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	The '''National Democratic Front''' ({{lang-fr\|Front national démocratique}}) was a political coalition in [[French India]]. The movement dominated the political scene in the colony for a brief period until the emergence of a split between the socialists and communists in the coalition.		The '''National Democratic Front''' ({{lang-fr\|Front national démocratique}}) was a political coalition in [[French India]]. The movement dominated the political scene in the colony for a brief period until the emergence of a split between the socialists and communists in the coalition.

	The National Democratic Front was founded in January 1946.<ref>[[V. Subbiah\|Subbiah, Varadarajulu]]. ''[https://books.google.com/books?id=T0ZuAAAAMAAJ Saga of Freedom of French India: Testament of My Life]''. Madras: New Century Book House, 1990. p. 230</ref> The front consisted of communists, socialists, the Mahajan Sabha and the ''[[Combat (French Resistance)\|Combat]]'' group (led by Julien Adiceam, who had arrived in French India from [[Algeria]]).<ref>{{cite book \| last=Antony \| first=Francis Cyril \| url=https://books.google.com/books?id=ucpFAQAAIAAJ \| title=Union Territory of Pondicherry \| volume=1 \| location=Pondicherry \| publisher=Administration of the Union Territory of Pondicherry \| year=1982 \| page=246 \| accessdate=16 February 2020 }}</ref><ref>Das, Manoj. ''[https://books.google.com/books?id=acUtAAAAMAAJ Pondicherry]''. New Delhi: Gov. Pr, 1976. p. 11</ref>		The National Democratic Front was founded in January 1946.<ref>[[V. Subbiah\|Subbiah, Varadarajulu]]. ''[https://books.google.com/books?id=T0ZuAAAAMAAJ Saga of Freedom of French India: Testament of My Life]''. Madras: New Century Book House, 1990. p. 230</ref> The front consisted of communists, socialists, the [[Madras Mahajana Sabha \| Mahajan Sabha]] and the ''[[Combat (French Resistance)\|Combat]]'' group (led by Julien Adiceam, who had arrived in French India from [[Algeria]]).<ref>{{cite book \| last=Antony \| first=Francis Cyril \| url=https://books.google.com/books?id=ucpFAQAAIAAJ \| title=Union Territory of Pondicherry \| volume=1 \| location=Pondicherry \| publisher=Administration of the Union Territory of Pondicherry \| year=1982 \| page=246 \| accessdate=16 February 2020 }}</ref><ref>Das, Manoj. ''[https://books.google.com/books?id=acUtAAAAMAAJ Pondicherry]''. New Delhi: Gov. Pr, 1976. p. 11</ref>

