Pondicherry
Britishnoun
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By 1778, the British and French were fighting over Pondicherry on India’s southeastern coast.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 26, 2026
In the words of Gulf scholar Paul Rich, this was "the Indian Empire's last redoubt, just as Goa was Portuguese India's last solitary vestige, or Pondicherry was the tag-end of French India".
From BBC ● Jun. 21, 2025
The staging transitions in dreamlike fashion from the hospital to Pondicherry, India, where Pi grew up in a happy, hectic ferment of adolescence.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 9, 2025
Four years later, the capture of Pondicherry by the British effectively removed the French from contention in the competition to dominate Indian trade.
From Textbooks ● Dec. 14, 2022
The Pondicherry Zoo was the source of some pleasure and many headaches for Mr. Santosh Patel, founder, owner, director, head of a staff of fifty-three, and my father.
From "Life of Pi" by Yann Martel
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