Talk:French India

message: Why isnt there map of early 20h century? There is only 18th centurys map.  — Preceding unsigned comment added by Propatriamori (talk • contribs) 11:34, 29 August 2011 (UTC)
thread_title:  about map 

message: I changed the flag from :Image:Flag_of_Colonial_Vietnam.svg to :Image:Ministre-DOMTOM.gif. The reasoning is that the colonies were administered as Territoire d'outre-mer of France from 1946 and not as part of French Indo-China.--Victor D PARLE 00:12, 26 April 2007 (UTC)
thread_title: Flag

message: Only in during 4th republic it was made a TOM of France. It never had any particluar flag. Even, I am searching for it. So, its always best to keep the French flag, which clearly mentions the French soverignty during that period.Bsskchaitanya 07:20, 27 April 2007 (UTC)
thread_title: Regardinf flag

message: The map which shows the french influence is correct. When you people referring about maharattas and hyder ali, i think you need to go back to the history a little bit earlier. The light blue is comprised of Deccan region (ruled by Nizam of Hyderabad) and Carnatic region (ruled by Nawab of Carnatic). These two kingdoms are most crutial in the history of colonial India. It was not only French, but the British also tried their best to influence both kingdoms. Only by winning the dominance in these regions, the dream of establishing an English Empire was realized by Robert Clive. The Dark blue means the real possessions by French. The upper one (also known as Northern Circars was ceded by Nizam of Hyderabad, Salabat Jung to Marquis de Bussy in 1753. The down ones were territories won by Dupleix By battles at Ambour and Gingy between 1747 and 1749.
If you have any minutest doubts regarding French India, you can contact me. I am an native of Yanaon, an french colony and even I am writing a book "La histoire colonial de Yanaon" and going to submit it to Govt of Pondicherry next year. You can visit my userpage and read my articles to get a better understanding of history of Inde française.
Using the word french influence is correct, because only by that Salabat Jung became the Nizam of Hyderabad in 1751 and Chanda Sahib, the de-facto Nawab of Carnatic between 1749 and 1753.
Somebody termed Dupleix as cunning. I take pity on them, before talking anything you need to have a solid proof for what you talk. Wikipedia is not a place to comment upon, but to present the valid information. He was a beloved leader for not only french counterparts but also for the native indians of his time at Pondichéry. When he was leaving pondichéry, many native indians bid farewell to him with tears. I dont know how many indians now-a-days are serving for their motherland, but he definitely lived and died for his France.
Bsskchaitanya 06:35, 27 April 2007 (UTC)
thread_title: I try to resolve the conflict

message: Why is "Puducherry" used throughout the article for a place that the French never called by that name?  It's as anachronistic as, oh, trying to rename the Bombay Presidency to the "Mumbai Presidency". RandomCritic 06:10, 25 September 2007 (UTC)
thread_title: Names

message: This article was automatically assessed because at least one WikiProject had rated the article as start, and the rating on other projects was brought up to start class. BetacommandBot 17:57, 9 November 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  WikiProject class rating

message: This is an interesting article.  I'd like to see more about the _de facto_ switch to Indian control in 1954.  How did it happen?  What was the status of Pondicherry between 1954 and the _de jure_ ceding by France in 1963?  Ferg2k (talk) 15:34, 28 March 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  De facto switch to Indian control 

message: The second map in the article (:Image:French Empires.png) is quite wrong, since it includes Spain and Portugal (and probably others) as part of the French Empire. Portugal and Spain were never part of any French Empire! They were countries briefly and non-completely occupied by Napoleonic forces in the begining of the 19th century. Being partially occupied is not the some as being part of an Empire. Both Spain and Portugal never stoped being independent and were never considered, even by France as a part of France or a colony! I'm removing this map. And replacing it with a correct one. The Ogre (talk) 23:16, 16 April 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  Second Map is quite wrong 

message: The picture of a British ship, the East Indiaman "Repulse", moored in the East India Dock Basin of the Port of London, doesn't seem proper enough to be shown in this article, does it? I propose to have some discussion before taking it away from here. Perhaps substituting a French ship instead? Zack Holly Venturi (talk) 17:01, 26 January 2011 (UTC)
replies: text: That picture is part of the Colonial India template rather than the article proper, changing it would change all the articles that use the template and should probably be discussed on the templates page rather than here. Kmusser (talk) 17:13, 26 January 2011 (UTC)
thread_title:  The British ship in the wrong place 

message: I'm somewhat familiar with this topic and recently I've been reading quite a bit (mostly in French) about various aspects of French India so I would like to contribute, in particular for the 1816 to 1954 period, a period generally neglected by historians, but nevertheless quite interesting. I'm a newbie and find adding and editing on Wikipedia quite challenging technically speaking. BTW, nothing wrong with the article as it is; it just needs more meat on the bones.--Lubiesque (talk) 15:39, 21 March 2012 (UTC)
thread_title:  Contribution 

message: At its peak in 1750, French India had an area of 1.5 million km2 and a totaled population of 100 million people under French rule.
Forget the grammar, how is this accurate, & where is the source for this? Also, why aren't the maps on this page in English? Hindi? I trust that the logic is obvious.
-M Mohit Deshpande (talk) 23:19, 23 July 2022 (UTC)
thread_title:  The Scope (Area & Populace) 

message: How come that ridiculous French "Raj" title change cannot be reverted? How come an editor can suddenly, arbitrarily, without consultation make such an unsourced title change on his/her own?
French India was never, ever called French Raj, no more than Portuguese India was ever called Portuguese Raj, or Dutch India called Dutch Raj. That title change should be reverted right away. Lubiesque (talk) 11:44, 2 October 2023 (UTC)
replies: text: You can request a move here: Wikipedia:Requested moves. Do not forget to add a content-based reasoning to the request. The Banner talk 12:34, 2 October 2023 (UTC)

text: Given the unilateral nature of the page move and the negative response, I’ve asked a page mover to reverse the move per BRD. The redirect has been kept as a plausible search term, albeit incorrect. Schminnte (talk • contribs) 14:20, 2 October 2023 (UTC)
thread_title:  French "Raj" !!!