DAMAUN  or DAMAN, a See also:

• TOWN

town of Portuguese See also:

• INDIA
• INDIA, FRENCH

India, See also:

• CAPITAL (i.e. capital stock or fund)
• CAPITAL (Lat. caput, head)

capital of the See also:

• SETTLEMENT
• SETTLEMENT, ACT OF

settlement of Damaun, situated on the See also:

• EAST
• EAST, ALFRED (1849- )

east See also:

• SIDE
• SIDE (mod. Eski Adalia)

side of the entrance of the Gulf of See also:

• CAMBAY
• CAMBAY, GULF OF

Cambay within the Bombay See also:

• PRESIDENCY

Presidency . The See also:

• AREA

area of the settlement is 82 sq. m . Pop . (1900) 41,671 . The settlement is divided into two parts, Damaun proper, and the larger pargana of See also:

• NAGAR

Nagar Havili, the two being separated by a narrow See also:

• STRIP

strip of See also:

• BRITISH

British territory . The See also:

• SOIL

soil is fertile, and See also:

• RICE (Greek 6p6 a, Latin oryza, French riz, Italian riso, Spanish arroz, derived from the Arabic)
• RICE, EDMUND IGNATIUS (1762-1844)
• RICE, JAMES (1843-1882)

rice, See also:

• WHEAT
• WHEAT (Triticum)

wheat and See also:

• TOBACCO

tobacco are the See also:

• CHIEF (from Fr. chef, head, Lat. caput)

chief crops . The See also:

• TEAK

teak forests are valuable . See also:

• WEAVING

Weaving is an See also:

• INDUSTRY (Lat. industria, from indu-, a form of the pre, position in, and either stare, to stand, or struere, to pile up)

industry less important than formerly; mats and baskets are manufactured, and deep-See also:

• SEA (in O. Eng. sae, a common Teutonic word; cf. Ger. See, Dutch Zee, &c.; the ultimate source is uncertain)
• SEA, COMMAND OF THE

sea fishing is an llllllll important industry . The See also:

• SHIPBUILDING

shipbuilding business at the town of Damaun is important . See also:

• EARLY
• EARLY, JUBAL ANDERSON (1816-1894)

Early in the 19th See also:

• CENTURY (from Lat. centuria, a division of a hundred men)

century a large transit See also:

• TRADE (O. Eng. trod, footstep, from tredan, to tread; in M. Eng. the forms teed, trod and trade appear, the last in the sense of a beaten track)
• TRADE, BOARD OF

trade in See also:

• OPIUM (Gr. amov, dim. from Orbs, juice)

opium between See also:

• KARACHI, or KURRACHEE

Karachi and See also:

• CHINA

China was carried on at Damaun, but it ceased in 1837, when the British prohibited it after their See also:

• CONQUEST

conquest of See also:

• SIND

Sind . The settlement is administered as a unit, and has a municipal chamber . Damaun town was sacked and burnt by the Portuguese in 1531 .

It was subsequently rebuilt, and in 1558 was again taken by the Portuguese, who made a permanent settlement and converted the See also:

• MOSQUE (through Fr. mosquie; Span. mezquila, from Arab. masjid, sajada, to adore)

mosque into a See also:

• CHRISTIAN
• CHRISTIAN, WILLIAM (1608-1663)

Christian See also:

• CHURCH
• CHURCH (according to most authorities derived from the Gr. Kvpcaxov [&wµa], " the Lord's [house]," and common to many Teutonic, Slavonic and other languages under various forms—Scottish kirk, Ger. Kirche, Swed. kirka, Dan. kirke, Russ. tserkov, Buig. cerk
• CHURCH, FREDERICK EDWIN (1826-1900)
• CHURCH, GEORGE EARL (1835–1910)
• CHURCH, RICHARD WILLIAM (1815–189o)
• CHURCH, SIR RICHARD (1784–1873)

church . From that See also:

• TIME (0. Eng. Lima, cf. Icel. timi, Swed. timme, hour, Dan. time; from the root also seen in " tide," properly the time of between the flow and ebb of the sea, cf. O. Eng. getidan, to happen, " even-tide," &c.; it is not directly related to Lat. tempus)
• TIME, MEASUREMENT OF
• TIME, STANDARD

time it has remained in their hands . 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

Mahrattas in 178o in indemnification for piracy .