This bilingual (French-English) CD first shows Pondicherry from its origins to 1824, using reproductions of magnificent water colour maps and plans preserved in French archives. Through old postcards and a mixture of recent and archival photographs it then presents the town from 1824 to the present day, a small colonial settlement now merged in the Indian Union.
ABOUT THE AUTHOR Jean Deloche
Jean Deloche, a senior member of the Ecole francaise d’Extreme-Orient and the French Institute of Pondicherry, has devoted all his academic career to the study of Indian History. Among the several books and articles written by him, two have been recently published in English: Origins of the Urban Development of Pondicherry according to Seventeenth Century Dutch Plans, 2004, and Senji (Gingee) A Fortified city in the Tamil Country, 2005.
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