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France–India relations

December 20, 2023

France–India relations (French: Relations entre la France et l'Inde; Hindi: भारत-फ्रांस संबंध) are the bilateral relations between France and India, two countries that have traditionally been close and friendly. Both countries have a 'special relationship' with each other,[1] so much so that by August 2019, France has been called "India's new best friend" by a researcher of the Hudson Institute.[2] Both nations have a centuries-old history of trade relations. From the 17th century until 1954, France maintained a colonial presence in the Indian subcontinent; Puducherry, one of its former Indian territories, is a popular tourism destination for French travellers to India.

France–India relations

France
India
Diplomatic mission
Embassy of France, New DelhiEmbassy of India, Paris
Envoy
French Ambassador to India Emmanuel LenainIndian Ambassador to France Jawed Ashraf
Prime minister of India, Narendra Modi meeting with the president of the French Republic, Emmanuel Macron, on the sidelines of the G-20 Summit, in Rome, Italy on October 30, 2021.

With the establishment of the strategic partnership in 1998, there has been significant progress in all areas of bilateral cooperation through regular high-level exchanges at the head of state/head of government levels and growing commercial exchanges including in strategic areas such as defence, nuclear energy and space. France was the first country with which India entered into an agreement on nuclear energy following the waiver given by the International Atomic Energy Agency and the Nuclear Suppliers’ Group, enabling India to resume full civil nuclear cooperation with the international community. There is also a growing and wide-ranging cooperation in areas such as trade and investment, culture, science and technology and education. France has consistently supported India's goals for a multipolar world, led by regional democracies.

History edit

Main articles: French India and French East India Company
See also: Franco-Indian alliances and Municipal administration in French India
 
Portrait of Benoît de Boigne during his service of the Maratha Empire.

An Indian Christian priest, Saint Severus settled in Vienne, France in the 5th century. In the 17th century François Bernier (1625–1688), a French physician and traveler, became for 12 years the personal physician of the Mughal emperor Aurangzeb.

In the 18th century, France was actively involved in the European colonial powerplay in the Indian Ocean region.

The French General Dupleix was allied to Murzapha Jung in the Deccan, and Chanda Sahib in the Carnatic Wars, in the conflict against Robert Clive of the East India Company. These relationships were beneficial to the French, and French allies gifted areas such as the Alamparai Fort in return for the services provided by the French against the British East India Company.

 
Statue of Dupleix in Pondicherry, India[3]

The French succeeded in the 1746 Battle of Madras, and the French and Indians fought together and vanquished Anwaruddin in 1749, but failed in the Battle of Arcot in 1751 and finally surrendered in 1752.[4] The French again had a success at the capture of Fort St David in 1758 under Lally, but were finally defeated at Machilipatnam (1759) and Vandavasi (1760).[4]

The French military adventurer and mercenary, Benoît de Boigne, made his name in India under the Marathas, whom he assisted in many battles against the Rajputs.[5]

French had lost pre-eminence in India with the Treaty of Paris (1763), although five trading posts were being maintained there, leaving opportunities for disputes and power-play with the British.[6] France was successful in supporting the Patriot cause during American War of Independence in 1776, and wished to expel the British from India as well.[6]

In 1782, Louis XVI sealed an alliance with the Maratha Peshwa Madhav Rao Narayan. As a consequence Bussy moved his troops to Ile de France (Mauritius) and later contributed to the French effort in India in 1783.[6][7] Admiral Suffren became the ally of Hyder Ali in the Second Anglo-Mysore War against the British East India Company in 1782–1783, engaging in five battles against the Royal Navy on the coasts of India and Ceylon.[8][9] Between February 1782 until June 1783, Suffren fought the English admiral Sir Edward Hughes, and collaborated with the rulers of Mysore.[9][10] An army of 3,000 French soldiers collaborated with Hyder Ali to capture Cuddalore.

