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HISTORY OF CHRISTIANITY IN INDIA : M. M. NINAN<br />

CHAPTER EIGHT<br />

FRENCH INDIA<br />

French East India Company<br />

Henry IV of France<br />

French-issued "Gold Pagoda" for Southern India trade, cast in Pondicherry 1705-1780.<br />

French-issued rupee in the name of Mohammed Shah (1719-1748) for Northern India trade,<br />

cast in Pondicherry.<br />

The first French expedition to India took place in the first half of the 16th century, during the reign of<br />

François I, when two ships were sent in search of India. However no body knows what happenned to<br />

them In 1515 two ships went to India, only one returning.<br />

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