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Originally appearing in Volume V07, Page 787 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
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DAMAUN or DAMAN, a See also:

town of Portuguese See also:India, See also: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. The See also: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 Havili, the two being separated by a narrow See also:strip of See also:British territory. The See also:soil is fertile, and See also:rice, See also:wheat and See also:tobacco are the See also:chief crops. The See also:teak forests are valuable. See also:Weaving is an See also:industry less important than formerly; mats and baskets are manufactured, and deep-See also:sea fishing is an llllllll important industry. The See also:shipbuilding business at the town of Damaun is important. See also:Early in the 19th See also:century a large transit See also:trade in See also: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. 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 into a See also:Christian See also:church. From that See also: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 in 178o in indemnification for piracy.

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