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Correct Answer: Option (D) — Dadra and Nagar Haveli were under French colonial rule till 1954.
Concept & Option Breakdown
Standard Reference Verified- Statement (d) is incorrect: Dadra and Nagar Haveli were under Portuguese colonial rule (not French) until liberated by local nationalists in 1954 and formally integrated into the Indian Union in 1961.
- Statements (a), (b), and (c) are correct: Goa gained statehood on May 30, 1987, via the 56th Constitutional Amendment Act, leaving Daman and Diu as a separate Union Territory. Diu is an island situated off the Kathiawar peninsula in the Gulf of Khambhat.
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