	The National Democratic Front contested the 1946 municipal, Representative Assembly and French National Assembly elections.<ref>''[https://books.google.com/books?id=c9BIAAAAYAAJ Marxist Miscellany]'', Volume 1-4. New Delhi: People's Publishing House, 1970. p. 18</ref> The 1946 election manifesto of the National Democratic Front called for French India to become a fully autonomous unit within the [[French Union]].<ref name="pu"/> The National Democratic Front won 30 out of the 44 seats in the [[1946 French India Representative Assembly election]].<ref>Moutoussamy, Ernest. ''[https://books.google.com/books?id=IE1uAAAAMAAJ Les députés de l'Inde française à l'Assemblée Nationale sous la VIe République]''. Paris [u.a.]: Harmattan, 2003. p. 28</ref> Communist leader [[V. Subbiah]] was amongst the National Democratic Front candidates elected.<ref name="age">''New Age''. ''[http://www.newageweekly.com/2010/03/paying-homage-to-comrade-v-subbaiah-by.html Paying Homage to Comrade V. Subbaiah]'' {{Webarchive\|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120325223121/http://www.newageweekly.com/2010/03/paying-homage-to-comrade-v-subbaiah-by.html \|date=25 March 2012 }}</ref> In the June 23, 1946 municipal elections the National Democratic Front captured all 22 municipalities of French India, winning 101 out of 122 municipal seats up for election.<ref name="pu"/><ref>{{cite book \| first=J. B. Prashant \| last=More \| url=https://books.google.com/books?id=9S9uAAAAMAAJ \| title=Freedom movement in French India: the Mahe revolt of 1948 \| location=Tellicherry \| publisher=Institute for Research in Social Sciences and Humanities, MESHAR \| year=2001 \| page=93 \| isbn=9788190016698}}</ref> Kamal Ghosh, a National Democratic Front leader, became mayor of [[Chandernagore]].<ref name="ch"/> The candidate of the National Democratic Front, Lambert Saravane, won the French India seat in the [[November 1946 French legislative election\|November 1946 election]] to the [[French National Assembly]].<ref>{{cite book \| first=J. B. Prashant \| last=More \| url=https://books.google.com/books?id=9S9uAAAAMAAJ \| title=Freedom movement in French India: the Mahe revolt of 1948 \| location=Tellicherry \| publisher=Institute for Research in Social Sciences and Humanities, MESHAR \| year=2001 \| page=96 \| isbn=9788190016698 }}</ref>		The National Democratic Front contested the 1946 municipal, Representative Assembly and French National Assembly elections.<ref>''[https://books.google.com/books?id=c9BIAAAAYAAJ Marxist Miscellany]'', Volume 1-4. New Delhi: People's Publishing House, 1970. p. 18</ref> The 1946 election manifesto of the National Democratic Front called for French India to become a fully autonomous unit within the [[French Union]].<ref name="pu"/> The National Democratic Front won 30 out of the 44 seats in the [[1946 French India Representative Assembly election]].<ref>Moutoussamy, Ernest. ''[https://books.google.com/books?id=IE1uAAAAMAAJ Les députés de l'Inde française à l'Assemblée Nationale sous la VIe République]''. Paris [u.a.]: Harmattan, 2003. p. 28</ref> Communist leader [[V. Subbiah]] was amongst the National Democratic Front candidates elected.<ref name="age">''New Age''. ''[http://www.newageweekly.com/2010/03/paying-homage-to-comrade-v-subbaiah-by.html Paying Homage to Comrade V. Subbaiah]'' {{Webarchive\|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120325223121/http://www.newageweekly.com/2010/03/paying-homage-to-comrade-v-subbaiah-by.html \|date=25 March 2012 }}</ref> In the June 23, 1946 municipal elections the National Democratic Front captured all 22 municipalities of French India, winning 101 out of 122 municipal seats up for election.<ref name="pu"/><ref>{{cite book \| first=J. B. Prashant \| last=More \| url=https://books.google.com/books?id=9S9uAAAAMAAJ \| title=Freedom movement in French India: the Mahe revolt of 1948 \| location=Tellicherry \| publisher=Institute for Research in Social Sciences and Humanities, MESHAR \| year=2001 \| page=93 \| isbn=9788190016698}}</ref> Kamal Ghosh, a National Democratic Front leader, became mayor of [[Chandernagore]].<ref name="ch"/> The candidate of the National Democratic Front, Lambert Saravane, won the French India seat in the [[November 1946 French legislative election\|November 1946 election]] to the [[French National Assembly]].<ref>{{cite book \| first=J. B. Prashant \| last=More \| url=https://books.google.com/books?id=9S9uAAAAMAAJ \| title=Freedom movement in French India: the Mahe revolt of 1948 \| location=Tellicherry \| publisher=Institute for Research in Social Sciences and Humanities, MESHAR \| year=2001 \| page=96 \| isbn=9788190016698 }}</ref>

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The '''National Democratic Front''' ({{lang-fr|Front national démocratique}}) was a political coalition in [[French India]]. The movement dominated the political scene in the colony for a brief period until the emergence of a split between the socialists and communists in the coalition.

