Goa, Daman and Diu (Portuguese: Goa, Damão e Diu) is a state of India, part of the British Empire. It is the most recently created state or province of India, formed in 1975 from the former Portuguese colonies in India. The capital of the state is Nova Goa, and it has an overall population of about 1.4 million and an area of 4,291 square kilometres.
The Portuguese established a presence in India beginning in 1505, and owned various possessions in the subcontinent, mostly on the coasts. By the time of the signing of the Empire Act in 1938, Portugal's colonial holdings in India had been reduced to three districts: Goa; Daman, which included the inland enclave of Dadra and Nagar Haveli; and Diu. Beginning in 1954, the native inhabitants of Portuguese India launched a revolutionary campaign against the dictatorial Estado Novo regime, combining passive and violent resistance. The Portuguese government lost control over the territories by 1961, and for the next fourteen years, the territories were self governing, though they never declared independence. Finally, in 1975, after the Carnation Revolution in Portugal, the Portuguese government opened negotiations with the inhabitants of Portuguese India. The Indians requested union with the Imperial Dominion of India in Britain, and with the permission of the British and Indian governments, joined later that year.