The national flag was hoisted at Kizhoor village on 16-08-2024 to mark the De Jure Transfer of French territories to India on August 16, 1962. The Union Territory observes August 16 every year as De Jure Transfer Day. The national flag is hoisted at Kizhoor, around 22 km from the town, as it was in that village the people of Puducherry gathered to hold a referendum to reject French rule. Of the 178 members, including elected members of the Representative Assembly and the municipal councillors of Pondicherry and Karaikal who took part in the referendum at Kizhoor, 170 favoured the merger of the French Indian territories with India. On August 16, 1962, the French government conceded the merger of Pondicherry and other French establishments through the De Jure Transfer. Hon’ble Minister Thiru. C. Djeacoumar, Minister for Agriculture, Hon’ble Thiru. Embalam Selvam @ R. Selvam, Speaker of the Legislative Assembly, Thiru. Sharat Chauhan, Chief Secretary to the Government participated in the function.
