user: ### NOW ANSWER:
Question: When was the Treaty of Cession for Karikal Colony?
Columns: ['Colony', 'Liberation', 'de facto transfer', 'Treaty of Cession', 'de jure transfer', 'Merger']
Types: ['text', 'text', 'text', 'text', 'text', 'text']
Sample row: ['Pondichéry', '–', '1 November 1954', '28 May 1956', '16 August 1963', '1 July 1963']
SQL:

assistant: SELECT "Treaty of Cession" FROM "Table" WHERE "Colony" = 'Karikal';