1815-1878 History of India 1918-1939





French India 1878-1918



French India was given an ELECTIVE GENERAL COUNCIL which had advisory function to the governor. In 1893 the first POSTAGE STAMPS were issued for the French Establishments in India (Etablissements Francaises dans l'Inde). In 1883, Pondicherry had 140,945 inhabitants, Karikal 94,055 inhabitants, Mahe in 1881 8,106 inhabitants, Yanaon in 1885 4,266 inhabitants, Chandernagar in 1885 25,842 inhabitants (Meyers). In 1901 the population of French India numbered 273,185.






EXTERNAL
FILES 		History of Pondicherry, from pondicherry.com, from pondicherry.net, from pondy.com
Article French India, from EB 1911
DOCUMENTS Postage Stamps of the French Establishments in India, 1893-1904, from Stamps Catalogue 1840-1920 by Evert Klaseboer
Article Ponditscherri, Karikal, Mahe, Yanaon, Tschandernagar P.1, P.2, from Meyers Konversationslexikon, 1888-1890 edition, in German
REFERENCE Article : French India, in : Statesman's Year Book 1895 p.508, 1898 p.506, 1901 p.580, 1905 pp.637-638, 1910 p.784, 1918 pp.843-844 [G]
Article : French India, in : New International Year Book 1907 p.287, 1908 p.267, 1909 pp.265-266, 1913 p.268, 1914 p.274, 1916 p.249, 1918 p.232 [G]



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