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History: As a consequence of bitter Anglo-French rivalry on the Indian sub-continent the French were driven to five small settlements on the Coromandel and Arabian sea coast by the end of 18th century. Pondicherry was the headquarters of the French settlements in India. By the beginning of 19th century, the French had lost all its hopes of any kind of territorial expansion and they were reconciled to these tiny and scattered settlements. Unlike rest of India, Pondicherry got its independence only in the year and the de facto merger with rest of India took place on 1st November , The de-jure de merger took place on 16th August, Eventhough, independence was given to Pondicherry in the year itself, the Treaty of Cession signed between India and France regarding independence of Pondicherry had to ratified by the French as well as the Indian parliaments for which certain amount of time had to be set apart.
Hence de-jure and de-facto transfer of power. It was in the year that the Government of India decided to confer Union Territory status to Pondicherry by an enactment of the Parliament-"The Government of Union Territories Act, " which provided for legislative assemblies and council of ministers in the Union Territories.
The Union Territory of Pondicherry is administered in accordance with this act. Before the Union Territory status was granted to Pondicherry, the wishes of the people were ascertained regarding maintaining their distinct identity or for merging with the neighbouring states.
Chandranagoor alone opted for merger with West Bengal. The other four enclaves wanted to be a Union Territory. According to the Indo French Treaty, the people were given the option to retain their French citizenship or to be an Indian citizen. Such of those who opted for French citizenship were allowed to reside within the Union Territory of Pondicherry.
Today, there are approximately French citizens of Indian origin residing within the Union Territory of Pondicherry. They regularly exercise their franchise during election to the French Parliament and the French government sets up polling booth for the benefits of their citizens within Pondicherry.
According to census the population of Pondicherry was 12,44, out of which 6,10, number were males and 6,33, were females. There are number of peoples who also speak French. Pondicherry also enjoys one seat in the Rajya Sabha. There is a uni-cameral legislature for the U. The first election to the Lok Sabha for the sole parliamentary constituency was held in the year after the de-jure merger.
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