write four french settlements in india
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These five French colonies are Pondicherry, Karaikal in Tamil Nadu and Yanaon in Andhra Pradesh on the Coromandel Coast, Mahe in Kerala on the Malabar Coast and Chandernagore in West Bengal. While we all know about Pondicherry and many of us have even visited the town, the others are largely unknown.
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Pondicherry was the most significant and successful town in India when the French East India Company established a commercial centre there in 1674.
French Settlements in India:
- In 1673, France first established a presence in India.
- In 1816, after Napoleon Bonaparte was defeated, the French had control of the following establishments: Pondicherry ... Chandernagore Karaikal Mahe Yanam
- The French established Chandernagore, also known as Chandannagar, as the first commercial post on the Hooghly in 1696.
- The Sultan of Bijapur sold Pondicherry to them the next year.
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- As the final of the main European maritime powers, France participated in the East India trade throughout the 17th century.
- There is no ancient history that has been documented for Puducherry, a city in India.
- Puducherry's history has only been properly documented with the entrance of colonial powers like the Dutch, Portuguese, English, and French.
- The French East India Company established a commercial base at Pondicherry in 1674.
- This colony later gained notoriety as the most significant French presence in India.
- The British regained possession of the area in 1793 during the Siege of Pondicherry, a battle that was a part of the French Revolutionary Wars; they subsequently gave it back to France in 1814.
- The British gave the French permission to keep their colony in India after they acquired control of the nation in the late 1850s.
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