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The article discusses the representation of French India at the French India pavilion during the 1931 Colonial Exposition in Paris, France. Topics considered include the French empire, collective memory, colonial historiography, colonial administration during the French Third Republic. It discusses the changing fortunes of Pondichéry, India, which began as an 18th century French colonial outpost, but was traded back and forth with the British as a result of ongoing hostilities between the countries. The biography of French commercial broker Ananda Ranga of the Compagnie des Indes (French East India Co.) is considered.