Here Sri Aurobindo lived from 1910 to 1950

Pondicherry is a city at the south-east India. Here Sri Aurobindo lived from 1910 to 1950. The city of Pondicherry lies on the Coromandel Coast 105 miles (170 km) south of Chennai (Madras). Population (1991) 202,648. The city is a seaport on the Coromandel Coast. Besides shipping, the chief industry of the city is the manufacture of cotton textiles.

Pondicherry became a capital of former French India in 1674, when it was purchased from a local ruler. The colony of Pondicherry was the scene of frequent fighting among the French and Dutch (the War of the League of Augsburg in 1689-1697, the town was captured in 1693 by a Dutch force; it was restored to France in 1697), and by 1761 the British had driven the French from the region (the British seized it three times during the 18th century, but, after periods of occupation ranging from 2 to 11 years, it was restored to France). France relinquished Pondicherry in 1954, and it then came under the central administration of the republic of India. Pondicherry was constituted a portion of the Indian state of Madras, now Tamil Nadu State. In 1962 it became part of the Union Territory of Pondicherry.

Now Pondicherry is a union territory formed in 1962 out of the four former colonies of French India: Pondicherry, Karaikal, and Yanam, scattered along the Coromandel Coast, or eastern seaboard, of India; and Mahe, lying on the other side of India on the Malabar Coast, or western seaboard. The total area of the combined territory is 190 square miles (492 square kilometres).