Pud·u·cher·ry 
(pdə-chĕr′ē, -shĕr′-)
(pdə-chĕr′ē, -shĕr′-) A city of southeast India on the Bay of Bengal south-southwest of Chennai. Formerly called Pondicherry, it was founded as a French trading post in 1674 and was transferred to Indian sovereignty in 1954.