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| | History (from Pondicherry) -- Britannica Concise Encyclopedia - The online encyclopedia you can trust! (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08) |
 | | Mahe was founded in 1725, Yanam in 1731, and Karaikal in 1739. |
 | | French concerns multiplied in Bengal, with Chandarnagar as centre, especially after 1730 under the direction of Joseph-François Dupleix, who in 1742 was appointed general director. |
 | | It was formed in 1962 out of the four former colonies of French IndiaPondicherry, Karaikal, and Yanam, scattered along the Coromandel Coast, or eastern seaboard, and Mahe, lying on the western Malabar Coast. |
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