After 250 years of French rule in Pondicherry, the Indians were fortunate to have the decolonizer Pierre Mendys-France to deal with when it was retrieved in 1954.
The Indians never retrieved their heritage. 
mnli hypothesis: The Indians never retrieved their heritage.  premise: After 250 years of French rule in Pondicherry, the Indians were fortunate to have the decolonizer Pierre Mendys-France to deal with when it was retrieved in 1954.