Joseph François Dupleix
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Joseph François Dupleix | |
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| Governor-General of French India | |
| In office 14 January 1742 – 15 October 1754 | |
| Monarch | Louis XV |
| Preceded by | Pierre Benoît Dumas |
| Succeeded by | Charles Godeheu As Acting Governor-General |
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| Born | 23 January 1697[ Jeanne Albert |
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| Occupation | Governor-General of French India |
Joseph Marquis Dupleix (French pronunciation:
Biography
Dupleix was born in
In 1730 he was made superintendent of French affairs in
His reputation procured him in 1742 the appointment of governor general of all French establishments in India..
The British were alarmed by this, but the danger to their settlements and power was partly averted by the bitter mutual jealousy which existed between Dupleix and
When the city of
In 1748
In 1750 the Subadar of Deccan gifted the Alamparai Fort to the French. This was a token of his appreciation of the services of Dupleix and the French forces to his services.[citation needed]
From 1751, Dupleix tried to expand French influence in
Commemoration
A number of things were named in his honour:
- A square, road and 15th arrondissement of Parisare named after him.
- Four French warships have borne his name (beside two commercial ships):
- College Dupleix was the former name of Kanailal Vidyamandir and the Chandannagar College in Chandannagar, West Bengal.
- A road in New Delhi near the Indian parliament named after him.
- Rue Dupleix (Dupleix Street) was the former name of Nehru Street in Pondicherry.
Statue of Dupleix at Puducherry Beach
Dupleix left Puducherry in 1754, French recognition of his contribution came only in 1870, with the commissioning of two statues – one in Puducherry and the other in France. The former statue is now situated in Goubert Avenue at the end of Rock Beach. It was first installed on 16 July 1870. In 1979 the statue was moved from the middle of the current Bharathy park to its current location at the beach.
Dupleix is represented as a man of commanding stature. In the large nose and massive under jaw, some resemblance may be traced to Oliver Cromwell as commonly represented in his portraits. In the statue, Dupleix wears Court dress with bag wig and long riding boots; in his right hand is a plan of Puducherry, his left reposing on the hilt of his sword.[4]
Restoration of the Dupleix statue was undertaken by the Public Works Department (PWD) of the government of Puducherry in 2014.[5]
See also
- Ananda Ranga Pillai
- French colonial empires
- Carnatic Wars
- France in the Seven Years' War
- Great Britain in the Seven Years' War
- genealogy on geneanet samlap's site
References
- ^ Dodwell, H. (1968). Dupleix and Clive: The Beginning of Empire. Connecticut. pp. 103–115.
- ^ ISBN 978-1107672185.
- ^ Burma Editor Sir Reginald Coupland, K.C.M.G., C.I.E., M.A., D.LITT. Late Bcit Professor of the History of the British Empire in the University of Oxford, p78-82 "Archived copy" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 19 December 2008. Retrieved 29 August 2008.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link) - ^ Higginbotham, J. J. (28 August 1874). Men Whom India Has Known: Biographies of Eminent Indian Characters. Higginbotham and Company. p. 115 – via Internet Archive.
Dupleix statue.
- ^ "Facelift for Dupleix statue". The Hindu. 29 December 2014.
Sources
- This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Chisholm, Hugh, ed. (1911). "Dupleix, Joseph François". Encyclopædia Britannica. Vol. 8 (11th ed.). Cambridge University Press. p. 687.
Further reading
- Owen, Sidney J. (1886). "Joseph François Dupleix". .
- Duplieix by Colonel John Biddulph, 1910
External links
Media related to Joseph François Dupleix at Wikimedia Commons
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