JEAN LAW DE LAURISTON


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Jean Law de Lauriston

As far as I can see, there is nothing that you could call government between Patna and Delhi. If men in the position of Shujaa-ud-daulah would loyally join me, I could not only beat off the English, but would undertake the administration of the Empire.
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He tried but his troops were defeated in 1761 and he was taken prisoner by the English. Not generally known but the French East India Company had designs on India as well as the English. They had a colony there in 1688 and there is a French Speaking community there to this day.

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Baron Jean Law de Lauriston, was born on October 5, 1719 in Paris. He was twice Governor General of Pondicherry. Not much is known about his life, but his contributions to the French Colonial Empire are notable.