FRENCH INDIA

former overseas territory of France in India, composed of the coastal enclaves of Pondicherry (or Pondichéry), Karikal, Yanaon, and Mahé in the south and the inland trade settlement of Chandannagar near Calcutta. They were administered from the capital at Pondichéry. For the later history of the territory, see Pondicherry.

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books on: French India  - 11751 results

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Widows, Pariahs, and Bayadaeres: India as Spectacle
Book by Binita Mehta; Bucknell University Press, 2002
Subjects: Dalits In Literature, Dancers In Literature, French Drama--History And Criticism, India--In Literature, Orient--In Literature, Widows In Literature
...Droit illustrates that the French romance with India continues. Entitled Bonheurs...re- views another book on India written by the French writer Pierre Lartigue, as...53-54. While to the French, India was a land of Too Much, the...
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Journey into Fame: The Life of Daniel Chester French
Book by Margaret French Cresso; Harvard University Press, 1947
Subjects: French, Daniel Chester--1850-1931
...had had a buggy given them as a wedding present and one hundred dollars towards a horse, and a gold watch and a hogshead of India china. How good it sounded to Dan to hear all of these intimate details about the people he loved. He had just missed a dance...
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The Territories and States of India
Book by David Taylor; Europa, 2002
Subjects: India--History, India--Territories And Possessions, India--Territories And Possessions--History
...until his death in 1950 (before French India was reunited with the rest of the...democratic decision by the people of French India approached. In March two enclaves...region were liberated and in May a French India Liberation Government was proclaimed...
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Report on India
Book by T. A. Raman; Oxford University Press, 1943
Subjects: India, India--Nationality, India--Politics And Government--1919-1947, Nationalism--India
...favor of Britain. Thereafter French influence in India continually declined, atrophied...decided more than the fate of the French empire in India. An experiment in king-making...French India is De Gaullist, having been...
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India and Pakistan: A General and Regional Geography
Book by O. H. K. Spate; Methuen, 1954
Subjects: India, Pakistan, Sri Lanka
...Pondicherry, largest of the French possessions, has an area...jointly by British and French India; with such a 70-mile...regularly built, is largely French or at least Gallicised...its eventual union with India . MADRAS Madras 11 Fig...
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journal articles on: French India  - 4377 results

