French India
Americannoun
noun
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In the words of Gulf scholar Paul Rich, this was "the Indian Empire's last redoubt, just as Goa was Portuguese India's last solitary vestige, or Pondicherry was the tag-end of French India".
From BBC ● Jun. 21, 2025
"French India" to-day consists of Pondicherry, Karikal, Yanaon, Mahé, and Chandarnagar—196 square miles in all,—while the Indian Empire of Britain spreads over an area of 1,800,000 square miles.
From A Political and Social History of Modern Europe V.1. by Hayes, Carlton J. H.
The following details relating to the Indian cotton industry are supplied officially:— Cotton Mills in India, including Mills in Native States and French India.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 7, Slice 5 "Cosway" to "Coucy" by Various
This "Ezourveidam" was lastly translated by a Brahmin, correspondent of the unfortunate French India Company.
From Voltaire's Philosophical Dictionary by Voltaire
Algeria is now safely French; India has been British for more than a century and a half.
From American World Policies by Weyl, Walter E.
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