Consider the following territories which became part of India after 15

Consider the following territories which became part of India after 15th August, 1947 :

1. Goa, Daman and Diu
2. Pondicherry
3. Sikkim
4. Dadra and Nagar Haveli

Which of the following is the correct chronological order (beginning with the earliest) of their becoming part of India?

1-2-3-4

3-1-4-2

4-1-2-3

2-1-4-3

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The correct chronological order of these territories becoming part of India is determined by their dates of integration or liberation from foreign rule/protectorate status and subsequent incorporation into the Indian Union.

The dates are: Dadra and Nagar Haveli (liberated 1954, became UT 1961), Pondicherry (de facto transfer 1954, became UT 1962), Goa, Daman and Diu (liberated 1961, became UT 1962, Goa became state 1987), Sikkim (protectorate 1947, associate state 1974, full state 1975). Considering the earliest date of becoming part of India in some form after 1947: Dadra and Nagar Haveli (1954 – Liberation in July/Aug), Pondicherry (1954 – De facto transfer in Nov), Goa, Daman and Diu (1961 – Liberation in Dec), Sikkim (1975 – Full statehood).

While Dadra and Nagar Haveli and Pondicherry both became part of India in 1954 in a de facto sense, the liberation of D&NH occurred slightly earlier in the year than the de facto transfer of Pondicherry. Formal legal integration as Union Territories happened later for all three former colonial territories (D&NH, Goa, Pondicherry) in the early 1960s.

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