Political Career
He was the pioneer in the freedom struggle to liberate Pondicherry from French rule. As per the direction of Pt. Jawaharlal Nehru 12 leaders including him formed a parallel government against French Government on 31 March 1954 which resulted to merge Pondicherry with Indian Union on 13 October 1954. He was the Chief Minister of the Union Territory of Pondicherry. He held this position from September 11, 1964 to April 8, 1967 and from March 6, 1968 to September 17, 1968. By nature he was a reformist with constructive views of the development of the union territory of Puducherry.
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