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  Union Territory - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
A Union Territory is an administrative division of India.
As of 2005, there are six union territories.
Previously a union territory, Delhi was made the National Capital Territory in 1991 and is on the verge of being granted statehood.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Union_territory   (100 words)

  
 Encyclopedia: Union territory   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-07)
Lakshadweep (Tamil: லட்சத்தீவுகள்) is the smallest Union Territory of India.
Union County is drained by streams which flow in a southeasterly direction to empty into the Scioto River.
Union County is currently the third fastest growing county in the state of Ohio.
www.nationmaster.com /encyclopedia/Union-territory   (391 words)

  
 States and territories of India - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The Andaman and Nicobar Islands was established as a union territory, ruled by a Lieutenant Governor appointed by the central Indian government.
Delhi, Himachal Pradesh, Manipur, Tripura,, the Andaman and Nicobar Islands, and the Laccadive, Mincoy, and Amandivi Islands became union territories.
The former French and Portuguese colonies in India were incorporated into the Indian Republic as the union territories of Pondicherry, Dadra and Nagar Haveli, and Goa, Daman, and Diu in 1962.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/States_and_territories_of_India   (1063 words)

  
 Union Territory Lakshadweep - UTS VOICE - Uniting Union Territories of India   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-07)
Uniting Union Territories of India, UTS' VOICE is also covering New Delhi, Goa, Chennai and Bangalore.
The tiniest Union Territory of India, Lakshadweep is an archipelago consisting of 12 atolls, three reefs and five submerged banks.
It is a uni-district Union Territory with an area of 32 Sq.Kms and is comprised of ten inhabited islands, 17 uninhabited islands attached islets, four newly formed islets and 5 submerged reefs.
www.utsvoice.net /uts_lakshadweep.htm   (634 words)

  
 The Union‘s Territory and its Moving Centroid   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-07)
With the upcoming enlargement of the European Union with first 25 and later 27 member states in total the territory will be 3 times respective 3,5 times larger than in the beginning of EU 6.
The ESPON territory of EU 27 and including Switzerland and Norway covers an area of about 4 600 000 km2, which is almost half the size of the United States.
The geographic centroid of the current European Union is settled within the German municipality of Ribbesbüttel in Lower Saxony, a place of 2004 inhabitants in the vincinity of Braunschweig in the county of Gifhorn.
www.espon.lu /online/homepage/homepage_88.html   (384 words)

  
 Europa: The History of the White Race : Chapter 53
Once the Union had been established, it faced two critical issues: whether the United States of America should be a federation or a confederation; and whether the institution of indentured labour - in effect a lighter form of slavery - should be allowed to continue or not.
Territories to the west of the original 13 colonies, which all lay on the eastern seaboard of continent, had in the interim been steadily filling up with Whites.
Under the president Thomas Jefferson, the Louisiana territory, a vast tract of land encompassing the lands between the Mississippi River and the Rocky Mountains, from the Gulf of Mexico to Canada, was acquired for the United States.
www.fortunecity.com /victorian/fowles/500/hwr53.htm   (9157 words)

  
 Union County Historical Society-Dakota Territory History
The territory between the Mississippi River and the Rocky Mountains was called Louisiana and had been discovered by the French.
The early period of territorial life was characterized by all that goes to make up pioneer conditions--a primitive status of society, sparse settlement, absence of railroads, Indian hostilities, uncertain crop conditions and the unsettled conditions of political affairs.
Union County was first created and organized as Cole County in honor of a territorial legislator, Austin Cole, in 1 862.
www.acsnet.com /~jkjar/dt_history.htm   (1951 words)

  
 Encyclopedia of North American Indians - - The Civil War in Indian Territory   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-07)
Union forces settled in north of the Arkansas and Canadian Rivers, in the Cherokee, Creek, and Seminole Nations.
Union and Confederate "deserters," Indians and non-Indians alike, formed outlaw gangs and roamed the countryside, indiscriminately killing, burning, and looting.
Even though as many members of the Five Civilized Tribes had served in the Union Army as had served in the Confederate Army, the federal government declared its treaties with the tribes to be void and forced the tribes to negotiate new treaties that ceded the western part of Indian Territory to the United States.
college.hmco.com /history/readerscomp/naind/html/na_007600_thecivilwari.htm   (1578 words)

  
 ASIUTOP - Association Of Small Industries of Union Territory of Pondicherry   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-07)
Union Territory of Pondicherry comprises of four coastal enclaves in
The Union Territory of Pondicherry is endowed with good infrastructure for industries of various kinds and dimensions.
Territory is having railheads at Pondicherry and Mahe.
www.pondicherry.com /asiutop/industry.html   (2422 words)

