Where did the French East India Company first establish its factory in

Where did the French East India Company first establish its factory in India?

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The French East India Company first established its factory in Surat.

The French East India Company (Compagnie française des Indes orientales) was founded in 1664 by Jean-Baptiste Colbert. Their first trading post (factory) in India was established in Surat in 1668. Surat was a major port city on the west coast of India at that time, already utilized by other European trading companies like the English and Dutch.

Subsequent French factories were established in Masulipatnam (1669), Pondicherry (1673), Chandernagore (1692), and other places. Pondicherry later became the principal French settlement and headquarters in India.

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