Question

It lies on an Island of the same name which was once a Portuguese stronghold___​

Answer 1

Answer:

Portuguese India, Portuguese Estado da Índia, name once used for those parts of India which were under Portuguese rule from 1505 to December 1961

Explanation:

Portuguese India consisted of several isolated tracts: (1) the territory of Goa with the capital, a considerable area in the middle of the west coast of India; (2) Damao, or Daman, with the separated territories of Dadrá and Nagar Haveli, north of Mumbai (formerly Bombay) and lying between the Indian states of Maharashtra and Gujarat;Diu with Pani Kota Island on the southern coast of the Kathiawar Peninsula in Gujarat state.