Pondicherry
| 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
Churches
- Sacred Heart Church
- Our Lady of the Immaculate Conception
- Notre Dame Des Anges (Our Lady of Angels)
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
- Details of EAP191/1 Periodicals of French India at the Library of the Institut Français de Pondichéry (1823-1958), now available at the British Library in digital form. Part of the The British Library's Endangered Archives Programme
- 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
- Churches of Pondicherryaminearlythereyet.com Stunning photos