  
 History of GOA Legislative Assembly
1962 by the Union Parliament on 20 June 1962, the territory of Goa, Daman and Diu was conferred the status of a Union Territory with retrospective effect from 20 December, 1961.
As per Section 3(2) of the Government of Union Territory Act, 1963 (Act 20 of 1963), the total number of seats in the Legislative Assembly of Goa, Daman and Diu was 30 and as per sub-section (3), the Union Govt.
Consequent on granting the Statehood to Goa, territories Daman and Diu were delinked and the strength of Goa assembly was reduced to 31 because and Members from Daman and Diu ceased to be the Members of Goa Assembly.
anshuman_sharma.tripod.com /otherwebdesigns/goa/history.htm   (504 words)

  
 Independent Education Union - Northern Territory   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-07)
The IEU is the leading trade union and professional association for employees in the non-government education sector in Australia.
The Northern Territory Branch of the IEU has over 300 members working in Catholic schools, religious and non-denominational Independent Schools and independent schools serving Aboriginal and Islander communities.
The Branch is affiliated to the Northern Territory Trades and Labor Council and the ACTU (through the Federal Union) and has representation on a wide variety on education related Boards, however, the IEU has no affiliation to any political party.
www.ieu.org.au /nt   (196 words)

  
 Union Territory Dadra & Nagar Haveli - UTS VOICE - Uniting Union Territories of India   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-07)
Union Territory Dadra & Nagar Haveli - UTS VOICE - Uniting Union Territories of India
Union Territories at a Glance - Dadra and Nagar Haveli
The major spoken language in the territory is Gujarati.
www.utsvoice.net /uts_dadra.htm   (284 words)

  
 Talk:Pondicherry (union territory) - Wikitravel
It's even more complicated: (look at here (http://www.mapsofindia.com/maps/pondicherry/pondichery.html) for a good map) Pondicherry is the capital of the union territory with the same name.
This union territory consists of 15 separate enclaves.
Outside of administrative issues, though, it still seems to me that Pondicherry (union territory) is made up of 4 towns widely distributed across 3 states.
wikitravel.org /en/Talk:Pondicherry_(union_territory)   (311 words)

  
 HarpWeek: Cartoon of the Day   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-07)
In May 1861, Union general Benjamin Butler refused to comply, and labeled the runaway slaves, whom the Confederacy considered property, as “contraband of war” (i.e., seized property).
Critics point out that the Emancipation Proclamation was limited to Confederate-held territory (not the Border States or Union territory in Southern slave states captured before January 1, 1863).
The Union soldiers welcome the slaves to the protection that will be provided to them under the authority of the policies of President Lincoln.
www.harpweek.com /09Cartoon/BrowseByDateCartoon.asp?Month=May&Date=9   (710 words)

  
 Search Results for Daman - Encyclopædia Britannica
The town, together with numerous villages in the surrounding area, forms an enclave in southeastern Gujarat state and is situated on the Gulf of...
union territory of India, comprising two widely separated districts on the country's western coast.
Union territory (pop., 2001 prelim.: 158,059), west-coastal India.
www.britannica.com /search?query=Daman&submit=Find&source=MWTEXT   (411 words)

  
 Central Pollution Control Board   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-07)
This is the second of the three publications of the series on water pollution in and around Union Territory of Delhi conducted by the Central Board for the Prevention and Control of Water Pollution.
The first and third publications of this series entitled "Union Territory of Delhi (Abridged)-Control of Urban Pollution Series: CUPS/1/1978-79" and "Industrial Survey Union Territory of Delhi- Control of Urban Pollution Series: CUPS/3/1978-79" are printed and available.
This report detail's' both the industrial and domestic sewage pollutional problems associated with this Territory and the impact of that pollution on the river Yamuna covering the stretch of the river both downstream and upstream.
www.cpcb.nic.in /cups2.htm   (329 words)

  
 Union Gleaner
The Atlantic Union GLEANER is the official publication of the Atlantic Union Conference.
The Atlantic Union GLEANER serves as the official publication for notices of constituency sessions, special sessions, and other announements that must be communicated to the constituents of the Atlantic Union territory.
If you are a member of a church in one of the local conferences that are a part of the Atlantic Union, you should be receiving the Atlantic Union GLEANER as a benefit to you.
www.atlantic-union.org /gleaner.htm   (317 words)

  
 The Civil War in Montana
Beyond that were several states and territories which needed to be held within Union control, especially Idaho with its immense supply of gold, which, he was told, was already occupied by a population loyal to the Confederacy.
Through the efforts of these men the Territory of Idaho (later to become the Territories of Idaho and Montana) was subdued in its lawlessness and in its most rebellious expressions of its continued secessionist sentiments, although those secessionist sentiments were later expressed in the ballot boxes.
The government of the Territory was too far away to be able to manage these rowdy intruders from the California gold rush who had been digging gold on the western slopes of the Rocky Mountains in the Territory of Washington until richer diggings were found on the Eastern slopes of the Rockies in Dakota Territory.
www.newpsych.org /virginia/cwmt3.htm   (6302 words)

