Lieutenant Governor of the Union Territory of Puducherry | |
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Style | Her Excellency (formal) The Honorable (unformal) |
Reports to | President of India Government of India |
Residence | Raj Niwas, Pondicherry |
Appointer | President of India on the advice of the Government of India |
Term length | Five Years, renewable |
Inaugural holder | S. L. Silam |
Formation | 14 October 1963 |
Puducherry (formerly known as "Pondicherry") is a Union Territory of India. Governance and administration of the territory fall directly under federal authority.