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*[[Battle of Pondicherry 1778|Battle of Pondicherry]] 1778 | *[[Battle of Pondicherry 1778|Battle of Pondicherry]] 1778 | ||
*[[Battle of Pondicherry 1793|Battle of Pondicherry]] 1793 | *[[Battle of Pondicherry 1793|Battle of Pondicherry]] 1793 | ||
==Records== | |||
*See [[French]] | |||
== External links == | == External links == | ||
Revision as of 05:47, 1 March 2011
| Pondicherry | |
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| Presidency: Madras | |
| Coordinates: | 11.845116°N 79.875241°E |
| Altitude: | 0 m (0 ft) |
| Present Day Details | |
| Place Name: | Puducherry |
| State/Province: | Indian Union Territory of Puducherry |
| Country: | India |
| Transport links | |
| Pondicherry Railway | |
Pondicherry was formerly a French colony founded by Francois Martin in 1674.
History
- Siege of Pondicherry 1748
- Capture of Pondicherry 1761
- Battle of Pondicherry 1778
- Battle of Pondicherry 1793
Records
- See French
External links
- Jean-Claude Féray has compiled an excellent series of webpages on French genealogy in Pondicherry. The site is in French, but the lists of names will be comprehensible to non-French-speakers. Here are some of them:
- This India List post says that the Pondicherry archives are in the "Centre des Archives d'Outre-Mer" (CAOM) in the city of Aix en Provence, France
- "Pondicherry – A bit of France in India" by Sunayana Panda confluence.org.uk