Question

The French East India Company set up its factory at
(a)Surat
(b)Masulipatnam
(c)Pondicherry
(d)All of the above

Answer 1

Hint: -French East India Company was the last people to arrive in India . During the reign of King Louis XIV, the French East India Company was established to trade with India in 1664 AD.
-Most of their factories were at or near the coasts of India for the purpose of trade convenience.

Complete answer: In 1664, the French East India Company was established under state patronage by Colbert.
-The first French factory was founded by Francois Caron in 1668 in Surat. Later, in 1669, Maracara set up a factory in Masulipatnam.
-Francois Martin and Bellanger de Lespinay bought a small village in 1673 from the Muslim governor of Valikondapuram. The village grew into Pondicherry and Francois Martin was its first governor.
-The French Company eventually developed its factories in different parts of India, which proved to be the French East India Company's significant trading centres.
-In Malabar, Mahe, Yanam in Coromandel (both in 1725) and Karaikal in Tamil Nadu were occupied by them (1739). Dupleix's arrival as French governor in India in 1742 saw the beginning of the Anglo-French conflict (Carnatic Wars), which culminated in the final defeat of french.
-Like the British, in order to achieve political influence in Southern India, the French also began to intervene in internal political matters. The English East India Company and the French East India Company became competitors as a result.
-For several years, the rivalry persisted and three long wars were waged between the British and the French over a period of 20 years (1744-1763).
-With their defeat in the 1763 battle of Wandiwash, the French dream of political supremacy over India came to an end.
Hence, the correct answer is option D, All of the above.

Note: India's French facilities are all situated on the Indian peninsula.
-On the Coast of Coromandel, Pondichéry and its territory, Karaikal and its maganams.
-On the Orissa Coast Yanaon and aldes; Loge Masulipatam.
-On the coast of Malabar, Mahé and its territory; Loge of Calicut Within Bengal, Chandernagor and the territories thereof, Jugdia, Dacca, Balasore and Patna are the lodges the factory in Surat, Within Gujarat, Under the regime of the French East India Company, the name 'loge' was given in factories or isolated establishments consisting of a home with an adjacent field, where France was entitled to fly its flag and build trading posts.