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Disderi - Henry Jean Victor de Rouvroy de Saint-Simon

Disderi - Henry Jean Victor de Rouvroy de Saint-Simon

Public domain image of a male portrait, free to use, no copyright restrictions - Picryl description

Chandernagor. Le strand et l'amirauté. Années 1930.

Chandernagor. Le strand et l'amirauté. Années 1930.

View of the main street of Chandernagore facing the Hugli river. Postcard from the 1930s or 1940s.

Ananda Ranga Pillai - Black and White Portrait Photograph

Ananda Ranga Pillai - Black and White Portrait Photograph

Picture of Ananda Ranga Pillai, from a portrait in possession of his family. Ananda Ranga Pillai was a dubash in the service of the French East India Company, whose private diaries published in the early 1900s... More

Chandernagor entrée sud 1945

Chandernagor entrée sud 1945

Français : Entrée sud de l'enclave de Chandernagor en 1945. Sur les pilliers, l'inscription Liberté, Égalité, Fraternité apparaît en dessous des symboles de la République. La circulation entre la minuscule en... More

Chandernagor. "Ville noire" postcard

Chandernagor. "Ville noire" postcard

A street of the "ville noire" (black town), where lived the poorer natives in the French enclave of Chandernagore, north of Calcutta. Postcard from the 1910s to the 1920s.Français : Chandernagor. Rue de la "V... More

Nehru à Pondichéry, janvier 1955

Nehru à Pondichéry, janvier 1955

Français : Le Premier Ministre indien Nehru passant en revue une garde d'honneur lors d'une visite à Pondichéry le 16 janvier 1955, quelques mois après le transfert de facto de l'Inde française à l'Union indie... More

Pro-merger movement of French Settlements in India 1954

Pro-merger movement of French Settlements in India 1954

DPIO(E)/March,54,A31pThe pro-merger movement in the French Settlements is gaining grounds day by day. Despite harassment by the French Police, people in large numbers are carrying on a non-violent campaign for... More

Church at Mahé, French India period

Church at Mahé, French India period

St. Theresa of Avila Church at Mahé, then part of French India. The church also serves as a popular shrine for Catholics from Kerala. Photograph dating from 1930-1950.

Louis Bonvin, gouverneur des Établissements français dans l'Inde

Louis Bonvin, gouverneur des Établissements français dans l'Inde

Français : Photographie de Louis Bonvin alors qu'il était gouverneur des Établissements français dans l'Inde (1938-1945). English: Photography of Louis Bonvin, governor of French India (1938-1945)

Mahé Administrateur residence 1920-1950

Mahé Administrateur residence 1920-1950

Residence of the French Administrateur of Mahé, then part of French India.

Mahé group and sepoy 1900

Mahé group and sepoy 1900

Group of people in Mahé, French India, c. 1900. The uniformed man on the right is either a policeman or a cipaye (sepoy), a colonial infantryman. Citrate print.Français : Groupe de personne à Mahé, un des com... More

Mahé Town Hall - A black and white photo of a house

Mahé Town Hall - A black and white photo of a house

The mairie (town hall) of Mahé, then part of French India.

Mahé, India c. 1900

Mahé, India c. 1900

View of a street of Mahé, French India, circa 1900. Some of the people on this citrate print are wearing those huge saucer-shapped hats popular in that part of southwestern India. Citrate print.

Chandannagar referendum day 1948

Chandannagar referendum day 1948

1948 French press photo showing the building where the referendum to decide the future of the French territory Chandernagor or Chandernagore (now Chandannagar) took place that year. The voters massively decid... More

Mahé India 1867 - A black and white drawing of a village

Mahé India 1867 - A black and white drawing of a village

1863 print titled Une vue du quai de Mahé sur la côte de Malabar (A view of the wharf of Mahé on the Malabar Coast). From an article titled Voyage au Malabar published in the French bi-yearly magazine Le Tour... More

Patna French factory - Public domain scan of drawing

Patna French factory - Public domain scan of drawing

1824 pencil and ink drawing showing the old French factory at Patna on the Ganges. The Dutch, French, British and Danish East India companies all had factories at Patna, the center of opium and saltpetre trade... More

Plan de Mahe avec les attaques de Bayanor souverain du lieu

Plan de Mahe avec les attaques de Bayanor souverain du lieu

The French settlement of Mahé on the Malabar coast of India. Map drawn in 1726 soon after the town was recaptured from the Indian raja who, after having ceded it to the French East India Company in 1721 had ta... More

Histoire des Colonies-Guillon-vue de l'Inde

Histoire des Colonies-Guillon-vue de l'Inde

Français : Vue d'un comptoir français de l'Inde, à la fin du XIXe siècle.