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Joseph François Dupleix

1697–1763 · 18th century

Joseph François Dupleix was governor-general of French India at Pondicherry from 1742 to 1754. During the Carnatic wars he intervened in the succession disputes of the Carnatic and Hyderabad, raising sepoy armies and installing allied rulers, and briefly made France the leading European power in southern India. He was recalled in 1754 after setbacks against the British.

Joseph François Dupleix
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