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French East India Company

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French East India Company

Trading company set up by France in 1664 to compete with the British and Dutch East India companies. It established trading ports at Chandernagore in West Bengal and Pondicherry in southeastern India.

During the 1740s the French East India Company tried without success to check growing British influence in the subcontinent by making strategic alliances with southern Indian rulers. The company foundered during the French Revolution, but France retained control over Chandernagore and Pondicherry until 1952 and 1954 respectively.



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