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DAMAUN or DAMAN, a See also: town of Portuguese See also: India, capital of the See also: settlement of Damaun, situated on the See also: east See also: side of the entrance of the Gulf of See also: Cambay within the Bombay See also: Presidency
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The See also: area of the settlement is 82 sq. m
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Pop
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(1900) 41,671
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The settlement is divided into two parts, Damaun proper, and the larger pargana of See also: Nagar Havili, the two being separated by a narrow See also: strip of See also: British territory
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The See also: soil is fertile, and See also: rice, See also: wheat and See also: tobacco are the chief crops
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The See also: teak forests are valuable
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See also: Weaving is an industry less important than formerly; mats and baskets are manufactured, and deep-See also: sea fishing is an
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important industry
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The See also: shipbuilding business at the town of Damaun is important
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Early in the 19th century a large transit See also: trade in opium between See also: Karachi and See also: China was carried on at Damaun, but it ceased in 1837, when the British prohibited it after their See also: conquest of See also: Sind
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The settlement is administered as a unit, and has a municipal chamber
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Damaun town was sacked and burnt by the Portuguese in 1531
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It was subsequently rebuilt, and in 1558 was again taken by the Portuguese, who made a permanent settlement and converted the mosque into a ChristianSee also: church
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From that
See also: time it has remained in their hands
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The territory of Damaun proper was conquered by the Portuguese in 1559; that of Nagar Havili was ceded to them by the See also: Mahrattas in 178o in indemnification for piracy
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