Reddiar is a Telugu speaking land owning,merchants,agricultural social group in Tamil Nadu and Pondicherry.
Pondicherry is the capital and most populous city of the Union Territory of Puducherry in India. The city is in the Puducherry district on the southeast coast of India and is surrounded by the Bay of Bengal to the east and the state of Tamil Nadu,with which it shares most of its culture,heritage,and language.
V. Vaithilingam is an Indian politician belonging to the Indian National Congress,who currently represents Puducherry in the Lok Sabha. He held the position as 11th Chief Minister of Pondicherry from 1991 to 1996 and 16th Chief Minister of Puducherry again from 2008 to 2011. He is a senior legislator serving eight consecutive terms.
The Pondicherry Municipal Council is the municipality of Pondicherry,India. Pondicherry has had a French system of municipal administration since 1880 and till the last poll held in 1968. Recently,in 2006 again municipal elections were held.
The Coup d'état of Yanaon (Yanam) was a tense but ultimately non-lethal political coup at Yanam,India,in 1954. It occurred as India and France held ongoing negotiations regarding the future of French settlements in India. Yanam,along with Pondicherry,Karikal,and Mahé,was one of four small French colonial enclaves remaining in India after its 1947 independence from Britain. Though widely separated along both of India's coasts,the towns were collectively known as Pondicherry,after the largest of the settlements.
The City of Puducherry on the southeast coast of India does not have a recorded history from antiquity. Puducherry has history recorded only after the advent of the colonial powers such as the Dutch,Portuguese,English and the French. Nearby places such as Arikanmedu,Kakayanthoppe,Villianur,and Bahur,which were annexed by the French East India Company over a period of time and became the Union Territory of Puducherry after Independence,have written histories that predate the colonial era.
The municipalities of Puducherry include five administrative municipalities in the Union Territory of Puducherry,India. The territory had French system of municipal administration from 1880 through 1968,when it was reformed.
Varadarajulu Kailasa Subbiah was an Indian communist politician from Pondicherry. Subbiah was the secretary of the Communist Party of French India. He is regarded as the founder of the trade union movement in the union territory. Subbiah was one of the 'Tamrapatra awardees',awarded the decoration for their role in the Indian freedom struggle.
Maducarai (மடுகரை) is a panchayat village in Nettapakkam Commune in the Union Territory of Puducherry,India. It is also a revenue village under Nettapakkam firka. Muducarai consists of two village panchayats namely Maducarai(East) and Maducarai(West).
Elections to the Legislative Assembly of the Indian Union Territory of Pondicherry took place on 23 August 1964 to constitute the Second Assembly of Pondicherry. These were the first Legislative Assembly elections after the formation of the new Union Territory. The elections marked the end of the rule of Edouard Goubert in Pondicherry.
H. M. Cassime (1900–1986) was a Tamil-born businessman and mayor of Pondicherry. He served as mayor from 15 September 1956 to 3 November 1961 during the period of the merger of Pondicherry from French India to the Republic of India.
After the de facto merger on 1 November 1954 and before the legal integration with the Indian Union on 16 August 1962,second general elections were held in August 1959 to constitute Second Pondicherry Representative Assembly.
After the merger of French settlements into an Indian union,a new assembly,named the Pondicherry Representative Assembly,was created by the government of India. After the "de facto transfer day" of 1 October 1954,before 16 August 1962 also referred to as "de-jure transfer day". During this transition period,general elections to the representative assembly were held in 1955 and 1959. After the de-jure transfer day,legal integration of French settlements into the Indian Union was complete. However,this assembly,like its predecessor,was advisory in its role,which led to frequent contention between the popular government and the chief commissioner.
The Second Assembly of PondicherryDeuxième Assemblée de Pondichéry succeeded the First Assembly of Pondicherry and was constituted after the victory of Indian National Congress (INC) and allies in the 1964 assembly election held on 23 August 1964. Venkatasubba Reddiar assumed office as 2nd Pondicherry. These were the first Legislative Assembly elections after the formation of the new Union Territory.
The Second Representative Assembly of PondicherryDeuxième Assemblée Représentative de Pondichéry succeeded the First Representative Assembly of Pondicherry and was constituted after the victory of Indian National Congress (INC) and its ally in the 1959 assembly election held between 11 and 14 August 1959.
After the de facto merger on 1 November 1954 and before the legal integration with the Indian Union on 16 August 1962,general elections were held in 1955 and 1959. In January 1955,The Indian union government renamed the French settlements in India as State of Pondicherry by passing an order. The previous assembly that was elected during French rule was dissolved on 13 June 1955 and the first general elections to the Pondicherry Representative Assembly were held in next month from 18 to 23 July for 39 constituencies. The election were held on the basis of adult franchise under the State of Pondicherry Order,1955 which prescribed the rules and regulations for the conduct of elections,more or less on the pattern adopted in the Indian Union.
The Fourteenth Assembly of Pondicherry succeeded the 13th Assembly of Pondicherry and was constituted after the victory of Indian National Congress (INC) and allies in the 2016 assembly election held on 16 May 2016.
Elections to the Puducherry Legislative Assembly were held in June 1991,to elect members of the 30 constituencies in Puducherry,in India. The Indian National Congress won the popular vote and the most seats,and V. Vaithilingam was appointed as the Chief Minister of Puducherry. The Indian National Congress was in an alliance with the AIADMK.