The National Democratic Front was founded in January 1946.<ref>[[V. Subbiah|Subbiah, Varadarajulu]]. ''[https://books.google.com/books?id=T0ZuAAAAMAAJ Saga of Freedom of French India: Testament of My Life]''. Madras: New Century Book House, 1990. p. 230</ref> The front consisted of communists, socialists, the Mahajan Sabha and the ''[[Combat (French Resistance)|Combat]]'' group (led by Julien Adiceam, who had arrived in French India from [[Algeria]]).<ref>{{cite book | last=Antony | first=Francis Cyril | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=ucpFAQAAIAAJ | title=Union Territory of Pondicherry | volume=1 | location=Pondicherry | publisher=Administration of the Union Territory of Pondicherry | year=1982 | page=246 | accessdate=16 February 2020 }}</ref><ref>Das, Manoj. ''[https://books.google.com/books?id=acUtAAAAMAAJ Pondicherry]''. New Delhi: Gov. Pr, 1976. p. 11</ref>

The National Democratic Front contested the 1946 municipal, Representative Assembly and French National Assembly elections.<ref>''[https://books.google.com/books?id=c9BIAAAAYAAJ Marxist Miscellany]'', Volume 1-4. New Delhi: People's Publishing House, 1970. p. 18</ref> The 1946 election manifesto of the National Democratic Front called for French India to become a fully autonomous unit within the [[French Union]].<ref name="pu"/> The National Democratic Front won 30 out of the 44 seats in the [[1946 French India Representative Assembly election]].<ref>Moutoussamy, Ernest. ''[https://books.google.com/books?id=IE1uAAAAMAAJ Les députés de l'Inde française à l'Assemblée Nationale sous la VIe République]''. Paris [u.a.]: Harmattan, 2003. p. 28</ref> Communist leader [[V. Subbiah]] was amongst the National Democratic Front candidates elected.<ref name="age">''New Age''. ''[http://www.newageweekly.com/2010/03/paying-homage-to-comrade-v-subbaiah-by.html Paying Homage to Comrade V. Subbaiah]'' {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120325223121/http://www.newageweekly.com/2010/03/paying-homage-to-comrade-v-subbaiah-by.html |date=25 March 2012 }}</ref> In the June 23, 1946 municipal elections the National Democratic Front captured all 22 municipalities of French India, winning 101 out of 122 municipal seats up for election.<ref name="pu"/><ref>{{cite book | first=J. B. Prashant | last=More | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=9S9uAAAAMAAJ | title=Freedom movement in French India: the Mahe revolt of 1948 | location=Tellicherry | publisher=Institute for Research in Social Sciences and Humanities, MESHAR | year=2001 | page=93 | isbn=9788190016698}}</ref> Kamal Ghosh, a National Democratic Front leader, became mayor of [[Chandernagore]].<ref name="ch"/> The candidate of the National Democratic Front, Lambert Saravane, won the French India seat in the [[November 1946 French legislative election|November 1946 election]] to the [[French National Assembly]].<ref>{{cite book | first=J. B. Prashant | last=More | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=9S9uAAAAMAAJ | title=Freedom movement in French India: the Mahe revolt of 1948 | location=Tellicherry | publisher=Institute for Research in Social Sciences and Humanities, MESHAR | year=2001 | page=96 | isbn=9788190016698 }}</ref>

In July 1947 [[Edouard Goubert]] and his followers broke away from the National Democratic Front and formed the [[French India Socialist Party]].<ref name="pu">{{cite book | last=Antony | first=Francis Cyril | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=ucpFAQAAIAAJ | title=Union Territory of Pondicherry | volume=1 | location=Pondicherry | publisher=Administration of the Union Territory of Pondicherry | year=1982 | page=248 | accessdate=16 February 2020 }}</ref> Goubert's new party quickly gained the support of the French colonial administration.<ref>Markovits, Claude. ''[https://books.google.com/books?id=uzOmy2y0Zh4C&pg=PA518 A history of modern India, 1480-1950]''. London: Anthem, 2004. p. 518</ref> What remained of the National Democratic Front became dominated by the [[Communist Party of French India]].<ref name="ch">Neogy, Ajit K. ''[https://books.google.com/books?id=5yNuAAAAMAAJ Decolonization of French India: Liberation Movement and Indo-French Relations, 1947-1954]''. Pondichéry: Institut français de Pondichéry, 1997. p. 24</ref>

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