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<p>2A01:CB04:132:EF00:AC15:AFBF:3017:9A3D: </p> <hr /> <div>{{moresources|date=February 2020}}<br /> {{Use dmy dates|date=February 2020}}<br /> '''François Martin''' (1634– octobre 1706) was the first Governor General of [[Puducherry (union territory)|Pondicherry]]. In 1673, Sher Khan Lodi, the governor of Valokondapuranam under the sultan of Bijapur granted Francois Martin, director of the Masulipatnam lodge, a site for a settlement. A shrewd and able administrator, he founded Pondicherry, the future capital of [[French India]] in 1674.<br /> He is known as the Father of Puducherry.&lt;ref&gt;Donald F. Lach, Edwin J. Van Kley, ''Asia in the Making of Europe, Volume III: A Century of Advance'' (1998), p. 258.&lt;/ref&gt; <br /> <br /> He was Commissioner of [[French East India Company]] before holding this post and was preceded by [[François Baron]] and succeeded by Pierre Dulivier. His ''Mémoires'' provide an accurate account of early French settlements in India. There is a street named after François Martin in Pondicherry.<br /> <br /> ==References==<br /> {{reflist}}<br /> <br /> ==Titles==<br /> {{S-start}}<br /> {{S-gov}}<br /> {{Succession box <br /> | title=[[Commissioner]] of [[French India]] &lt;br&gt;(Acting) <br /> | years=1681 &amp;ndash; October 1693<br /> | before= [[François Baron]] <br /> | after=Dutch Occupation&lt;br&gt; (September 1693-September 1699) <br /> }}<br /> <br /> {{Succession box <br /> | title=[[Governor-General]] of [[French India]] <br /> | years=September 1699 &amp;ndash; 31 December 1706<br /> | before=Dutch Occupation&lt;br&gt; (September 1693-September 1699) <br /> | after=[[Pierre Dulivier]] <br /> }}<br /> {{S-end}}<br /> <br /> {{Authority control}}<br /> {{DEFAULTSORT:Martin, Francois}}<br /> [[Category:French colonial governors and administrators]]<br /> [[Category:Governors of French India]]<br /> [[Category:1634 births]]<br /> [[Category:1706 deaths]]<br /> <br /> <br /> {{Puducherry-politician-stub}}</div>

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