Puducherry, Nov. 1 -- Puducherry Chief Minister N. Rangasamy hoisted the national flag and accepted the police parade at the Puducherry Liberation Day ceremony held in front of the Gandhi statue on Puducherry beach.

After being under French rule for about 300 years, Puducherry gained Independence on November 1, 1954. But the Puducherry government was celebrating only India's Independence Day. Due to this, the French Indian freedom fighters of Puducherry had been holding various protests demanding that the government celebrate the Independence Day of Puducherry.

Subsequently, November 1 came to be celebrated as the Independence Day of Puducherry every year by the government. On Saturday, the Independence Day of Puducherry was celebrated ...