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First posted on May 26th 2002, last revised on October 18th 2009






Pondicherry, since 1954

French India, 1945-1954
French India, 1939-1945
French India, 1918-1939
French India, 1878-1918
French India, 1815-1878

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DIRECTORY OF INTERNET SOURCES . . . EXTERNAL FILES
Country Profiles from Wikipedia
Links, on History
Historical Maps Maps of Pondicherry, from Maps of India
Map Bellin Pondicherry 1741, Madras 1746, posted by FWP
Timelines
Accounts of History History of Pondicherry, from pondicherry.com, from pondicherry.net, from pondy.com
Encyclopedia Entries Article French India, Pondicherry, Karikal, Yanaon, Chandernagore, from EB 1911; Article India (has brief passage on French India); Archdiocesis of Pondicherry, from Catholic Encyclopedia (1907)
Article India, from Jewish Encyclopedia (of 1901)
Article Ponditscherri, Mahe, Karikal, Tschandernagar, from Meyers Konversationslexikon 1889, in German
Article Chandernagore, Karikal, Mahe, Pondicherry, Yanam, French Possessions, from Imperial Gazetteer of India, posted by DSAL
J. Chr. Nelkenbrecher, Allgemeines Taschenbuch der Münz-, Maass- und Gewichtskunde für Banquiers und Kaufleute (General Manual on Coinage, Measurement and Weights, for Bankers and Merchants) Berlin 1832, in German, entries Pondicherry, posted by DTBSWS
Military La Fin Française du Pondicherry, 1761, from Histoire Militaire, in French
Economy & Finances A Global History of Currencies : French India
Article French Indian Rupee, from Wikipedia
Religion Chronology of Catholic Dioceses : India, from Kirken i Norge
History of the Archdiocese of Pondicherry, from Archdiocese of Pondicherry
by City Articles Municipal Administration in French India, Yanaon, Pondichery, Chandernagor, from Speedy Look
Pondicherry : Where India Meets France, from CPA Media
Institutions French Institute of Pondicherry
Bibliographies Search RHS Bibliography for Pondicherry
Others Article Causes of the integration of the French establishments of India to the Indian Union, French Company of the Eastern Indies, Coup d'Etat de Yanaon, from Speedy Look

DIRECTORY OF INTERNET SOURCES . . . EXTERNALLY POSTED DOCUMENTS
Lists of Statesmen from World Statesmen (B. Cahoon); from Rulers (B. Schemmel), scroll down
Population Figures India : historical demographical data of the administrative divisions, from Population Statistics, by Jan Lahmeyert; look for Pondicherry
Document Collections Search Hansard for French India
Search Papers Past for Portuguese India (Collection of New Zealand Newspapers 1839-1920)
Archives India - Records of the erstwhile French administration in Pondicherry (1577-1954), from UNESCO Memory of the World Register
Colonial Coins of India, has a section on FrenchIndia
French Ancestors in India, from Family History in India, lists archive deposits
State Symbols
Coins, Banknotes Banknotes of French India, from Ron Wise's World Paper Money, from the Indian Currency Collection; from CGB (commercial site)
The Colonial Coins of India, click for French India
Coins of French India, from Zeno
Stamps Postage Stamps of the French Establishments in India, 1893-1904, from Stamps Catalogue 1840-1920 by Evert Klaseboer
Others License Plates, from License Plates Online
Picture Postcards, from Postcardman, commercial site

PRINTED REFERENCE
General Accounts
Specific Topics Ajit K. Neogy, Decolonization of French India. Liberation Movement and Indo-French Relations 1947-1954, Institut Français de Pondicherry 1997 [G]
Yearbooks Article : French India, in : Americana Annual 1957 p.302 (on events of 1956) [G]