Draft Seventh Five Year Plan 1985-90 and Annual Plan 1985-86 (Dadra and Nagar Haveli)

Abstract

From Introduction: The Union Territory of Dadra and Nagar Haveli is situated on the western coast of India, nearly 200 K.Ms. north of Bombay. It is sandwitched between the Bulsar District of Gujarat and Thane District of Maharashtra. The coast of Arabian sea is about 30 K.Ms. and the N..H.S is running at the distance of about 4 to 5 K.Ms. from the borders of this Territory. For nearly two centuries, after the area was handed over by the Marathas in 1779, it remained a colony of the Portuguese till its liberation in 1954.