NOSTALGIA OF THE FRENCH IN YANAM

Many European countries came to India for trading purpose. Among them the Portuguese were the first followed by the Dutch, the Danes, the English and the French. The French was the last of the west European power to reach the Indian shores during the second half of the seventeenth century. The French established their settlements on the western as well as on the eastern coasts of India. One such eastern coast settlement was Yanam which is the smallest enclave of the French in India. It is a part of Andhra Pradesh geographically and ethnically but politically and administratively was part of Po... Mehr ...