oct 1, 1673 - Pondicherry, nerve center for French
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- Sher Khan Lodim the governor of Valikondapuram(under the Bijapur Sultan) granted Francois Martin, the director of the Masulipatnam factory, a site for settlement in Pondicherry
- Other factories established in Mahe, karaikal, Balasore and Qasim Bazar
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