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Goa
Portuguese-influenced villa, near Chapora, Goa, India.
Goa attained statehood in 1987.123
While Goa became a part of India in 1961 following the end of Portuguese rule, it was initially incorporated as a union territory alongside Daman and Diu. It was later separated from that union territory to become the 25th state of India in 1987.23