Daman gets its name from the Daman Ganga River, whereas Diu gets its name from the Sanskrit word dvipa, which means "island." Both were subject to numerous local and regional powers ruling in western India from the period of the Mauryans (4th–2nd century BCE). Daman was a part of the Ramnagar state in the 13th century, which later became a tributary of the Gujarat sultans. In Kathiawar (Saurashtra), a number of dynasties controlled Diu till it succumbed to the Sultan of Gujarat in the early 15th century.
The Portuguese bought Daman and Diu as part of a big plan to control the Indian Ocean trade. In 1535, Sultan Bahdur Shah of Gujarat signed a pact with the Portuguese. The Portuguese built a fort at Diu, a key port on the thriving commerce and religious routes connecting India and the Middle East. All Gujarati ships entering and leaving the Gulf of Khambhat (Cambay) ports were forced to pay Portuguese taxes by the mid-1550s. A Jesuit college was built by the Portuguese in Diu. Daman gets its name from the Daman Ganga River, whereas Diu gets its name from the Sanskrit word dvipa, which means "island." Both were subject to numerous local and regional powers ruling in western India from the period of the Mauryans (4th–2nd century BCE). In the 13th century Daman formed part of the Ramnagar state, which then became a tributary of the Gujarat sultans.Similarly, numerous dynasties in Kathiawar (Saurashtra) ruled Diu until it fell to the sultan of Gujarat in the early 15th century.The Portuguese acquired Daman and Diu as part of their grand design to control the trade of the Indian Ocean. In 1535, under a treaty with Sultan Bahādur. Which was converted into the majestic Cathedral of Sé Matriz about the turn of the 17th century; the cathedral remains a landmark today.Renowned for its docks and shipbuilding yards, Daman (known in Portuguese as Damão) was conquered by the Portuguese in 1559.
Both Daman and Diu were subject to the governor-general of Goa as part of the Portuguese overseas province Estado da India (State of India). They remained under Portuguese rule for more than four centuries, though the decline of the Portuguese empire in Asia greatly diminished their strategic significance. Daman and Diu survived as outposts of Portuguese overseas territory until 1961, when they became part of India.
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