While the British established their authority over the Madras Presidency (covering the modern Indian states of Andhra Pradesh and Tamil Nadu), France retained control of Pondicherry, Karikal, Yanam, and Mahé, as well as maintaining a foothold in Chandannagar, now in West Bengal.[11] During the British Raj, many Indian independence activists (Subramania Bharati, Lala Lajpat Rai, Sri Aurobindo) sought refuge in French establishments in India to stay out of reach of the British colonial authorities.

Sikh-French relations edit

Maharaja Ranjit Singh had more than 2000 French soldiers in his military. Three became generals and were key in the modernization of the Khalsa Army. He also hired many Italian, American, Spanish and Prussian soldiers. The Fauj-i-Khas was also known as the French division of the army and had French battle standard with its tricolor and eagle. The men who spearheaded the Europeanization of the army was Jean Francois Allard and Jean-Baptiste Ventura.[12] Even now a bust of Maharaja Ranjit Singh is in Saint-Tropez, France.[13][14]

India in World War I and World War II edit

See also: World War I casualties
 
Indian reinforcements of 7th (Meerut) Division at Givenchy in December 1914 heading to participate at Battle of La Bassée during the Winter operations 1914–1915
 
Indian bicycle troops on the Western Front (World War I) at the Battle of the Somme

Indian Expeditionary Force A, Indian Army Service Corps and Imperial Service Troops contributed to defend France during World War I and World War II.

Darwan Singh Negi, Gabar Singh Negi, Gobind Singh Rathore and Mir Dast were awarded the Victoria Cross for exceptional gallantry on French battlefields.[15] Flight Lieutenant Hardit Singh Malik of No. 28 Squadron RFC flew a Sopwith Camel over France during WWI.

 
Anneau de la Mémoire memorial of Notre Dame de Lorette Ablain St.-Nazaire French Military Cemetery on Vimy Ridge lists the names of Indian wartime casualties in France
 
A Benet–Mercier machine gun section of 2nd Rajput Light Infantry of British Indian Army in action in Flanders, during the winter of 1914–15.

Some of the more prominent battles involving troops from the India:

India suffered the greatest World War I casualties amongst dominions, colonies, protectorates, mandates and other territories of the British Empire. It is estimated that between 64,449 and 73,895 Indians died in Europe during the First World War (compared to between 59,330 and 62,081 Australians and between 58,639 and 64,997 Canadians).[16][17][18]

Of the 130,000 Indians who served in Somme and Flanders theatre of operations during World War One, almost 9,000 died.[19][20][21] According to the Commonwealth War Graves Commission, 8128 graves of soldiers of the Indian Army and porters of the Indian Labour Corps who perished in WWI and WWII are located in France.[22]

Marshal Ferdinand Foch, the French Commander at the Battle of Neuve Chapelle (4,200 Indian casualties), acknowledged the contribution of troops from India and said: "Return to your homes in the distant, sun-bathed East and proclaim how your countrymen drenched with their blood the cold northern land of France and Flanders, how they delivered it by their ardent spirit from the firm grip of a determined enemy; tell all India that we shall watch over their graves with the devotion due to all our dead. We shall cherish above all the memory of their example. They showed us the way, they made the first steps towards the final victory."[23]

 
The Monument aux Morts French India War Memorial on the Beach Road in Pondicherry
 
India Gate in New Delhi commemorates the sacrifices of Indian troops including on World War I and World War II battlefields in France

