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French Colonial Rule In India

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India is a country with a rich history of various rulers, and dynasties. The 17th century was the begin of a new era of colonialism within India. With diminishing power if the Mogul empire in India, European powers that were active in trade. Such as the British East India Company and the French East India Company made use of political diplomacy between the various Indian Nawaab’s (Governor’s of the Mogul empire) and Maharajas (Hindu kings) to expand there trading power/influence over India, which eventually resulted in political power. The following essay shall look into the French colonial rule in India and their cultural significance in the area of Pondicherry. …show more content…

-- France desired to prevent the growth of British ascendancy in India not in order to replace her but to re-establish a fair balance between the trading activities of the different European powers”(26). After the seven-year war from which Britain emerged victorious making them the worst chief Imperial power (Encyclopedia Britannica). France lost most there territory in India and was left with 5 areas according to the Treaty of Paris. By 1761 France’s influence and trade was restricted to the areas of Chandernagor in Bengal, Mahé on the Malabar Coast, and Pondichéry, Karikal and Yanaon in the current Tamil Nadu. Despite the French East India Company success in both inter- and intra-continental trade, the French East India Company never tried to regain its former status. Eventually, King Louis XV took over its forts, ships, and other properties thus by 1769, the French East India Company was broadly dissolved (Ruggiu …show more content…

One can only wonder and speculate, if India would have been part of “The Organisation internationale de la Francophonie” if France had kept Dupleix vision and conquered more of India. In his book “France since 1945” Robert Gildea defines the organization as “the gathering of those French nations who spoke French primarily or secondarily, to ensure the radiation of French language and culture and to draw together a worldwide community whose ties were linguistic and cultural rather than based on history, economics or power”(273). India would definitely been part of such a organization had France dominated Britain in imperialising India. Till date French is officially one of the official languages of Pondicherry and would have been of India had France extended their

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