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INDIA, FRENCH

This article appears in Volume V14, Page 421 of the Encyclopedia Britannica.

Encyclopedia Britannica - Main :: I27-INV
INDIA, FRENCH , a general name for the French possessions in Indiaon the Coromandel
coast
 ,
Pondicherry
 , Karikal and Yanaon; on the Malabar
coast
 , Mahe; and in Bengal,
Chandernagore
 . In addition there are a few " lodges " elsewhere, but they are merely nominal remnants of French factories. The
total
  area amounts to 203 sq. m., of which 113 sq. m. belong to the territory of
Pondicherry
 . In 1901 the
total
 
population
  amounted to 273,185. By decree of the 25th of January 1879 French India was provided with an elective general council and elective local councils. The results of this measure have not been very satisfactory, and the qualifications for and the classes of the franchise have been modified. The
governor
  resides at Pondicherry, and is assisted by a council. There are two tribunals of first instance (at Pondicherry and Karikal), one
court
  of appeal (at Pondicherry) and five justices of the peace. The agricultural produce consists of
rice
 , earth-nuts, tobacco, betel nuts and vegetables.
History.The first French expedition to India is believed to have taken place in the reign of Francis I., when two ships were fitted out by some merchants of Rouen to
trade
  in eastern


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