a separate territory until December 2019, when it was merged with Dadra and Nagar Haveli and is today the territory of Dadra and Nagar Haveli and Daman and Diu.
The areas of Goa and Damaon are located at the southern and northern edges of the Konkan region, the two geographically separated from each other by land and sea, the two areas were among the many other possessions that were ruled over for centuries by the Portuguese in Goa and Bombay.
For the purposes of local administration under Indian administration, the territory was divided into three districts; namely Goa, Damaon, and Dio district, with the capital at Panjim.

Lieutenant governors of Union territory of Goa, Daman and Diu

Goa, along with Daman and Diu was a Union Territory of India until 30 May 1987. As such it had a lieutenant governor till that time.
#NameTook officeLeft officeBirth-Death
1Maj Gen K. P. Candeth 19 December 19616 June 19621916–2003
2T. Sivasankar7 June 19621 September 1963189?–19??
3M. R. Sachdev2 September 19638 December 19641903–1964
4Hari Sharma12 December 196423 February 19651910–1987
5K. R. Damle24 February 196517 April 19671912–2001
6Nakul Sen18 April 196715 November 19721915–1983
7S. K. Banerji16 November 197215 November 19771922–2010
8P. S. Gill16 November 197730 March 19811927-living
9Jagmohan31 March 198129 August 19821927–2021
10I H Latif30 August 198223 February 19831923–2018
11K. T. Satarawala24 February 19833 July 19841930–2016
12I H Latif4 July 198423 September 19841923–2018
13Gopal Singh24 September 198429 May 19871917–1990