  
 Union Territory Daman & Diu - UTS VOICE - Uniting Union Territories of India   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-07)
Daman is situated on the west coast of India on the Arabian Sea are exotic locations that are blessed with sun, sand and sea.
The district of Daman of the erstwhile Union Territory of Goa, Daman and Diu is situated in the Surat District of Gujarat.
From 2nd Century A.D., it formed a part of the country known as Lata, which was one of the seven divisions of Konkan Vaishaya.
www.utsvoice.net /uts_daman.htm   (324 words)

  
 THE CONSTITUTION (AMENDMENT)
Union territory is dissolved or its functioning is suspended by an
Union territory referred to in clause (1) of article 239A is in
for the Union territory of Goa, Daman and Diu, Pondicherry or Mizoram
www.constitution.org /cons/india/tamnd27.htm   (1186 words)

  
 "White Men cutting one another's throats" - The American Civil War   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-07)
Once the Union had been established, it faced two critical issues: whether the United States of America should be a federation or a confederation; and whether the institution of indentured labor - in effect a lighter form of slavery - should be allowed to continue or not.
On 13 December a huge Union army stormed the Confederate positions at Fredericksburg: the Confederate defenses were far too good, and the result was a slaughter.
During this battle, known as the Battle of Chancellorville, "Stonewall" Jackson was accidentally killed by fire from his own Confederate troops: the loss of this ablest of all American generals was a grievous blow for the Southern war machine.
www.stormfront.org /whitehistory/hwr53.htm   (6057 words)

  
 Frontline: Goa - Another Landmark
Parilament having already given the green signal for the formation of the separate State and another Union Territory for Daman and Diu, only the formalities remain to be gone through.
With the decline of the dynasty, the territory became a pawn on the Deccan chess board.
The atmosphere was emotion-charged as the territory prepared to face elections to the first territorial Assembly within two years of its liberation.
www.geocities.com /prakashjm45/frontline.dadra-nagar-aveli.html   (3477 words)

  
 1Up India > India > Lakshadweep > Lakshadweep is a Union Territory of India. find more about it here
Scattered some 200-400 kilometres west off the Kerala coast, lie the islands of the Union Territory of Lakshadweep, an archipelago of 27 coral islands and open reefs.
These islands form the smallest of the Union Territories of India, and are the country's only coral islands.
The islands form the smallest of the Union Territories of India and are the country's only coral islands.
www.1upindia.com /states/lakshwadeep   (484 words)

  
 The Hindu : Other States / Pondicherry News : Cultivable land decreasing in Union Territory every year
Statistics available with government shows that on an average every year the territory loses some 200 hectors of cultivable land.
Indiscriminate conversion of cultivable land for constructing residential complexes, setting up industries and for other purposes has reduced the quantum of agricultural production to 70,000 tonnes from 90,000 tonnes during last three decades.
"Even after the territory has lost a good part of the cultivable land we are self-sufficient", says a senior official in the Agriculture Department.
www.hindu.com /2005/07/09/stories/2005070900870300.htm   (456 words)

  
 Union Pacific, Stage Coach Holdup, Promontory Utah Territory
Union Pacific Railroad Bill of 1862 granted by the government created Union Pacific with the loans and land grants to build a railroad west from the hundredth meridian.
Union Pacific Railroad Construction was extremely slow with only one mile of track being laid per week.
In 1865, the Union Pacific Railroad laid 40 miles of track outside of Omaha, to be superseded in 1866 by 260 miles, dropping to 240 miles in 1867 and close to 500 miles in 1868
www.linecamp.com /museums/americanwest/western_clubs/union_pacific_railroad/union_pacific_railroad.html   (1029 words)

  
 Indian Union Territory - General Information of Lakshadweep   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-07)
Considering its lagoon area of about 4,200 Sq.kms, 20,000 Sq.kms of territorial waters and about 4 lakhs Sq.kms.
Nine Primary Schools and few dispensaries were started during the colonial rule in the islands.
The Union Territory was formed in 1956 and it was named Lakshadweep in 1973.
www.indiainbusiness.nic.in /indian-states/lakshadweep/general.htm   (1670 words)

  
 Karaikal Region - Union Territory of Pondicherry - India.   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-07)
Karaikal Region - Union Territory of Pondicherry - India.
132 kms south of Pondicherry, along the coast, Karaikal is one of the four regions of the Union Territory of Pondicherry.
It is the destination for those who seek solicite, leisure, serenity and piety.
pondicherry.nic.in /open/regions/karaikal/welcome.html   (208 words)

  
 The Hindu : Other States / Pondicherry News : Union Territory status sought for Karaikal
A release from the convenor of the group, S.P. Selvashanmugham, said on Friday that the volunteers and activists of the Group took out a rally in Karaikal on Thursday and held demonstration in front of the District Collector office there in support of the demand for UT status.
When Goa was made a State the constituents of the then Union Territory of Goa namely Diu and Daman were retained and were conferred the Union Territory status.
The president of Agriculturists Welfare Association of Karaikal, P.Ramanathan urged the Administration to disburse the compensation of Rs 60,000 for a hectare of land, announced in the context of tsunami that affected farmland in Karaikal.
www.hindu.com /2005/07/09/stories/2005070900850300.htm   (387 words)

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