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Puducherry

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Puducherry
Formed / current boundaries
1963
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A former French territory on the south-east coast, with enclaves at Karaikal, Mahé and Yanam. It became part of India in 1954 and a union territory with its own legislature in 1963.

Promenade Beach, Puducherry
Promenade Beach, Puducherry Photo: Vyacheslav Argenberg / Wikimedia Commons, CC BY 4.0
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