Subject: Indian mess - French to blame?<br/>
Date: Apr 25, 2001 @ 14:58<br/>
Author: Peter Smaardijk (&quot;Peter Smaardijk&quot; &lt;smaardijk@...&gt;)<br/>
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<div id="ygrps-yiv-55949279">India is not known for its simple boundary solutions, but the <br/>
boundaries of Pondicherry are a bit of a mess, acc. to <br/>
<a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://www.mapsofindia.com/maps/pondicherry/h3s2502.htm">http://www.mapsofindia.com/maps/pondicherry/h3s2502.htm</a> . My <br/>
question: are the French to blame for this? In that case, India <br/>
inherited a nice administrative nightmare. Why didn&#39;t India do <br/>
anything about it? It is not an international boundary anymore (as is <br/>
the problem with the Indian/Bengal enclaves).<br/>
<br/>
And where did Chandernagore go? I remember there was a French <br/>
settlement of that name near Calcutta. Did it become Indian before <br/>
the other pieces did? It is not part of Pondicherry.<br/>
<br/>
Any other background information on union terr./state boundaries in <br/>
India is welcome, too!<br/>
<br/>
Peter S.</div>