India: Statue of Joseph François Dupleix, Pondicherry's most famous governor. Joseph-François, Marquis Dupleix (1 January 1697 - 10 November 1763) was governor general of the French establishment in India. Pondicherry was the capital of the former French territories in India. Besides Pondi itself – acquired from a local ruler in 1674 – these included Chandernagore in Bengal (1690); Mahé in Kerala (1725); Yanam in Andhra Pradesh (1731); and Karaikal in Tamil Nadu (1739). Chandernagore was returned to India three years after independence, in 1951, and was absorbed into West Bengal.

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