Pondicherry (after British occupation)

URI: https://gptkb.org/entity/Pondicherry_(after_British_occupation)
GPTKB entity
Statements (50)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf Union Territory
gptkbp:capital gptkb:Puducherry_district
gptkbp:climate Tropical wet and dry
gptkbp:famousLandmark gptkb:Auroville
gptkb:Basilica_of_the_Sacred_Heart_of_Jesus
gptkb:Promenade_Beach
gptkb:Aurobindo_Ashram
gptkb:French_War_Memorial
gptkbp:governor Tamilisai Soundararajan (as of 2024)
gptkbp:hasAirport gptkb:Puducherry_Airport
gptkbp:hasArea 492 km²
gptkbp:hasCoastline Yes
gptkbp:hasColonialArchitecture Yes
gptkbp:hasDistrict gptkb:Puducherry
gptkb:Yanam
gptkb:Karaikal
gptkb:Mahe
gptkbp:hasEconomySector gptkb:Information_Technology
Education
Tourism
Agriculture
gptkbp:hasFestival gptkb:Christmas
gptkb:Diwali
gptkb:Masi_Magam
gptkb:Bastille_Day
gptkb:Pongal
gptkbp:hasFrenchQuarter Yes
gptkbp:hasLegislativeAssembly gptkb:Puducherry_Legislative_Assembly
gptkbp:hasPopulation approx. 950,000 (2011 census)
gptkbp:hasPort Puducherry Port
gptkbp:hasRailwayStation gptkb:Puducherry_Railway_Station
gptkbp:hasUniversity gptkb:Pondicherry_University
gptkbp:historicalEvent gptkb:Treaty_of_Cession_1956
De facto transfer to India 1954
De jure transfer to India 1962
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Pondicherry (after British occupation)
gptkbp:locatedIn gptkb:India
gptkbp:mergedWithIndiaOn 1954-11-01
gptkbp:nickname gptkb:The_French_Riviera_of_the_East
gptkbp:officialLanguage gptkb:French
gptkb:Tamil
English
gptkbp:primeMinister N. Rangaswamy (as of 2024)
gptkbp:timezone IST (UTC+5:30)
gptkbp:touristAttraction Yes
gptkbp:vehicleRegistrationCode PY
gptkbp:wasFormerlyColonyOf gptkb:France
gptkbp:wasOccupiedBy gptkb:United_Kingdom
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Jean_Law_de_Lauriston
gptkbp:bfsLayer 7