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Diu,
India
"Diu" derives from the Sanskrit dvīpa ("island"). Since Mauryan times (3rd century BCE), it has been subject to various powers in
western India. Many dynasties in Kathiawar (or Saurashtra) ruled Diu
until it fell to the sultan of Gujarat in the early 15th century. The
Portuguese acquired Diu (and Daman) as part of their grand design to control
the trade of the Indian Ocean. In 1535, under treaty with Bahadur Shah of
Gujarat, the Portuguese built a fort at Diu, an important port on the
flourishing commercial and pilgrimage routes between India and the Middle
East. By the mid-1550s, all Gujarati ships entering and leaving the Gulf of
Khambhat (Cambay) ports were required to call at Diu to pay Portuguese
duties. Diu was subject to the governor-general of Goa as part of the
Portuguese overseas province Estado da India (State of India) and 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 were occupied by India; they are a Union
Territory today. Diu's main industries are fishing, tourism, liquor, and
salt.
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Nagoa beach
palms
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Nagoa beach (more)
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Amorous couple
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Nagoa beach
sunset
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Village near
Nagoa beach
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Early morning work
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Searching for life
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Need sharp
eyes
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Life in the
tide pool (more)
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Life in the
tide pool
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Life in the
tide pool
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Life in the
tide pool (more)
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Visitor to the
tide pool
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Nagoa beach
sunset
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Shiva shrine
by the sea
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St. Paul's
church (1, 2,
3)
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St. Thomas's
church / museum
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Museum exhibit
(saints)
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Church of St.
Francis of Assisi
(Now a government hospital)
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Resting woman
near a temple
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Fort of Diu (info,
plan) |
Portuguese
Fort
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Built between
1533-41
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Fort cannons (more)
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Diu town from
fort (1, 2)
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View over the
Arabian sea
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Top of a
bastion
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Fort walls (more)
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Ruined
building (more)
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Former chapel
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Tombstones (more)
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Lighthouse
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Fort from the
lighthouse
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Fortim do Mar
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Fort visitor
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Fort visitor
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Diu town wall
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