French India

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French India was a collection of small colonial territories in the Indian subcontinent that remained under French control until their mid-20th-century integration into the Republic of India.

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Generate an image of French India (French India was a collection of small colonial territories in the Indian subcontinent that remained under French control until their mid-20th-century integration into the Republic of India.)

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Predicate Object
instanceOf colonial territory ⓘ
former French colony ⓘ
historical region ⓘ
alsoKnownAs French Settlements in India ⓘ
linked to: French India

Établissements français dans l’Inde ⓘ
linked to: French India
borderedBy British India ⓘ
capital Pondicherry ⓘ
linked to: Puducherry
colonialGovernorTitle Governor of French India ⓘ
contains Chandernagore ⓘ
linked to: Chandannagar

Karaikal ⓘ
Mahé ⓘ
Pondicherry ⓘ
linked to: Puducherry

Yanam ⓘ
country France ⓘ
currency French rupee ⓘ
linked to: rupee

Indian rupee ⓘ
deFactoTransferDate 1 November 1954 ⓘ
deFactoTransferToIndia 1954 ⓘ
deJureTransferDate 16 August 1962 ⓘ
deJureTransferToIndia 1962 ⓘ
firstFactoryEstablishedAt Surat ⓘ
governmentType colonial administration ⓘ
integratedIntoIndia mid-20th century ⓘ
lastAdministeringPower French Fourth Republic ⓘ
legacy French architecture in Pondicherry ⓘ
French cultural influence in Puducherry ⓘ
legalStatusAfter1954 de facto part of India under French sovereignty until 1962 ⓘ
locatedIn Indian subcontinent ⓘ
linked to: South Asia

South Asia ⓘ
lostMostTerritoriesToBritainBy 1763 ⓘ
majorTradingPost Chandernagore ⓘ
linked to: Chandannagar

Pondicherry ⓘ
linked to: Puducherry
officialLanguage Bengali ⓘ
French ⓘ
Malayalam ⓘ
Tamil ⓘ
Telugu ⓘ
partOf French colonial empire ⓘ
religion Christianity ⓘ
Hinduism ⓘ
Islam ⓘ
sovereignState France ⓘ
startOfFrenchPresence 1668 ⓘ
successorAdministrativeUnit State of West Bengal ⓘ
Union Territory of Puducherry ⓘ
linked to: Puducherry
successorState Republic of India ⓘ
linked to: India
treatyAffectingStatus Treaty of Paris (1763) ⓘ
Treaty of Paris (1814) ⓘ
Treaty of Paris (1815) ⓘ

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Sri Aurobindo → deathPlace → French India ⓘ
French Union → includesTerritory → French India (Pondicherry and other enclaves) ⓘ
linked to: French India
Kingdom of France → colonialTerritory → French India ⓘ
French India → alsoKnownAs → Établissements français dans l’Inde ⓘ
linked to: French India
French India → alsoKnownAs → French Settlements in India ⓘ
linked to: French India
Karaikal → historicalAffiliation → French India ⓘ
French colonists → majorDestination → French India ⓘ
Mahé → colonialStatus → French India enclave ⓘ
linked to: French India
Yanam (Puducherry Assembly constituency) → historicalAffiliation → French India (former colony) ⓘ
linked to: French India
Yanaon → partOf → French India ⓘ
Yanaon → countryDuringColonialPeriod → French India ⓘ
Yanam district → partOfFormerColony → French India ⓘ
Siege of Pondicherry (1748) → relatedTo → French colonial empire in India ⓘ
linked to: French India
Battle of Wandiwash → relatedTo → French India ⓘ
Third Carnatic War → relatedTo → French colonial empire in India ⓘ
linked to: French India
Banque de l’Indochine → operatedIn → French India ⓘ
Thomas Arthur Lally → placeOfActivity → French India ⓘ
Yanam region → partOfFormerColony → French India ⓘ