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            | Article Name : |  |  | SOCIO-POLITICAL AND ECONOMIC SETTING IN FRENCH POSSESSIONS  IN COROMANDEL COAST |  | Author Name : |  |  | S. Metilda Mary |  | Publisher : |  |  | Ashok Yakkaldevi |  | Article Series No. : |  |  | ROR-11486 |  | Article : |  |  |  | Author Profile |  | Abstract : |  |  | On the permission given by the vassal of the Bijapur Sultan, Sher Khan Lodi, the French established themselves at Pondicherry in the Tamil Country, on the Coromandel Coast in 1673-74. |  | Keywords : |  |  |  |  |  |  |