Due to Hindu funeral rites – where mortal remains are cremated – most Indian casualties are commemorated with inscriptions on war memorials at Neuve-Chapelle Indian Memorial and the Anneau de la Mémoire of Notre Dame de Lorette Ablain St.-Nazaire French Military Cemetery rather than with individual graves. Ayette Indian and Chinese Cemetery, La Chapelette British and Indian Cemetery, Neuville-Sous-Montreuil Indian Cemetery, Gorre British and Indian Cemetery, Zelobes Indian Cemetery, Étaples Military Cemetery, Saint-Martin-lès-Boulogne Meerut Military Cemetery, Cabaret-Rouge British Cemetery, Béthune Town Cemetery, Arques-la-Bataille British Cemetery and Mazargues War Cemetery, Marseilles are examples of military cemeteries which contain graves or memorials to Indian casualties in France. Dieppe Canadian War Cemetery contains the grave of Pilot Officer Dastur Rustom Nariman of the Royal Indian Air Force 12 Sqdn.(R.A.F.).[24] Colonial troops and labourers, including those from the Indian Subcontinent, are collectively identified as lascars[25] in French military necropolis as can be observed at Notre Dame de Lorette Ablain St.-Nazaire French Military Cemetery.

A small number of Indians from French India, notably from Chandannagar, served as colonial infantrymen in the French Army during World War I.[26] The Monument aux Morts in Pondicherry was built in memory of colonial troops from French India. Pondicherry responded to the June 1940 appeal by Charles de Gaulle and became the first French territory to abandon the collaborationist Vichy regime and join Free France.[27]

Cession of French territories in India edit

Further information: Coup d'état of Yanaon

France established diplomatic relations with the newly independent India in 1947. An agreement between France and India in 1948 stipulated that the inhabitants of France's Indian possessions would choose their political future. A treaty of cession was signed by the two countries in May 1956. It was ratified by the French parliament in May 1962. On 16 August 1962 India and France exchanged the instruments of ratification under which France ceded to India full sovereignty over the territories it held. Pondicherry and the other enclaves of Karaikal, Mahe and Yanam came to be administered as the Union Territory of Puducherry from 1 July 1963.

The merits and deficiencies of French colonial presence in India is disputed on accounts of the exploitative nature of colonial trade, segregation of French subjects within the colonial possessions along ethnic lines (Europeans and Creoles were differentiated from ethnic Indians on electoral lists) and the colonial use of indenture labour.

Development of bilateral relations edit

Main article: Foreign policy of Narendra Modi

The bilateral relations with France, although globally positive, fluctuated in function of defence sales to Pakistan (Exocet missiles, Dassault Mirage III, Dassault Mirage 5 & Breguet Atlantic aircraft and Daphné-class & Agosta 90B-class submarines) and were offset by especially strong relations in the fields of civil nuclear energy and aerospace.

Visits by heads of state and heads of government edit

A key milestone in the bilateral relationship was the visit in 1998 by President Jacques Chirac. The visit elevated the relationship through the signing of India's first ever strategic partnership.[28]

In January 2008, President Nicolas Sarkozy visited India and was the chief guest at India's Republic Day parade.[29]

In September 2008, Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh made a major visit to France.[30]

On 14 July 2009, Prime Minister of India Manmohan Singh was the Guest of Honour for the Bastille Day Celebrations held in Paris. The 2009 Bastille Day military parade opened with a contingent of Indian troops drawn from the three services (Indian Army, Indian Navy and Indian Air Force).[31] Soldiers including Jawans of Maratha Light Infantry[32] Regiment Centre (MLIRC) marched down the Avenue Champs-Élysées to the sound of an Indian military band playing Indian martial tunes including Saare Jahan Se Achcha, Haste Lushai and Kadam Kadam Badaye Ja.[33]

French President Sarkozy undertook his second visit to India from 4–7 December 2010.

French President Francois Hollande visited India on 14–15 February 2013.

Indian Prime-Minister Narendra Modi was in Paris on 10–11 April 2015 for strategic bilateral discussions with French President François Hollande.[34] A joint status report established the current state of the bilateral relationship and plans for the future through the April 2015 India-France joint statement.[35]

On 30 November 2015, Indian Prime-Minister Narendra Modi travelled to France for a 2-day visit to attend the COP 21 2015 United Nations Climate Change Conference in Paris.[36] Narendra Modi and François Hollande jointly invited over 100 world leaders to join InSPA (International Agency for Solar Policy & Application) – a global initiative to promote low-carbon renewable solar energy technologies.[37][38][39]

January 2016 visit by French President François Hollande edit

A French delegation headed by President François Hollande and including several French cabinet ministers (foreign minister Laurent Fabius, defence minister Jean-Yves Le Drian, finance minister Michel Sapin, culture minister Fleur Pellerin and environment minister Segolene Royal)[40] travelled to India on 24 January 2016 for a 3-day visit.

