Indian annexation of Dadra and Nagar Haveli

Annexation by India Indian annexation of Dadra and Nagar HaveliPart of the decolonisation of Asia and the Cold WarMap of Dadra and Nagar Haveli in the 1950sDate22 July – 11 August 1954(2 weeks and 6 days)LocationDadra and Nagar Haveli, Portuguese IndiaResult Indian rebel victoryTerritorialchanges Free Dadra and Nagar Haveli establishedBelligerents Indian nationalists and communists Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh United Front of Goans National Liberation Movement Organization Goan People's Party Communist Party of India Azad Gomantak Dal Supported by: India Portugal Portuguese IndiaCommanders and leaders Francis Mascarenhas Com. L.B. Dhangar Prabhakar Sinari Raja Wakankar Nana Kajrekar Captain Virgílio FidalgoStrength Nearly 201,000 volunteer fighters: 200,000 Warli adivasis CPI fighters 50 UFG rebels GPP rebels AGD fighters NLMO fighters 329 units in total: Portuguese India Police constablesCasualties and losses Unknown 2 killed The Indian annexation of Dadra and Nagar Haveli was the process in which the territories of Dadra and Nagar Haveli passed from Portuguese rule to independent rule, with Indian allegiance, in 1954. Dadra and Nagar Haveli were small undefended Portuguese over