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n Bengal, Chandernagore was now completelyat the mercy of the British East India Company and the treaty prohibitedthe rebuilding of its defences. Fa
Originally established in 1673 as a French trading outpost Chandernagore was a key french colony that was taken over by the british in 1794 but later returned to france in 1816. https://chandernagoremunicipalcorporation.in/About?id=About%20Us-History%20Of%20CMC#:~:text=Chandannagar%20was%20established%20as%20a,appointed%20governor%20of%20the%20city.
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5B6 FRENCH VISIONS OF EMPIREIndia, c.1765, showing locations mentioned in the text. Adapted from ImperialGazetteer of India, XXVI (Oxford, 1909), pi. 27.Colberts initial vision of a commercial empire in India that couldchallenge France's European rivals began to die a slow death during theWar of the Austrian Succession (1740-48).
This war was triggered by the Death of King Charles VI. France opposed Maria Theresa's claim to the throne which was unsuccessful and later set the stage for the seven year war. https://www.britannica.com/biography/Maria-Theresa
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