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| name = Kizhoor
| native_name = Kizhur
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| image_skyline = The scene showing the leaders seated at the voting place, Kizhur.jpg
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| image_caption = Referendum for Independence from France
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| pushpin_map_caption = Location in Puducherry, India
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| subdivision_name1 = [[Puducherry (union territory)|Puducherry]]
| subdivision_type2 = [[List of districts of India|District]]
| subdivision_name2 = [[Pondicherry District|Pondicherry]]
| subdivision_type3 = [[Tehsil|Taluk]]
| subdivision_name3 = [[Pondicherry taluk|Puducherry]]
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| subdivision_name4 = [[Villianur Commune|Villianur]]
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'''Kizhoor''' is a village situated in the [[Villianur Commune]] Panchayat, [[Puducherry (union territory)|Puducherry]]. It is located around 22 kilometers away from [[Pondicherry]]. Kizhoor comes under the [[Mangalam]] Constituency of the Union Territory of Puducherry.<ref>http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/nri/puducherry_Delimitation.pdf</ref> Population of Kizhur in 2011 was 2,955 persons.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://censusindia.gov.in/pca/SearchDetails.aspx?Id=750746|title=Kizhur population in 2011|website=[[Census of India]]|access-date=26 April 2019}}</ref>

==Introduction==
Kizhoor has an important place in the [[Indian Independence Movement]]. French Government had conducted a Referendum in Kizhoor either to continue as a French Colonial State or to unite with the Indian nation. The French government conceded the merger of Puducherry and other French establishments through<ref name="dtnext">{{cite web|url=http://www.dtnext.in/News/City/2016/08/14232441/Puducherry-preparing-to-celebrate-55th-De-Jure-Transfer.vpf|title=Puducherry preparing to celebrate 55th De Jure Transfer Day on August 16 - DTNext.in|date=15 August 2016|publisher=dtnext.in|accessdate=2016-08-18}}</ref> at Kizhoor.

==Independence movement==
Pondicherry played a dual role in the history of the independence movement. It fought for its own independence and also gave tremendous support to India’s independence struggle against the British.
The post-independence government initiated discussions to integrate the French-Indian territories with the country. The National Youth Congress began a Satyagraha. Pro-merger processions were organized by independence fighters who were often lathi-charged, their flags seized and torn by the French-Indian police. A momentous event in Pondicherry’s independence movement occurred on 18 October 1954<ref>Dynamics of New Panchayati Raj System in India: Select states, Ganapathi Palanithurai, Pg.No:232-233</ref> when all elected members of the Representative Assembly and the Municipal Councils met to consider the joint proposals of the French and Indian Governments for a final settlement through a Referendum. This is known as Kizhoor Congress. Monsieur Balasubramanian, President of Assemblée Réprésentative, was the presiding officer of the congress which voted in secret ballot. An overwhelming majority of 170 out of 178 members favored the merger of French Indian territories with India.

France transferred its last four territories — Pondicherry, [[Karaikal]], [[Yanam]] and [[Mahé, India|Mahe]] — to India on 1 November 1954. M R K Nehru, General Secretary of Foreign Affairs, hoisted the Indian flag. [[Kewal Singh]], the first High Commissioner of the new state and Pierre Landy, special diplomatic representative of the French Republic Government, exchanged signatures at the Governor’s transfer of power ceremony.<ref>{{cite news | url=https://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-miscellaneous/dated-november-2-1954-france-quits-india/article27711949.ece | title=dated November 2, 1954: France quits India | date=2 November 2004 | newspaper=The Hindu | accessdate=16 February 2020 }}</ref> It was on 16 August 1962 that, in adherence to the time tested template of the voice of the people being the voice of God, the French Government conceded the merger of Puducherry and other French establishments through De Jure Transfer. This was a direct sequel to the verdict registered at a referendum for merger of Puducherry with the Indian Union.

==Gallery==
<gallery>
File:Kizhur Declaration Monument.jpg|Kizhur Declaration Monument
File:Ballot of the Referendum.jpg|Referendum Ballot
File:The Signboard.jpg|Kizhur Signboard
</gallery>

== References ==
{{Reflist}}

==External links==
* [http://keezhurmonument.blogspot.in/2015/08/referendum-monument-at-kizhur.html/ Referendum Monument at Kizhur]
* [http://keezhurmonument.blogspot.in/2016/10/article-about-puducherry-liberation-day.html/ Article about Puducherry Liberation Day]

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[[Category:History of India]]
[[Category:Former French colonies]]
[[Category:Villages in Puducherry district]]
[[Category:History of Puducherry]]
[[Category:Indian independence movement]]

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