Pondicherry
Britishnoun
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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 British defeated the French forces in 1761, however, when they captured Pondicherry, the most important French outpost in India.
From Textbooks • Dec. 14, 2022
Kapur was raised in Auroville, an intentional community near the city of Pondicherry in southern India.
From Slate • Aug. 23, 2021
So when it came time to plan her wedding to Dr. Ram Gautham, an orthopedic surgeon, last November in Pondicherry, India, she wanted her favorite artist to play a major role.
From New York Times • Jul. 28, 2021
Now that it was dead, the flying fish looked like fish I had seen in the markets of Pondicherry.
From "Life of Pi" by Yann Martel
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