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Indian French (French: français Indien) is a dialect of French spoken by Indians from the former colonies of French India; [3] namely Pondicherry (Pondichéry), Mahé, Yanam (Yanaon), Karaikal (Karikal) in the union territory of Puducherry (Poudouchéry) and the Chandannagar (Chandernagor) subdivision in the state of West Bengal.
French India, formally the Établissements français dans l'Inde [a] (English: French Settlements in India), was a French colony comprising five geographically separated enclaves on the Indian subcontinent that had initially been factories of the French East India Company. They were de facto incorporated into the Republic of India in 1950 and 1954.
This page lists citizens of India of French ethnic or national origin. For French people resident in India without Indian citizenship and born to French expatriate parents in India and settled back in France or in other nations, see Category:French expatriates in India.
Pages in category "People from French India" The following 27 pages are in this category, out of 27 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. A.
French people of Telugu descent (9 P) Pages in category "French people of Indian descent" The following 42 pages are in this category, out of 42 total.
After liberation, the French government offered citizenship to the people living in colonies of French India, i.e., Pondichéry, Mahé, Karikal and Yanam. French law made it easy for thousands of colons, ethnic or national French from former colonies of North and East Africa, India and Indochina to live in mainland France.
Governors of French India (67 P) M. Martiniquais expatriates in India (1 C) S. ... French people in India; A. Jean-François Allard; Abraham Hyacinthe Anquetil-Duperron;
The de facto transfer of the French Indian territories from French governance to the Indian union took place on 1 November 1954 and was established as the union territory of Pondicherry. The treaty effecting the de jure transfer was signed in 1956. However, due to opposition in France, the ratification of this treaty by the French National ...