Speaking at the Indo-French CEOs Forum and the India France Business Summit in Chandigarh on 24 January 2016, President François Hollande set the tone for the visit by stating his intentions: "My visit has 2 main goals – Consolidate the strategic partnership with India and implement decisions taken during Prime Minister Narendra Modi's visit to France". Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi reciprocated by declaring that "India and France are made for each other" (...) "The trust and friendship with France is an asset for us" and by emphasising the need to consolidate people-to-people ties between India & France: "Our strategic partnership is not just between Paris and New Delhi. It is with each and every one of you".[41][42]

French President François Hollande was the chief guest at the 67th. Indian Republic Day parade in New Delhi on 26 January 2016.[43][44][45][46] France,along with Britain are the only countries to be invited a record-setting 5 times to the highly symbolic national ceremonial event.[47][48] The 2016 Indian Republic Day parade included the first-ever participation of foreign troops in the march-past.[49] 124 French Army soldiers from the 35th. Infantry Regiment of the 7th. Armoured Brigade based in Belfort and a ceremonial military band-music contingent based in Lyon marched down Rajpath in New Delhi.[50]

The visit gained favourable media coverage which underscored the consistently cordial[51][52][53][54][55] and exceptional nature[56][57][58] of Indo-French bilateral relations and decoded the political significance of the protocol courtesies extended to France.[59][60] Leading Indian newspapers published editorials lauding successful bilateral cooperation in the domains of science and technology, aerospace, nuclear energy, defence and counter-terrorism.[61][62][63][64][65][66] Kanwal Sibal, the former Foreign Secretary of India and who had also been India's Ambassador to France opined: "He (President Hollande) recognises the esteem India has for France and the growing affinity between the two countries."[67] (...) "Hollande attaches value to the personal rapport he has developed with Modi, recognises the dynamism he is imparting to the Indian economy and believes in the growing affinity between the two countries. On this basis the Indo-French strategic ties should grow in strength."[68]

March 2018 visit by French President Emmanuel Macron edit

Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi received the French President Emmanuel Macron. The two counterparts discussed the French-Indian relations over the years and signed multiple agreements. Modi commented that although the strategic partnership between the two countries is "just 20 years old, our cultural and spiritual partnership is older. The values of liberty, equality, and fraternity echo not just in France but have been embedded in India’s Constitution as well." Macron told the media, "We want India as our first strategic partner here, and we want to be India’s first strategic partner in Europe, and even the western world."[69]

In August 2019, Aparna Pande, Research fellow at the Hudson Institute, penned an article claiming that France had become India's new best friend, replacing Russia as India's closest international partner.[2]

Strategic partnership edit

Main article: Free and Open Indo-Pacific
See also: India–European Union relations
Further information: Neighbourhood first policy, Look East policy (India), Act East policy, and Foreign policy of Narendra Modi

India-France partnership covers all aspects of bilateral cooperation which involve a strategic component. It is based on close cooperation in the sectors of defense, civil nuclear energy, space and security (cyber security, counter-terrorism, intelligence) and now includes a strong Indo-Pacific component.[70]

The strategic partnership has profited from sustained political investments made at the senior-most levels of decision making. The long-standing relationship between France and India has resulted in extensive co-operation in the domains of aerospace and civil nuclear energy besides military matters. Science and technology cooperation, deep-rooted cultural ties, and a historically francophile literary & fine-arts community in India has provided solid foundations for the strategic relationship. In November 2011, the Foundation for National Security Research in New Delhi published India’s Strategic Partners: A Comparative Assessment and ranked India's top strategic partners with a score out of 90 points : Russia comes out on top with 62, followed by the United States (58), France (51), UK (41), Germany (37), and Japan (34).[71]

