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The Treaty of Pondicherry was signed in 1754 bringing an end to the Second Carnatic War.It was agreed and signed in the French settlement of Puducherry in French India.The favoured British candidate Mohamed Ali Khan Walajan was recognized as the Nawab of the Carnatic. [1]
Pondicherry from the origins to 1824 French Institute of Pondicherry; Treaty establishing De Jure Cession of French Establishments in India; Frenchbooksonindia.com, an open access multilingual discovery tool with book data from 1531 to 2020, full-text ebooks from 1531 to 1937 and in-text search from c. 1830 to c. 1920
The war ended with the Treaty of Pondicherry, signed in 1754, which recognised Muhammad Ali Khan Walajah as the Nawab of the Carnatic. Charles Godeheu replaced Dupleix, who died in poverty back in France.
2.6 Ambition of establishment of French territorial empire in India and defeat (1741–1754) 2.7 French vs British intrigues (1754–1871) 2.8 Independence movement (18th–20th century) and merger with India (1954)
The French position in India had been severely weakened following the Second Carnatic War, which had ended in 1754 with the Treaty of Pondicherry. [6] In spite of this they held several strong trading posts, particularly that at Pondicherry and they maintained relations with several major Indian Princes who were also enemies of the British.
Dupleix never recovered from this blow and was superseded in August 1754 by his director Godehou, who made an unfavourable settlement with the British. On 26 December 1754, he signed the Treaty of Pondicherry with Thomas Saunders, the English East India Company 's resident at Madras , that forbade the British and French companies all political ...
It was S. Rangasamy Naicker in Karaikal who continued Gandhi’s freedom campaign in Pondicherry and the enclaves. “A significant role was played by V. Subbiah of the Communist Party in demanding independence of Indian settlements, while V.K. Krishna Menon was a principal instrument in the reunification of Pondicherry with independent India ...
With the Treaty of Paris in 1763, the territories were returned to France. [14] The company was not able to maintain itself financially, and it was abolished in 1769. [14] King Louis XV issued a 1769 edict that required the company to transfer to the state all its properties, assets and rights, which were valued at 30 million livres. The King ...