Visakhapatnam (nicknamed Vizag) is a big shipbuilding city on the east coast of the subcontinent, and one of four cities from Andhra Pradesh picked for Prime Minister Narendra Modi's 2015 city-improvement plan. Which former Portuguese island, now a Union Territory off the coast of Kathiawar, was one of the 100 cities competing for the same program?

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Diu. Portugal took control of Diu in 1535 and held onto it until 1961, when India took it back. Along with Daman, it is now a Union Territory. Its Smart Cities plan focused on upgrading things for tourists. Visakhapatnam, on India's east coast, was one of four Andhra Pradesh cities selected for the same 2015 program.