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|presidency=[[Madras]] | |||
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|coordinates=[http://maps.google.co.uk/maps?ll=11.845116,79.875241&z=9&t=h&hl=en 11.845116°N 79.875241°E] | |||
|altitude= 0 m (0 ft) | |||
|presentname= [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Puducherry_(city) Puducherry] | |||
|stateprovince= [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Puducherry Indian Union Territory of Puducherry] | |||
|country= [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/India India] | |||
|transport=[[Pondicherry Railway]] | |||
}} | |||
'''Pondicherry''' was formerly a [[French]] colony founded by Francois Martin in 1674. | |||
== History == | |||
*[[Siege of Pondicherry 1748|Siege of Pondicherry]] 1748 | |||
*[[Capture of Pondicherry 1761|Capture of Pondicherry]] 1761 | |||
*[[Battle of Pondicherry 1778|Battle of Pondicherry]] 1778 | |||
*[[Battle of Pondicherry 1793|Battle of Pondicherry]] 1793 | |||
== 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: | |||
''List of voters in Pondicherry 1792'' [http://www.ifrance.com/pondichery/ | *[http://pondichery.ifrance.com/index.html ''History of Pondicherry''] | ||
*[http://www.ifrance.com/pondichery/adresses.html'' Useful addresses for family history in Pondicherry''] | |||
*[http://www.ifrance.com/pondichery/electeurs.html ''List of voters in Pondicherry 1792''] | |||
*[http://www.ifrance.com/pondichery/Patro-recens.html''Census of Pondicherry 1797''] | |||
*[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 | |||
[[Category:Locations]] | |||
Revision as of 08:16, 8 May 2010
| Pondicherry | |
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| [[Image:|250px| ]] | |
| 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
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:
- History of Pondicherry
- Useful addresses for family history in Pondicherry
- List of voters in Pondicherry 1792
- Census of Pondicherry 1797
- 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