French India

French colony on the Indian subcontinent (1664–1954)

French India, formally the Établissements français dans l'Inde (French pronunciation: [etablismɑ̃ fʁɑ̃se dɑ̃ l ͜ ɛ̃d]; 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. The enclaves were Pondichéry, Karikal, Yanaon on the Coromandel Coast, Mahé on the Malabar Coast and Chandernagor in Bengal.

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