1. After getting independence and Sovereign state, Union of India appealed the French-controlled Pondicherry (Puducherry) to merge with India. People wanted desperately to join the Union of India.
2. People gave the slogan ‘Hind Chhodo’ (Leave India) to the French Government in a large meeting held at Pondicheny.
3. The Indian government started negotiation for peaceful solution of the Pondicheny issue with the French government but, people were not satisfied. They wanted quick action.
4. So, on 13th June 1954, People’s Liberation Army took over the administration of Yanam region in its hands.
5. The French government understood that people were quite angry and want freedom in any case. Hence, it had no choice but to negotiate with the Indian government.
6. Finally, on October 31, 1954, the French handed over all the colonies namely Karaikal, Mahe, Yanam and Chandranagar to India. These regions were then merged with the union territory of Pondicherry.
7. When the Indian states were reconstructed, Pondicherry and Karaikal were merged in Tamil Nadu, Mahe in Kerala, Yanam in Andhra Pradesh and Chandranagar in West Bengal.
8. Pondicherry was made the administrative head of all these territories.
