| LC control no. | n 50000933 |
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| Geographic heading | French India |
| Geographic subdivision usage | India--French India |
| Variant(s) | India, French French Establishments in India Etablissements français dans l'Inde Inde française |
| See also | Pondicherry (India : Union Territory) |
| Found in | Columbia gaz. of the world, 1998 (French India: composed of coastal enclaves of Pondicherry, Karikal, Yanaon, and Mahé in south and inland settlement of Chandernagar near Calcutta; under Pondicherry: Union Territory comprises enclaves of former French India (except Chandernagar); India took over admin. Nov. 1, 1954; treaty of cession signed May 1956; formal transfer Aug. 1962) Wikipedia, 8 June 2010: French India (4 enclaves of Pondichéry, Yanam, Mahe and Karikal transferred de facto to Indian Union on Nov. 1, 1954) History of Puducherry (treaty of cession between France and India, May 1956; France ceded full sovereignty to India with exchange of instruments, Aug. 16, 1962; 4 enclaves administered as Union Territory of Pondicherry from July 1, 1963) La gazette de l'État de Pondichéry, Karikal, Mahé et Yanaon, 30 nov. 1954: p. 93 (Commissaire de la République pour les Etablissements français dans l'Inde) La gazette de l'État de Pondichéry, 22 févr. 1955: p. 77 (Commissaire de la République pour les Etablissements français dans l'Inde; l'Inde française) |
| Geographic area code | a-ii--- |
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