Ananda Ranga Pillai was the celebrated dubash of Dupleix, the governor of Pondicherry while it flourished under French glory. Pillai's completion of diaries serve as a store house of information on 18th century French India.
His mansion, completed sometime in 1738, is one of the oldest surviving buildings on the west side, then known as 'natives quarters'. It's architecture represents a curious mix of French and Indian styles. | 
