Puducherry (parts)

E31968

Puducherry (parts) refers to those areas of the present-day Union Territory of Puducherry that were once under the jurisdiction of the British-era Madras Presidency in colonial India.

All labels observed (6)

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (42)

Predicate Object
instanceOf constituent territory
historical administrative region
administrativeLanguage English
Tamil
climate tropical wet and dry climate
colonialEra British India
surface form: British Raj
country India
currentAdministrativeStatus part of Union Territory of Puducherry
currentSovereignState India
surface form: Republic of India
economicActivity agriculture
fishing
small-scale industry
electoralContext Puducherry (parts) self-linksurface differs
surface form: forms part of Puducherry parliamentary constituency
governedAsPartOf Puducherry
surface form: Puducherry district administration

Puducherry
surface form: Union Territory of Puducherry government
hasCoastlineOn Bay of Bengal
hasHistoricalConnectionWith French India
Puducherry (parts) self-linksurface differs
surface form: Pondicherry district
historicalColonialPower United Kingdom
historicallyPartOf Madras Presidency
historicallyUnder British India
historicallyUnderJurisdictionOf Madras Presidency
historicalPeriod early 20th century
late 19th century
languageMajority Tamil
languageSignificant Malayalam
Telugu
legalSystem Indian legal system
locatedIn Bay of Bengal
surface form: Bay of Bengal coastal region

South India
partOf Puducherry
surface form: Union Territory of Puducherry
postColonialReorganization States Reorganisation era of India
postIndependenceIntegration integrated into Union Territory of Puducherry
preIndependenceAdministrativeContext Madras Presidency
region Coromandel Coast
religionMajority Hinduism
religionMinority Christianity
Islam
timeZone Indian Standard Time
transportConnection linked by road to Chennai
linked by road to Cuddalore
utcOffset +05:30

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Referenced by (6)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Madras Presidency presentDayRegion Puducherry (parts)
Telugu recognizedMinorityLanguageIn Puducherry (parts)
this entity surface form: Puducherry
Telugu isOfficialLanguageOfUnionTerritory Puducherry (parts)
this entity surface form: Puducherry (Yanam region)
Puducherry (parts) hasHistoricalConnectionWith Puducherry (parts) self-linksurface differs
this entity surface form: Pondicherry district
Puducherry (parts) electoralContext Puducherry (parts) self-linksurface differs
this entity surface form: forms part of Puducherry parliamentary constituency
Yanam belongsTo Puducherry (parts)
this entity surface form: Puducherry district grouping of enclaves