A report on Yanaon
One of the five principal settlements of French India between 1731 and 1954.
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French India
3 linksFrench colony comprising five geographically separated enclaves on the Indian Subcontinent that had initially been factories of the French East India Company.
French colony comprising five geographically separated enclaves on the Indian Subcontinent that had initially been factories of the French East India Company.
During this period, the French East India Company peacefully acquired Yanam (about 840 km north-east of Pondichéry on Andhra Coast) in 1723, Mahe on Malabar Coast in 1725 and Karaikal (about 150 km south of Pondichéry) in 1739.
Puducherry (union territory)
4 linksUnion territory of India, consisting of four small geographically unconnected districts.
Union territory of India, consisting of four small geographically unconnected districts.
Together with Chandernagor (already French since 1673), Mahé (since 1721), Yanam (Yanaon) (since 1731), Karaikal (Karikal) (since 1739) and Masulipatam (1760), it formed the French colony of French India, under a single French governor in Pondicherry, although French rule over one or more of these enclaves was repeatedly interrupted by British occupations.
Yanam
4 linksTown located in the Yanam district in Puducherry.
Town located in the Yanam district in Puducherry.
Pondicherry and the settlements of Karikal, Mahé and Yanaon became a Union Territory with effect from 7 January 1963 by the 14th amendment to the Indian Constitution, which was notified in The Gazette of India on 29 December 1962.
Marquis de Bussy-Castelnau
2 linksThe Governor General of the French colony of Pondicherry from 1783 to 1785.
The Governor General of the French colony of Pondicherry from 1783 to 1785.
The Yanam region was presented to the Marquis de Bussy, the French General by Vizianagaram King Pusapati Peda Vijaya Rama Raju (1670–1756) as a token of gratitude for the help rendered by him in the fight against the rulers of Bobbili.
Karaikal
2 linksTown of the Indian Union Territory of Puducherry.
Town of the Indian Union Territory of Puducherry.
Karaikal became a French Colony in 1674 and held control, with occasional interruption from the British and Dutch, until 1954 (de jure in 1956), when it was incorporated into the Republic of India, along with Chandernagore, Mahé, Yanaon, and Pondichéry.
Salabat Jung
1 linksThe 3rd son of Nizam-ul-Mulk.
The 3rd son of Nizam-ul-Mulk.
In March 1751, Salabat Jung gave the French the villages of Nizampatnam and Alamanava in the Krishna district, Kondavid, Narsapur in the Godavary district, together with Yanaon and Mahfuzbandar.
South India
1 linksSouth India, also known as Dakshina Bharata or Peninsular India, consists of the southern part of India encompassing the Indian states of Andhra Pradesh, Karnataka, Kerala, Tamil Nadu, and Telangana, as well as the union territories of Lakshadweep and Puducherry, comprising 19.31% of India's area (635,780 km2) and 20% of India's population.
South India, also known as Dakshina Bharata or Peninsular India, consists of the southern part of India encompassing the Indian states of Andhra Pradesh, Karnataka, Kerala, Tamil Nadu, and Telangana, as well as the union territories of Lakshadweep and Puducherry, comprising 19.31% of India's area (635,780 km2) and 20% of India's population.
The Union territory of Puducherry was created in 1954, comprising the previous French enclaves of Pondichérry, Karaikal, Yanam, and Mahé.
Dadala Raphael Ramanayya
1 linksDadala Raphael Ramanayya (30 June 1908 – 5 May 1991) was an Indian nationalist leader who was instrumental in the merger of the French territory of Yanam into the Republic of India.
Yanam Municipality
0 linksCreated by a French Metropolitan Decree dated 12 March 1880.
Created by a French Metropolitan Decree dated 12 March 1880.
Yanaon municipality had 12 seats (Sièges).
Samatam Kistaya
0 linksMonsieur Samatam Krishnayya (Samatam Kistaya) (Yanam c. 1875 – 13 June 1954) was a poet, historian and ayurvedic doctor.