16 August: De Jure Transfer Day (Puducherry)

• 17 Aug 2021

• On 16^th August, Puducherry celebrated its De Jure Transfer day.
• De Jure Transfer Day is the day when Puducherry (then Pondicherry) really got independence.
• The then Pondicherry was under French control well after 1947, even when the other parts of India were free. Soon protests rose demanding a free government, culminating in Indo-French dialogues on the issue.
• On March 13, 1954, the talks on settlement of French territories began, and the process ended with the signing of a treaty for cessation of French control, in May 1956. The treaty was cemented in the French parliament in May 1962.
• On 16th August 1962, there was a complete surrender of Indian territories after the exchange of instruments of ratification between the two nations.
• Kizhur, a remote village under the Puducherry, was chosen by the then French Rulers for negotiations with Indian Authorities. It was the only border place of Puducherry that was completely under French Control. All other places shared intermittent borders with Tamil Nadu.