Puducherry, formerly known as Pondicherry (/ˌpɒndɨˈtʃɛri/;literally New Town in Tamil) is a Union Territory of India. It was formed out of four exclaves of former French India namely Puducherry, Karaikal, Yanam and Mahe. It is named after the largest district Puducherry.
Population: 227,411
Latitude: 11° 56' 1.72" N
Longitude: 79° 49' 47.24" E
The Jawaharlal Institute of Postgraduate Medical Education & Research (JIPMER) is a medical school in India, and the oldest to teach European medicine in Asia. It is located at Pondicherry, the capital of the union territory of Puducherry, in southe…
Pondicherry University is a central university in Puducherry, India.
The Matrimandir (Sanskrit for Temple of The Mother) is an edifice of spiritual significance for practitioners of Integral yoga, situated at the centre of Auroville initiated by The Mother of the Sri Aurobindo Ashram. It is called soul of the city an…
Puducherry Airport (IATA: PNY, ICAO: VOPC) is an airport located at Lawspet in Puducherry, a Union territory of India. The airport has charter flights and the local flying training school operating out of this airport. The Puducherry Government has …
The Battle of Cuddalore was a battle between a British fleet under Admiral Sir Edward Hughes and a slightly smaller French fleet under the Bailli de Suffren off the coast of India near Cuddalore during the American Revolutionary War, which in 1780 h…
The Siege of Cuddalore was a siege attempt by British troops against a combined French and Mysorean garrison in the fortress of Cuddalore late in the War of American Independence and the Second Anglo-Mysore War.
The Ponnaiyar (South Pennar) is a river in southern India. It rises on the hill of Nandidurg in Chikkaballapur District of Karnataka state, and flows south and then east for 400 kilometres (250 mi) through Karnataka and Tamil Nadu, emptying into the…
The Siege of Pondicherry was the first military action on the Indian subcontinent following the declaration of war between Great Britain and France in the American War of Independence.
The French Institute of Pondicherry (French: Institut Français de Pondichéry) UMIFRE 21 CNRS-MAEE, is a French financially autonomous institution in Puducherry, India, under the joint supervision of the French Ministry of Foreign and European Affair…
Pondicherry Engineering College (or PEC) is an engineering institution situated in South India on East Coast Road in Pondicherry, Puducherry on the exact border of Tamil Nadu and Pondicherry.
Vadalur (Tamil: வடலூர்) is a panchayat town in Cuddalore district in the Indian state of Tamil Nadu.
Fort St David was a British fort near the town of Cuddalore, a hundred miles south of Chennai on the Coromandel Coast of India.
Rajiv Gandhi Institute of Veterinary Education and Research(RIVER)[1] (formerly "Rajiv Gandhi College of Veterinary and Animal Sciences" - RAGACOVAS is a veterinary college in Puducherry (formerly Pondicherry), India.[2] Founded in 1994 in accordanc…
Petit Seminaire Higher Secondary School is a higher secondary school for boys in the union territory of Puducherry, India started in 1844.
Nellikuppam is a city and a municipality in Cuddalore district in the Indian state of Tamil Nadu.
Valavanur (Tamil: வளவனூர்) is a panchayat town in Viluppuram district in the Indian state of Tamil Nadu.
Silver Beach is a beach on the southeast coast of India. It is located 2 km (1.2 mi) from downtown Cuddalore, the headquarters of Cuddalore district in the state of Tamil Nadu. Silver Beach, however, is untouched by the busy life of the city. It is …
Ariyankuppam (Tamil: அரியாங்குப்பம்) is a Town, Commune, Sub-Taluk, Assembly Constituency in the Union Territory of Puducherry, India.