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
Among its passengers were Pi and his family, who had set out from Pondicherry, India.
From New York Times • Mar. 30, 2023
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
Before moving to Pondicherry, Father ran a large hotel in Madras.
From "Life of Pi" by Yann Martel
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