Clemencedu Edouard Goubert (July 29, 1894 to August 14, 1979) was former mayor

Mayor

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 and first chief minister of Pondichéry between July 1, 1963 - September 11, 1964. Initially he was a strong pro-French leader, but afterwards he shifted towards pro-merger congress which ultimately became the death knell to the sovereignty of France

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 in its comptoirs in India

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See also

• Coup d'État de Yanaon
  Coup d'état de Yanaon
  The Coup d'état of Yanaon was an incident which brought interest for both India and France when both governments were in an ongoing negotiations in Delhi and Paris regarding the future of French settlements in India in 1954.Yanam was a predominantly pro-French colony, with staunch pro-French...
  
  
• Pondicherry Legislative Assembly