Voting patterns of France in the UN Security Council on matters of core interest to India has endeared the country as all-weather friend of India. France was one of the few nations who did not condemn India's nuclear tests in 1998[citation needed]and has supported India's bid to become a permanent member of the UN Security Council as well as G-8.[28][72] France is one of the largest suppliers of nuclear fuel to India, and signed a "Framework Agreement for Civil Nuclear Co-operation" in January 2008.[30] After India's waiver from the Nuclear Suppliers Group (NSG), both nations signed an agreement that would pave the way for the sale of French-made nuclear reactors to India on 30 September 2008.[30][73] France is a major supplier of military equipment to India. Procurement of Dassault Mirage 2000 fighter aircraft and a squadron of DCNS Scorpène-class submarines (called Kalvari-class submarines) are examples of strategic defence acquisitions.[74] The armed-services of both nations conduct joint-exercises on an annual basis. France and India also maintain a discreet "strategic dialogue" that covers joint cooperation against terrorism. The strategic autonomy of the French Force de frappe resonates well within Indian strategic circles.

French Overseas regions of Réunion and Mayotte establish French sovereign presence in the Indian Ocean. Réunion has a significant ethnic Indian population colloquially called Malbars and which includes all Réunionnais of Indian origin. Réunion's location in the Indian Ocean makes France ideally positioned to leverage advantages of the Neighbourhood first policy and Indian Ocean outreach priorities which were announced by the government of Narendra Modi.[75]

On 20 November 2015, a week after the attacks in Paris, French Minister Laurent Fabius visited New Delhi and met with Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Foreign Minister Sushma Swaraj. The talks centered around enhancing cooperation to fight terrorism, as well as preparations for the 2015 Climate summit in Paris. After the meeting Fabius stated that France and India were "in the same boat" with regards to terrorism saying, "I want to say that France is grateful for tremendous support it has received from the international community including Indian friends ... We have a good cooperation with our Indian friends on this. I was discussion it this morning with Prime Minister Modi. We shall develop our cooperation."[76][77]

Institutional structure for dialogue edit

France and India have instituted a Strategic Dialogue at the level of National Security Advisers whose 27th round of Strategic Dialogue was held in Paris on 12–13 January 2015. The last Foreign Office Consultations at the level of Foreign Secretaries was held in Paris on 17 June 2013.

Military relation edit

 
Indian Navy and French Navy during exercise of Varuna 2022.

Defense partnership and cooperation is built on historic French and Indian military interactions which stretch back to the Carnatic Wars. India was heavily involved in both World War I and World War II and suffered huge loss of lives on battlefields in France.[78][79][80][81][82][83][84][85][86][87][88]

A 400-strong contingent of the Indian armed forces led the Bastille Day parade in 2009 for which the Prime Minister of India was the Guest of Honour – the first time ever that Indian troops took part in another country's national day parade.

Under the framework of the structured talks under the Indo-French Defence Cooperation Agreement several meetings on industrial collaboration and service exchanges are held regularly. The 3rd meeting of the JWG on Counter-terrorism was held in New Delhi on 19–20 November 2012. The 11th meeting of the Indo-French Research Forum (IFRF) was held in Paris from 17 to 19 December 2012. The 15th. High Level Committee for Defence Cooperation (HCDC) at the level of Defence Secretaries, met in Paris on 12 January 2015.

 
Indian Su-30MKI and Tejas with French Rafale in the middle of the formation during Exercise Garuda 2022.

