The French acquire Valikondapuram, on the Coromandel …
Years: 1673 - 1673
The French acquire Valikondapuram, on the Coromandel Coast, from the Sultan of Bijapur in 1674, and thus is laid the foundation of Pondichéry, which is to become a principal base of the French East India Company.
Locations
Groups
- Adil Shahi dynasty (Bijapur, Sultanate of)
- France, (Bourbon) Kingdom of
- Dutch East India Company (Vereenigde Oostindische Compagnie or VOC in Dutch, literally "United East Indies Company")
- Mughal Empire (Delhi)
- French East India Company
