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shiva s

I hear that the name pondicherry is changed .is it true.If yes tell the new name?


    



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ulagam
Puthucherry.
Puthu in Tamil means, new.
Cherry means ' a cluster of dwelling units'.


srinsrinsri
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Yes it has been changed to PUDUCHERRY.


Foodie1
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Puducherry !!!


vinodvpv
Yes, the name of pondicherry is changed. The new name is
"PUDUCHERRY".

vinod.vpv


shan
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Yep its absolutely true...Its new name is Puthucherry


Uva
Pondicherry changed to PUDHUCHERRY


Vinod Sahani
Pondicherry becomes Puducherry.

Puducherry, according to historians and scholars was Poudhucherry, but someone somewhere misspelt it as "Ponducherry", which later came to be "Pondicherry".


rangapadma
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It is Puchery now. It was Poucherry under the French. Later on changed to Pondichery by the Britishers.



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