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Karaikal (English: /kɑːɹaɪ̯kʌl/, Tamil: [kaːɾɐi̯kːaːl], French: Karikal /kaʁikal/) is a Municipality of the Indian Union Territory of Puducherry. [2] It is the administrative headquarters of the Karaikal District and the second most populated town in the Union Territory after Pondicherry .
Map of India showing Pondicherry, Karaikal, Mahe and Yanam Pondicherry is the capital city of The Union Territory of Puducherry and is one of the most popular tourist destinations in South India. A French colony until 1954, this coastal town retains a number of colonial buildings, churches, statues, and systematic town planning, as well as ...
Together with Chandernagor (already French since 1673), Mahé (since 1721), Yanam (since 1723), Karaikal (Karikal) (since 1739) and Masulipatam (1760), it formed the 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.
Puducherry is a Union Territory of India, with four exclaved districts; Puducherry district and Karaikal district (surrounded by the state of Tamil Nadu), Mahé district (surrounded by the state of Kerala) and Yanam district (surrounded by the state of Andhra Pradesh), with Pondicherry district having the largest area and population and Mahe district having the smallest area and population.
On 1 November 1954, after long years of freedom struggle the de facto transfer (Vāstavikāntaraṇa) of the four enclaves of Pondicherry, Yanam, Mahé, and Karikal to India was achieved. The Prime Minister, Jawaharlal Nehru , visited Puducherry on 16 January 1955.
Karaikal railway station is a railway terminus, situated in the town of Karaikal in the Union Territory of Puducherry, India. [9] Port. Karaikal Port Private Limited (KPPL), a private port developed by the Chennai-based MARG Limited, became operational in April 2009. The port is located on the Eastern coast of India at keezhavanjore village in ...
Pondicherry (/ ˌ p ɒ n d ɪ ˈ tʃ ɛr i / ... Mahé, Yanam, Karaikal, and Chandernagor, even during the British period, until 1954. It was a reign of 138 years ...
In the 17th and 18th centuries, the Coromandel Coast was the scene of rivalries among European powers for control of the India trade. The British established themselves at Fort St George and Masulipatnam, the Dutch at Pulicat, Sadras and Covelong, the French at Pondicherry, Karaikal and Nizampatnam, the Danish in Dansborg at Tharangambadi.