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French East India Company
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Reorganization and the Era of Dupleix (1720–1750s)
The 1719 restructuring merged the original Company with several smaller, regional charter groups, creating the Compagnie perpétuelle des Indes. This new entity received significant financial support from John Law’s speculative bubble, the Mississippi Company, which briefly inflated the Company's perceived worth by 400% before the collapse of 1720. Despite this fiscal turbulence, the operational base in India, centered around [Pondichéry (Puducherry)](/entries/pondi…