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Finish the semester strong with Britannica. During the Seven Years’ War (1756–63) between France and England, the French were defeated, and Pondicherry, the capital of French India, was captured in 1761. Because the French economy saw more profit from trade in the West Indies, the French East India Company lacked government support.
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French India, formally the Établissements français dans l'Inde (English: French Settlements in India), was a French colony comprising five geographically separated enclaves on the Indian subcontinent that had initially been factories of the French East India Company. They were de facto incorporated into the Republic of India in 1950 and 1954.
- Colonial administration
- French Indian Rupee
- Pondichéry
- Colony of France (1664–1946), Overseas Territory of France (1946–1954)
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Jul 4, 2018 · The British sieged Pondicherry in 1760, which led to the arrest and the subsequent execution of Lally. But Pondicherry was returned to the French as per a peace treaty, which was signed in the year 1763. In 1769, the ‘French East India Company’ was abolished by the French government, citing financial reasons.
This work on the history of the French in India from 1674 to 1761 reassesses the career and contribution of Joseph François Dupleix and other major figures in this period of the Franco-Indian empire. He sees the decline in French power as the result of a few extremely able persons being let down by their mother-country's lack of support.
- G. B. George Bruce Malleson
- 1984
March 15, 1744-October 18, 1748: King George's War The warm-up to the French and Indain War between France and England, also fought for domination over North America. Ends with the treaty of Aix-la-Chapelle and no clear victor. 1752-1753: Agitation grows Tension grows between France and England over competing land and trading claims.
In 1721, the French obtained a piece of land at the mouth of the Mahe river with the right to keep in place a garrison. In 1731, an enclave was created in Yanam. 6 Since 1701, the importance of Pondicherry to the Compagnie des Indes Orientales was recognized. It became a headquarter.
Sep 27, 2007 · In 1761 Pondicherry, the main settlement of French India, was blockaded by the Royal Navy at sea, while the assault from the land was led by two royal regiments. The wars in India were fought, like the wars in North America, by a system of alliances, involving national and local European forces together with their indigenous supporters.
