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French India, formally the Établissements français dans l'Inde [a] (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.
Over 50% of the world’s borders today, were drawn as a result of British and French imperialism. [3] [4] [5] France began to establish colonies in North America, the Caribbean and India, following Spanish and Portuguese successes during the Age of Discovery, in rivalry with Britain. A series of wars with Britain during the 18th century and ...
The French were constantly in conflict with the Dutch and later on mainly with the British in India. At the height of French power in the mid-18th century, the French established several outposts in southern India and the area lying in today's northern Andhra Pradesh and Odisha. Between 1744 and 1761, the British and the French repeatedly ...
During the 19th century, French citizenship along with the right to elect a deputy to the French Chamber of Deputies was granted to the four old colonies of Guadeloupe, Martinique, Guyanne and Réunion as well as to the residents of French India and the "Four Communes" in Senegal.
The siege of Pondicherry was a colonial military operation in the early stages of the French Revolutionary Wars.Britain and France both controlled colonies on the Indian Subcontinent and when the French National Convention declared war on Britain on 1 February 1793, both sides were prepared for conflict in India.
Territories of French India were completely transferred to the Republic of India de facto. Puducherry ( / ˌ p ʊ d ʊ ˈ tʃ ɛr i / ; Tamil: [puðut͡ːʃeːɾi] ), also known as Pondicherry ( / ˌ p ɒ n d ɪ ˈ tʃ ɛr i / ; Tamil: [paːɳɖit͡ːʃeːɾi] ), is a union territory of India , consisting of four small geographically ...
Finally, the Instruments of Ratification of Treaty of Cession between India and France in respect of the settlements were exchanged on August 16, 1962. [3] The transitional period of eight years was used for “sorting out interests in the former colony” per a book called Pondicherry that was once French India written by historian Raphael ...
Isle de France (Modern French: Île de France, pronounced [il də fʁɑ̃s] ⓘ) was a French colony in the Indian Ocean from 1715 to 1810, comprising the island now known as Mauritius and its dependent territories. It was governed by the French East India Company and formed part of the French colonial empire.