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- proper noun The administrative whole of the French colonial possessions, all enclaved on the Indian subcontinent (
East Indies ), comprisingPondicherry (the joint governor's capital), Chandernagor (Chandernagore),Mahé (Mahe), Masulipatam, Yanam (Yanaon) and Karikal
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Examples
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But he has spoken to the soul of humanity and an ever increasing number of aspirants is seen making a beeline to Pondicherry where his most unconventional Ashram is situated on the sea-shore of the town which was formerly the capital of French India.
Sri Aurobindo’s yoga in Orissa Tusar N Mohapatra 2006
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Capital of French India, site of Anglo-French battles, 258
Collected Works of W. B. Yeats Volume III Autobiographies W.B. Yeats 1965
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Capital of French India, site of Anglo-French battles, 258
Collected Works of W. B. Yeats Volume III Autobiographies W.B. Yeats 1965
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Capital of French India, site of Anglo-French battles, 258
Collected Works of W. B. Yeats Volume III Autobiographies W.B. Yeats 1965
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Capital of French India, site of Anglo-French battles, 258
Collected Works of W. B. Yeats Volume III Autobiographies W.B. Yeats 1965
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Capital of French India, site of Anglo-French battles, 258
Autobiographies W.B. Yeats 1965
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Capital of French India, site of Anglo-French battles, 258
Autobiographies W.B. Yeats 1965
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In this way the loss of French India and French America, things of the old monarchy, were to be compensated.
The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 04, No. 22, August, 1859 Various
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The Province of Pondicherry comprises French India and some portion of British India, as well as the Diocese of Malacca in the Straits
The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 7: Gregory XII-Infallability 1840-1916 1913
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French India, Burma, and Ceylon, and is even sometimes stretched to include Indo-China.
The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 7: Gregory XII-Infallability 1840-1916 1913
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