Pondicherry, Tamil Nadu and South India under French Rule
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Ananda Ranga
Author_J.B.P. More
Big Bazaar
Carnatic Wars
Caste Headmen
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Chanda Sahib
colonization of Pondicherry
Conferred
Cultural clash
De La Bourdonnais
Deccani Conflicts
Depressed Caste
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French colonizers
French empire in India
French Governors
Grand Bazaar
Hand Castes
Imam Sahib
Indian dubashes
Indian Prince
Joseph Francois
La Bourdonnais
La Touche
La Tour
Le Noir
Left Hand Castes
Malabar Coast
Manohar Books
Master-subordinate relationship
Military men
Mohammad Ali
Parayas
Precious Stones
Superior Council
Tamil Nadu
White Town
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- ISBN 9780367640798
- Weight: 730g
- Dimensions: 138 x 216mm
- Publication Date: 02 Nov 2020
- Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd
- Publication City/Country: GB
- Product Form: Hardback
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This is a study of the colonization of Pondicherry, Tamil Nadu and South India by the French during the eighteenth century, and their interactions with the Indian rulers and populations in the political, economic, social and religious spheres. French Governors based in Pondicherry since François Martin up to Dupleix never acquired any territory for France through outright conquest. They or their masters in France never had any grand plan to establish a French empire in India. Some Indian rulers were friendly with the French and the English as it served their interests. The study demonstrates that the French colonizers and missionaries would not have survived in India without the collaboration of the Indian dubashes, merchants, certain Indian rulers and military men.
This collaboration was not on an equal footing, as the sepoys, merchants and dubashes were always subordinate and submissive to the Europeans. Even Ananda Ranga Poullé, the most famous of the Indian dubashes had to resort to the art of flattery to be in the good books of his ‘master’. European arrival and presence in India heralded the beginning of a cultural clash between the Europeans and Indians, in which the former had the upper hand. There was never any partnership or ‘master-bania’ relationship between the French and the Indians. Instead, the relationship had all the trappings of a ‘master-subordinate’ relationship, where the subordinate even though he might be a dubash was always at the mercy of the colonizers. The element of force, aggressivity and violence was omnipresent in European presence and expansion in India, in the political, economic and religious fields.
Please note: This title is co-published with X. Taylor & Francis does not sell or distribute the Hardback in India, Pakistan, Nepal, Bhutan, Bangladesh and Sri Lanka.
J.B.P. More obtained his doctorate in history from the Ecole des Hautes Etudes en Sciences Sociales, Paris. He currently teaches at Inseec, Paris. He specializes in history, sociology and politics of southern and colonial India. He has authored more than 22 books and 50 articles in English, French and Tamil.
