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.
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
Residence of the French Administrateur of Mahé, then part of French India.
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
The mairie (town hall) of Mahé, then part of French India.
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
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
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
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
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
Français : Vue d'un comptoir français de l'Inde, à la fin du XIXe siècle.