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1. The map of India used is wrong for the state of Jammu & Kashmir. Can it be deleted? Also, the population is shown as 0,97 million. Is this 970,000? Maybe needs to be more clear.

2. The map of India is a partial. 'Jammu and Kashmir' landscape has been altered. Can you please replace the image with Complete India map image. - Srinibas

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[edit] is a crucial syllable omitted from the following?

...Ponnuthammbi Pillai, moved the Paris court and won the case in which he was awarded a penalty by a French Magistrate in Pondicherry for walking into the court with footwear.

I would think it was probably withOUT footwear

Texteditor 19:30, 16 May 2006 (UTC)


[edit] Unsourced accusations

On several occasions, the articles contains statements such as The elections were rigged etc. I know little about the topic, but I think that accusations, especially accusations with possible political biases, should come with a source. David.Monniaux 13:05, 28 September 2005 (UTC)

About rigging of elections - too common in the history of India!
About possible political biases - if you see one... rewrite it so that its a more neutral point of view. if you can't do so- delete it!

good luck... hydkat 09:40, 20 December 2005 (UTC)


Please do change the second map .its not the truth

[edit] Split the page

This article should be about present-day Pondicherry and less about the [History of Pondicherry] for which we can have a seperate entry?

I would prefer the article shortened to give more details about the present-day Pondicherry Union-Territory.

hydkat 09:35, 20 December 2005 (UTC)

Done. Text from the History section has been transferred to History of Puducherry.--Victor D PARLE 21:49, 25 April 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Official Languages

Is Tamil and French the only official languages of Pondicherry? I dont think they speak tamil or french in Mahé or Yamen. Also, the Malayalam language page says Malayalam is an official language of pondicherry. Perhaps someone can sort out this inconsistency. -- thunderboltza.k.a.Deepu_Joseph |TALK 14:53, 22 May 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Spellin gmistake?

If this is in face the case, concerning the name PoNdicherry:

At some point, the hand-written 'u' was mistaken for an 'n', and the misspelling stuck.

Then how does this explain, necessaryily the following:

The territory is called புதுச்சேரி (Putuccēri) or பாண்டிச்சேரி (Pāṇṭiccēri) in Tamil, పుదుచ్చేరి (Puduccēri) in Telugu, and പോത്തുച്ചേരി (Pōttuccēri) or പോണ്ടിച്ചേരി (Pōṇṭiccēri) in Malayalam

A spelling mistake seems unlikely? Are there any sources to show this? was it called Panticceri and Ponticceri at all before the French arrived?


[edit] Sri Aurobindo Ashram?

There is little reference to the Sri Aurobindo Ashram in this article. From 1910 onwards, when the yogi / philosopher Aurobindo Ghose arrived in Pondicherry, his Ashram has had a substantial influence, including changing the very 'feel' of the town, putting Pondicherry on the world map, and preserving the architectual heritage in the white town. Something more needs to be written about this...

Sri Aurobindo Ashram is outside Pondicherry (city or union territory) in Tamil Nadu state.

Are you referring to Auroville? As far as I know, since I reside there, the Sri Aurobindo Ashram is in the centre of "white-town" Pondicherry.Auro.ghosh 15:01, 23 March 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Now Puducherry is official

Finally the law renaming the UT passed and now the official name is Puducherry. I think it is normal to change also here the name the same as for Mumbai and Chennai. Desiphral-देसीफ्राल talk-फेन मा 18:07, 20 September 2006 (UTC)

This is a misunderstanding. Mumbai and Chennai were moved on the grounds that English usage, including that of the inhabitants, had, in time, adopted the new name. I'm not convinced this is accurate for Madras; but it is at least plausible. Give it time to catch on. Septentrionalis PMAnderson 20:41, 21 June 2007 (UTC)

If I understand correctly, the name of the Union Territory is Puducherry, but its main enclave is still officially - Pondicherry. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 122.164.134.182 (talk) 16:33, 13 June 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Spelling Mistake

I've copy edited the first paragraph for greater clarity; however, I feel that the story about the "u" being mistaken for a "n" seems dubious, and not appropriate to an encylopedia. It needs to be reliably sourced (and not simply linked to a newspaper web site). Until such time as the reference appears, I have removed the sentence. Fowler&fowler 06:12, 21 October 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Proposed merger