India and France share a surprisingly deep historical tie mainly characterized by their mutual hate of Britain.
During the 18th century, France was actively involved in the European colonial powerplay in the Indian Ocean region. French General Dupleix formed alliances with Murzapha Jung in the Deccan and Chanda Sahib in the Carnatic Wars, engaging in conflict against Robert Clive of the East India Company. These relationships were beneficial to the French. The French allies gifted areas such as the Alamparai Fort in return for the services provided by the French against the British East India Company.
A French military adventurer and mercenary, Benoît de Boigne was renowned in India for his service under the Marathas, whom he assisted in numerous battles against the Rajputs.
France supported the Patriot cause during the American War of Independence in 1776, and wished to expel the British from India.
In 1782, Louis XVI sealed an alliance with the Maratha Peshwa Madhav Rao Narayan, prompting Bussy to move his troops to Ile de France (Mauritius) and later contribute to French efforts in India in 1783. Admiral Suffren allied with Hyder Ali in the Second Anglo-Mysore War against the British East India Company in 1782–1783, engaging in five battles against the Royal Navy on the coasts of India and Ceylon. During this time, Suffren fought the English admiral Sir Edward Hughes and collaborated with the rulers of Mysore. An army of 3,000 French soldiers collaborated with Hyder Ali to capture Cuddalore.
Several Indian independence activists also sought refuge in French establishments in India to evade British colonial authorities, including Subramania Bharati, Lala Lajpat Rai and Sri Aurobindo.
VastCryptographer980 on
V low effort, no grounding….improve the meme
Here the reason for your update ratio
Arav_Goel on
All countries competitively hating Britain are India’s allies
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Ultra-Cool-Guy on
Please censor Fr*ance
lumex42 on
Yeah youre framing of this is very wrong
France didnt want to expel Britain from India for some noble cause, they wanted to india for themselves.
There was a complicated network of alliances in the subcontinent in the 18th century. The decline of the mughals had left many princely states which alloed with mostly the uk but not always.
The french were just as imperialst as the British, ask the vietnamese.
InZim on
What about all the Indian rulers that sided with Great Britain?
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India and France share a surprisingly deep historical tie mainly characterized by their mutual hate of Britain.
During the 18th century, France was actively involved in the European colonial powerplay in the Indian Ocean region. French General Dupleix formed alliances with Murzapha Jung in the Deccan and Chanda Sahib in the Carnatic Wars, engaging in conflict against Robert Clive of the East India Company. These relationships were beneficial to the French. The French allies gifted areas such as the Alamparai Fort in return for the services provided by the French against the British East India Company.
A French military adventurer and mercenary, Benoît de Boigne was renowned in India for his service under the Marathas, whom he assisted in numerous battles against the Rajputs.
France supported the Patriot cause during the American War of Independence in 1776, and wished to expel the British from India.
In 1782, Louis XVI sealed an alliance with the Maratha Peshwa Madhav Rao Narayan, prompting Bussy to move his troops to Ile de France (Mauritius) and later contribute to French efforts in India in 1783. Admiral Suffren allied with Hyder Ali in the Second Anglo-Mysore War against the British East India Company in 1782–1783, engaging in five battles against the Royal Navy on the coasts of India and Ceylon. During this time, Suffren fought the English admiral Sir Edward Hughes and collaborated with the rulers of Mysore. An army of 3,000 French soldiers collaborated with Hyder Ali to capture Cuddalore.
Several Indian independence activists also sought refuge in French establishments in India to evade British colonial authorities, including Subramania Bharati, Lala Lajpat Rai and Sri Aurobindo.
V low effort, no grounding….improve the meme
Here the reason for your update ratio
All countries competitively hating Britain are India’s allies
/s
Please censor Fr*ance
Yeah youre framing of this is very wrong
France didnt want to expel Britain from India for some noble cause, they wanted to india for themselves.
There was a complicated network of alliances in the subcontinent in the 18th century. The decline of the mughals had left many princely states which alloed with mostly the uk but not always.
The french were just as imperialst as the British, ask the vietnamese.
What about all the Indian rulers that sided with Great Britain?