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About The Author French Pondicherry became the most productive place for Bharathi’s literary and revolutionary creations. It is highly doubtful if Bharathi would have achieved the greatness that he achieved if he had not chosen to come to Pondicherry and reside there for ten years. If Bharathi had not written Kuyil Paatu, Panchali Sabatham and […]

Pondicherry had its own history due to its connection with the French. After delving deeply into social, cultural, economic aspects of the Pondicherry society, the study focuses on politics and the freedom movement as it developed there, using sources written in Tamil, English and French. But when the freedom movement gathered steam in British India,

M.A. Jinnah entered politics as a congressman and as a nationalist. While being in the Congress, Jinnah joined the Muslim League in 1913. It was in that new political avatar that he brought about the Lucknow pact as a communal settlement between Hindus and Muslims in 1916. Exasperated by the rise of Gandhi in Indian

This is a study of the colonization of Pondicherry, Tamil Nadu and South India by the French during the eighteenth century, and their interactions with the Indian rulers and populations in the political, economic, social and religious spheres. French Governors based in Pondicherry since François Martin up to Dupleix never acquired any territory for France

The work is based on original sources in the archives and libraries of France, England, India and Vietnam. It recounts the activities of Subhas Chandra Bose and his freedom movement in Germany and brings out certain hidden features of his life as found in the records, with adequate supporting evidence. The study also elaborates on

In this book, the author sets out in detail the earlier domination of Urdu-speaking Muslim, their clash of interests with the Tamil Muslim traders and the ultimate takeover of the Muslim League in the south by the Tamil group. Narrated in an easy style, this study of the recent history of Tamil Muslims is an

The study of the freedom movement in the Indian sub-continent has always for focus, British India. Scholars had hardly paid any attention to the study of the growth of the freedom movement in French India, which comprised five territories, Pondicherry, Mahe, Karaikal, Yanam and Chandernagore. The present study aims at filling up this gap, by

Pondicherien de l’Inde française, Maridas Poulle (1721-1796) est l’un des peres fondateurs de l’Indianisme international au dix-huitieme siecle. Il fut le premier a traduire un texte complet de la litterature indienne dans une langue europeenne, comme le montre sa traduction du Bhagavata Purana dans les annees 1760, reedite et presente au public avec une Introduction

This work is an original attempt to study the influence of print technology on the Muslims of Thamizhnadu and their literature. It is based on literary works published by the Tamil Muslims from 1835, when restrictions on printing were removed, to 1920, when they participated in the pan-Islamic Khilafat movement. The author has systematically classified

This volume is related to the study of the history and freedom movement in the French territory of Yanam, on the Andhra coast, which was hitherto a neglected area of study. It traces the foundation of the settlement and its historical evolution in the economic, social and political planes before and after French occupation. Special