Homage paid at French War Memorial on 72nd anniversary of WWII

French Consul General in Puducherry Phillippe Janvier Kamiyama paid homage at the statue of 'Soldat Inconnu' (Unknown Soldier) at the French War Memorial here on the occasion of 72nd anniversary of the end of World War-II, today.

Puducherry District Collector Satyendra Singh Dursawat and delegates of various associations of retired French military and civil service personnel paid homage at the statue.

Puducherry, a former French colony, has a good number of French nationals.

The band wing of Puducherry Police played the national songs of India and France adding to the luster of Indo French connection Puducherry had.

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