Why Pondicherry is called a 'colony'?

Question

Pondicherry off Tamil Nadu is known to have still been keeping the old French styles of functioning but does the name 'colony' have anything to do with the French Occupation once?

Answer 1

well during the pre indipendence period as u know india was ruled by the british and pondicherry was ruled by the french and since the british thought of the french they may have named it colony and also in pondicherry ther are mainly straigt rods like a colony .

Answer 2

Pondicherry was ruled by the French and like India and Sri Lanka were colonies of Britain , similarly Pondicherry was a colony of

France.

Answer 3

Pondicherry was ruled by the French.The Britons who were the rulers of most part India didn't call themselves a colonial power.According to them the French were colonialists and thus, Pondicherry was a colony!