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Puducherry
Puducherry
, formerly known as
Pondicherry
(;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
. Historically known as
Pondicherry
(), the territory
changed its official name
to
Puducherry
() on 20 September 2006.
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