Chandernagore, where a_ small fracas has Occurred between French sepoys and local Bengalis, is one of the five French Settlements in India—the others being Pondicherry, on the Coromandel Coast in the Madras Presidency, Karikal on the same Jeoast, about sixty miles due South Pondicherry, Yanaon further, North close to the delta of the Godaveri and Mahe on the op-Posite coast of Malabar midway beween Cunnanore and Calicut, these Settlements Pondicherry is the oldest, and most important. Tt is the headquarters of the Governor "and was established in 1683 Martin, lost to the Netherla battle in 1698 but restored to France under the Treaty of Ryswick in 1697 Its foundation was contemporaneous with that of Calcutta where Job Charnock. performed the same role as Francois Martin performed in building Pondicherry on the site of a small village. Chandernagore in Bengal was first occupied by the French in 1688 but, its heyday of under Dupleix after whom
been named. other three smal educational institution has Settlements came into French hands in the 18h Century, Mahe in 1725. Karikal in 1789 and Yanaon in 1750. The Settlements'are represented in ty one Senator and one
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