Pondicherry
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Pondicherry is a
union territory in the south of
India. Formerly a
French colony, it came under the rule of the Indian Government in
1954 and was organized as a union territory in
1963.
It consists of four small unconnected parts: Pondicherry, Karaikal, and Yanam on the Bay of Bengal and Mahe on the Arabian Sea.
On January 16, 1761, the British captured Pondicherry from the French.
See also: French East India Company