The British East India Company captured Pondicherry (Puducherry) from the French in the year ______.
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Correct answer: D
Explanation
The correct answer is option 4 i.e. 1761.
The British East India Company captured Puducherry in 1761 from the French and restored the French Company administration by the Treaty of Paris in 1763.
- Pondicherry is a union territory in India.
- Pondicherry was the capital of the French colony in India. Pondicherry is also called 'India's Little France'.
- The French laid their supremacy on Pondicherry in the year 1673. French East India Company set up a trading center at Pondicherry in 1674.
- Puducherry comprises the erstwhile French colonies viz. Puducherry, Karaikal, Mahe, and Yanam.
- The Puducherry and Karaikal regions are surrounded by Tamilnadu.
- Mahe is surrounded by Kerala.
- Yanam is surrounded by Andra Pradesh.
- Pondicherry was under French rule for 138 years.
- The British East India Company returned the Puducherry to the French East India Company in 1816.
- It was merged with the Indian Union on 1st November 1954.
- Puducherry became officially an integral part of India in 1963
- Pondicherry was renamed Puducherry in 2006.