In which year the name Pondicherry was changed to Puducherry officially

Solution (By Examveda Team)

The Union Territory of Pondicherry was officially renamed to Puducherry in the year 2006. The change was made to better reflect the original Tamil name of the region, "Puducheri", which means "new village" or "new settlement" in Tamil.

The renaming was carried out through the Pondicherry (Alteration of Name) Act, 2006, passed by the Indian Parliament. It came into effect on October 1, 2006. The change applied not only to the Union Territory but also to the capital city which shared the same name.

This move was part of a broader trend in India where several cities and regions have been renamed to reflect their indigenous names and shed colonial legacies.

The other options — 2005, 2003, and 2008 — do not correspond to the official date when the name change was enacted.

Therefore, the name Pondicherry was officially changed to Puducherry in 2006.