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Dictionary of Indian Biography G to I
Date transcribed | 2011-04-00 | Transcribed by | Peter Bailey | Comment | Note that notables of Indian, Afghan, etc. origin do not always follow the alphabetical name pattern established by Buckland in his original work. |
| Surnames | Godeheu | | First Name(s) | M. | | Year of Birth | ? | | Year of Death | ? | | Entry | Member of Council at Chandernagore and befriended by Dupleix while the latter was the Intendant there, before 1741 : Director of the Company of the Indies in France : sent out by the French Ministry as Commissary of the French King, and Governor-General of the French Settlements, to supersede Dupleix, conclude peace with the English, and examine Dupleix's accounts : reached Pondicherry, Aug. 1, 1754 : ruined Dupleix by rejecting his claims for sums advanced from his private means, and by his reports : in negotiating with Saunders, the English Governor at Madras, Godeheu reversed Dupleix's policy, and gave up nearly all the points at issue, thus diminishing the French position in India : left Pondicherry for France in Feb. 1755. |
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A List of eminent persons who served in British India, together with short biographical notes of each
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