Editing Puducherry (union territory) (section)

==== Continuation of French ====
Even after the de facto transfer of the French Indian settlements in November 1954, [[French language|French]] continued to remain as the [[official language]] according to Article XXVIII of the {{lang|fr|[[Treaty establishing De Jure Cession of French Establishments in India|Traité de Cession]]}} (Treaty of Cession) of 1956.

Article XXVIII of the Treaty states:
<blockquote>{{lang|fr|Le français restera langue officielle des Établissements aussi longtemps que les répresentants élus de la population n'auront pas pris une décision différente.}}<br /> (The French language shall remain the official language of the Establishments so long as the elected representatives of the people shall not decide otherwise).</blockquote>

The [[Official languages of Puducherry#1963 Resolution by Representative Assembly|1963 Pondicherry representative assembly resolution]] also voted for continuance of French as official language and addition of other languages spoken in Puducherry such as Tamil, Telugu and Malayalam along with English and Hindi.<ref name=1963assemblyresolution/>{{rp|151–152}}