Following is a list of senators of French India, people who have represented the colony of

French India French India, formally the ( en, French Settlements in India), was a French colony comprising five geographically separated enclaves on the Indian Subcontinent that had initially been factories of the French East India Company. They were ''de ...

in the

Senate of France The Senate (french: Sénat, ) is the upper house of the French Parliament, with the lower house being the National Assembly, the two houses constituting the legislature of France. The French Senate is made up of 348 senators (''sénateurs'' a ...

. Officially called the Établissements français dans l'Inde, the colony consisted of five small enclaves, of which

Pondicherry Pondicherry (), now known as Puducherry ( French: Pondichéry ʊdʊˈtʃɛɹi(listen), on-dicherry, is the capital and the most populous city of the Union Territory of Puducherry in India. The city is in the Puducherry district on the sout ...

was the largest.

Third Republic

Senators for French India under the

French Third Republic The French Third Republic (french: Troisième République, sometimes written as ) was the system of government adopted in France from 4 September 1870, when the Second French Empire collapsed during the Franco-Prussian War, until 10 July 1940 ...

were:Annuaire des Établissements français dans l'Inde pour l'année 1932. * Pierre Desbassyns de Richemont (36 March 1876–1882) * Jacques Hébrard (8 January 1882–1891) * Jules Godin (11 January 1891–1909) * Étienne Flandin (7 January1909–1922) died in office * Henri Gaebelé (9 March 1922–1924) resigned *

Paul Bluysen Paul Luc Olivier Bluysen (10 April 1861 – 10 September 1928) was a French journalist and politician. He was deputy and then senator for French India from 1910 to 1928. Early years Paul Bluysen was born on 10 April 1861 in Paris. His family wa ...

(9 December 1924–1928) died in office * Docteur Eugène Le Moignic (1928–1944)

Fourth Republic

Senators for French India under the

French Fourth Republic The French Fourth Republic (french: Quatrième république française) was the Republicanism, republican government of France from 27 October 1946 to 4 October 1958, governed by the fourth republican constitution. It was in many ways a revival of ...

were: *

Maurice Paquirissamypoullé Maurice Paquirissamypoullé, or Paquirissamy-Poullé, (9 August 1906 – 13 January 1956) was a rice trader and politician from the colony of Karaikal in French India. He represented the colony in the Council of the Republic from 1947 until 1955, ...

(1947–1955) * Caïlacha Subbiah (1947–1948)

References

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* * {{DEFAULTSORT:French India, List of senators of Lists of members of the Senate (France) by department