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A History of Modern India, 1480-1959
Journal article by Trudi Jacobsen; The Australian Journal of Politics and History, Vol. 50, 2004
Subjects: A History Of Modern India, 1480-1959 (Book)--Book reviews, Books--Book reviews
...of British hegemony in India until 1857. Part Five...to earlier sections: French India in the nineteenth and...publishers have retained the French system of transliteration...undergraduate course on modern India, this book will frustrate...
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Duras's India
Journal article by Martine A. Loutfi; Literature/Film Quarterly, Vol. 14, 1986
Subjects: Duras, Marguerite, India, Motion pictures, Mysteries, Poetry
...on various levels of the French idea of India. This idea incorporates...fact, the very meaning of India, for the French, is the impossibility to...sign. Duras took from the French exotic vision of India a semantic material which...
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The Star in the East: The Controversy over Christian Missions to India, 1805-1813
Journal article by Karen Chancey; The Historian, Vol. 60, 1998
Subjects: India--History, Missionaries--Social aspects
...turned his attention to India, Hopkins said, and...they might join the French against the British...The Danger to British India from French Invasion and Missionary...Hopkins, Danger to British India, 26. (36) Hopkins...
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From Periphery to Priority: Lessons of the Canada-india Relationship 1976-2009
Journal article by Ryan Touhey; International Journal, Vol. 64, 2009
Subjects: Canada, Foreign aid, Foreign policy, India, International relations, Nuclear tests, Trade relations
...Pacific region and he visited India. In doing so, MacEachen became...secretary of state to visit India since Lester Pearson in 1955...particularly the British, French and Germans to improve relations with India, involving more senior contacts...
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Keepers of the Jungle: Environmental Management in British India, 1855-1900
Journal article by Gregory Barton; The Historian, Vol. 62, 2000
Subjects: British in India--Environmental policy, Forest reserves--19th century, India--History
...previously untried, first in British India, then the other British colonies...support British imperialism in India. Unlike the conservative French and English royal forests reserved...authority over the land and people of India, a colonial empire that the...
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Mothers of the Nationl: Since the Rise of the Gandhis, Political Influence in India Has Been Hereditary. but While Parliament Is Packed with the Children of the Powerful, Outsiders Are Emerging. and They're Often Women
Magazine article by Patrick French; New Statesman (1996), Vol. 140, July 18, 2011
Subjects: Bharatiya Janata Party--Political aspects, Democracy--India, Democracy--Political aspects, Gandhi, Indira--Political activity, Indian National Congress--Political aspects, Nationalism--Political aspects, Prime ministers--Political aspects
...Theyre Often Women. by Patrick French Small decisions have a habit...the first prime minister of India, Jawaharlal Nehru, agreed...newstatesman.com/subjects/india Patrick French is the author of "India: a Portrait" (Allen Lane...
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India Fast Becoming an Economic Super Power
Magazine article by Tom Diana; Business Credit, Vol. 107, May 2005
Subjects: Economic development, Europe, Financial services, Global economy, India, United States
...set up operations in India or have outsourced certain...firms. A report by French Associates indicated India has become a venue for...from other companies. French Associates estimated...time equivalents) in India in 2000. That number...
3.
Ceremonies in India
Magazine article by Babu R.R. Gogineni; Free Inquiry, Vol. 13, Fall 1993
Subjects: Hinduism--Rites and ceremonies, India--Religious aspects, Rites and ceremonies--India
...sacred duties. But since in India elections have become more regular...it is not very often that in India Man is trusted more than God...when I was interpreting for two French black-magic-men who came to India to learn new skills. During...
4.
India
Magazine article by Stephen P. Cohen; Brookings Review, Vol. 18, Fall 2000
Subjects: India--Relations with the United States, International relations--India, United States--Relations with India
...a player in Southeast Asia. India has a modest capacity to project...World War II, relations between India and the United States have been...of cooperation after the 1962 India-China war. Like the French, Indians value highly their...
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A Confident India Beckons Canada's Universities
Magazine article by Daniel Drolet; University Affairs, Vol. 51, February 2010
Subjects: Academic achievement, Canada, Colleges & universities, Educational partnerships, India, Quality of education
A Confident India Beckons Canadas Universities by...inaugural class of the Schulich MBA in India was to be held on Jan. 4 of this...started developing partnerships with India in targeted areas, including French-language teaching, translation...
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U.S. Military Aid for Pakistan Worries India: Amendment Frees Up $368 Million Worth of Weapons
Newspaper article by Sunil Dasgupta; The Washington Times, February 10, 1996
Subjects: Brown, Hank, India, Pakistan
...face of it, this is nothing for India to worry about. But Pakistan hopes...In the Cold Wars grand theater, India and Pakistan were well-stocked...when Pakistan acquired F-16s, India purchased French Mirage-2000s. Tanks, heavy artillery...
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Primakov Puts Russia in a Strategic Spot: Ties to India, China Check U.S. Hegemony
Newspaper article by Martin Sieff; The Washington Times, December 27, 1998
Subjects: China, India, Primakov, Yevgeny M., Russia
...aircraft carriers gratis to India as a platform to project its...30MK planes under license in India and is in the race to pick up...in collaboration with three French firms, AFP said. Mr. Primakov...called for doubling trade between India and Russia by the year 2000...
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Nuclear India Faces Tough Questions: Nation Must Define Purpose of Its Arsenal
Newspaper article by Brahma Chellaney; The Washington Times, November 14, 1998
Subjects: India
...the state to serious risks. India has to define the purpose...conventional aggression of the kind India has suffered in the past? If it is the latter, French nuclear structure and doctrine...will be more appropriate for India. CREDIBLE DOCTRINE Indian...
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Military Ascent in Pakistan Damages India Ties
Newspaper article by Brahma Chellaney; The Washington Times, November 13, 1999
Subjects: India, Musharraf, Pervez, Pakistan, Taliban
...Military ascent in Pakistan damages India ties by Brahma Chellaney NEW...which until recently was telling India that Mr. Sharif was its best...ridden army. In the words of a French policy-maker, the Vajpayee...afford to be magnanimous. To India, the coup poses a dilemma...
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Mexican Poet Shines His 'Light' on India
Newspaper article by Colin Walters; The Washington Times, April 6, 1997
Subjects: India, Paz, Octavio
...Mexican poet shines his Light on India by Colin Walters It is very...long-running love affair with India that the Mexican poet (who...Upanishads into Persian. A French traveler and Orientalist, Anquetil...explication of "Rama and Allah" in India, which is to say, 1,000...
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encyclopedia articles on: French India  - 141 results

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French India
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
FRENCH INDIA former overseas territory of France in India, composed of the coastal enclaves of Pondichery (now Puducherry), Karikal (now Karaikal), Yanaon (now Yanam), and Mahe (now Mahe) in the south and the inland trade settlement...
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French East India Company
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
FRENCH EAST INDIA COMPANY see East India Company, French . ____________________ Copyright 2009 Columbia University Press. Used with the permission of Columbia University Press. All rights reserved.
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East India Company, French
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
EAST INDIA COMPANY, FRENCH 1664 1769, commercial enterprise planned...the company had established itself in India but was near bankruptcy. In that year it was combined under John Law with other French trading companies to make the Compagnie...
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Mahe , India
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
MAHE , India formerly Mahe, enclave and town, India: see French India ; Puducherry ____________________ Copyright 2009 Columbia University Press. Used with the permission of Columbia University Press. All rights reserved.
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East India Company, British
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
...It had, moreover, a serious rival in the French East India Company, which under Joseph Francois Dupleix...victories (1751 60) of Robert Clive over the French made the company dominant in India, and by a treaty of 1765 it assumed control...
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