Question
Puducherry

Answer

  • Similar to Dadra and Nagar Haveli, Puducherry was under French rule.
  • Most of the east coast of India regions like Puducherry, Karaikal, Mahe, Yanam, and Chandrangar in West Bengal were under French rule as well.
  • People and many political parties under the leadership of V. Subbayya came together to get rid of the French.
  • It was a serious matter for the Government of India; hence they demanded that French Government return the Indian regions. In 1948, an agreement was signed by both governments for Puducherry
  • In 1949, Chandranagar was merged in India.
  • In 1954, the French government passed the draft, according to it all French ruling regions will merge in India. And in 1963 Puducherry was declared a ‘Union Territory’.

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