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*[http://archiver.rootsweb.ancestry.com/th/read/india/2007-03/1172865924 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 | *[http://archiver.rootsweb.ancestry.com/th/read/india/2007-03/1172865924 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 | ||
*[http://www.confluence.org.uk/2008/12/10/pondicherry-%E2%80%93-a-bit-of-france-in-india "Pondicherry – A bit of France in India"] by Sunayana Panda confluence.org.uk | *[http://www.confluence.org.uk/2008/12/10/pondicherry-%E2%80%93-a-bit-of-france-in-india "Pondicherry – A bit of France in India"] by Sunayana Panda confluence.org.uk | ||
*[http://www.toutpondi.com/en/portrait/remi_duvert.html Images of Pondicherry collected by Remi Duvert]toutpondi.com | *[http://in.lifestyle.yahoo.com/coromandel-trail---along-the-salt-pans-to-pondicherry.html "Coromandel Trail - Along the salt pans to Pondicherry"] by Lakshmi Sharath 17 September 2012 in.lifestyle.yahoo.com | ||
*[http://www.toutpondi.com/en/portrait/remi_duvert.html Images of Pondicherry collected by Remi Duvert] toutpondi.com | |||
*[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZTmSz8rMDzU Pondichery Church and Cemetery] You Tube | *[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZTmSz8rMDzU Pondichery Church and Cemetery] You Tube | ||
*[http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-india-19596190 In pictures: Former French colony of Pondicherry in India] 19 September 2012 BBC News India | *[http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-india-19596190 In pictures: Former French colony of Pondicherry in India] 19 September 2012 BBC News India | ||
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Revision as of 14:04, 12 October 2012
| 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
FIBIS Resources
External links
- Jean-Claude Féray has compiled an excellent series of webpages on French genealogy in Pondicherry, which are now archived. The site is in French, but the lists of names will be comprehensible to non-French-speakers. Here are some of them:
- Pondicherry Past and Present Institut Français de Pondichéry
- 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
- "Coromandel Trail - Along the salt pans to Pondicherry" by Lakshmi Sharath 17 September 2012 in.lifestyle.yahoo.com
- Images of Pondicherry collected by Remi Duvert toutpondi.com
- Pondichery Church and Cemetery You Tube
- In pictures: Former French colony of Pondicherry in India 19 September 2012 BBC News India