Question

Write short notes:

Puducherry

Answer 1

• Similar to Dadra and Nagar Haveli, Puducherry was under French rule.
• Most of the east coast of India regions like Puducherry, Karaikal, Mahe, Yanam, and Chandrangar in West Bengal were under French rule as well.
• People and many political parties under the leadership of V. Subbayya came together to get rid of the French.
• It was a serious matter for the Government of India; hence they demanded that French Government return the Indian regions. In 1948, an agreement was signed by both governments for Puducherry.
• In 1949, Chandranagar was merged in India.
• In 1954, the French government passed the draft, according to it all French ruling regions will merge in India. And in 1963 Puducherry was declared a ‘Union Territory’.