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'''François Martin''' ( | '''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. | ||
He is known as the Father of Puducherry.<ref>Donald F. Lach, Edwin J. Van Kley, ''Asia in the Making of Europe, Volume III: A Century of Advance'' (1998), p. 258.</ref> | He is known as the Father of Puducherry.<ref>Donald F. Lach, Edwin J. Van Kley, ''Asia in the Making of Europe, Volume III: A Century of Advance'' (1998), p. 258.</ref> | ||
He was Commissioner of [[French East India Company]] before holding this post and was preceded by [[François Baron]] and succeeded by Pierre Dulivier. There is a street named after François Martin in Pondicherry. | 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. | ||
==References== | ==References== | ||
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