Indo-French Air Force Exercise Garuda IV was held at Istres air base in France from 14 to 25 June 2010. Indo-French Joint Naval Exercise Varuna was held in the Mediterranean sea off the port of Toulon from 19 to 22 July 2012. The first Indo-France joint army exercise named Shakti was conducted in India at Chaubattia from 9–22 October 2011. In 2013, Army chief General Bikram Singh visited Commandement des Forces Terrestres Land Forces Command in Lille and the French Military School at Draguignan. In 2015, Vice Admiral SPS Cheema, FOC-in-C West was hosted by the French Navy at Toulon. The Indo-French Joint Army exercise was held in Rajasthan, India from 19 to 21 January 2016.

Indian Prime Minister Modi stated that "We consider France one of our most reliable defense allies."[89]

Indian and French Navies will be able to use each other's naval bases, under an agreement signed in 2018.[90] Indian warships will be able to use French bases in Indian and southern Pacific oceans.[91]

At the Shangri-La Dialogue in Singapore in 2018, French and British defense ministers announced they would sail warships through the South China Sea to challenge China's military expansion.[92]

During Prime Minister Narendra Modi's visit to Paris in July 2023, India and France agreed to develop new generation military contracts that could be worth an estimated €9 billion ($10 billion).[93]

Intensified collaboration with India and the Quad edit

See also: Quadrilateral Security Dialogue

On 9 September 2020, France, India and Australia held their first India-France-Australia Trilateral Dialogue, with their foreign secretaries meeting through videoconference. They discussed geostrategic challenges, their respective strategies for a free, open and inclusive Indo-Pacific, and prospects for cooperation in the region, especially in the context of the covid public health crisis.[94]

In February 2021, France announced that a French Rubis-class nuclear attack submarine, Emeraude, has successfully concluded a passage of the South China Sea to prove the capacity for the connection with Australian, American and Japanese strategic partners.[95]

On 24 February, a India-France-Australia Trilateral Dialogue meeting was held, to take stock of the progress made on the outcomes of the foreign secretary level trilateral dialogue held in September 2020.[96] This included amongst others maritime security, humanitarian aid and disaster relief, blue economy, protection of marine global commons, combatting illegal fishing, and cooperation in multilateral fora. They also discussed the next steps to be taken for furthering trilateral cooperation in the Indo-Pacific region.[96]

On 30 March 2021, French Navy’s amphibious assault helicopter carrier Tonnerre and escort frigate Surcouf arrived at the Kochi port in Kerala, India, ahead of a joint naval exercise with the four Quad member countries.[97] The French naval drill exercise is called La Perouse and is scheduled to take place from 5 to 7 April 2021. The 2021 edition will be the first edition with participants from all four Quad members. The two warships are on a five-month-long deployment in the Indo-Pacific.

On 13 April 2021, a new India-France-Australia Trilateral Dialogue meeting is planned in New Delhi.[98]

Trade and investment edit

Indo-French bilateral trade has been growing though it has still not reached the €12 billion target set by both the Governments during the visit of the French President to India in January 2008. In 2011, bilateral trade had increased by 6% to €7.46 billion. In the first ten months of 2012, there has been a decrease of 3.71% in the bilateral trade overall the same period of 2011. Based on the annual data, the Indian exports of services to France have shown a growth in the last three years reaching €1.32 bn in 2011 while the imports from France fell to €0.66 bn in the same year.

Foreign direct investment (FDI) edit

France is the 9th largest foreign investor in India with a cumulative investment of approximately US$3 billion [Investment was of the order of US$2.98 billion during the period April 2000 to June 2012, which represents 2% of total inflows]. The technical and financial collaborations approved with France number 952. Top sectors attracting FDI inflows from France are Chemicals (other than fertilisers) (18.80%), Cement and Gypsum Products (15.82%), Services Sector (financial & non-financial) (9.41%), Fuels (power & oil refinery) (6.47%) & Electrical Equipments (including computer software & electronics) (5.34%) and auto sector. There are about 800 French companies in India (subsidiaries or JVs, representative offices or branch offices with about 150,000 employees).

In 2011, India was the 13th largest foreign investor in France in terms of project numbers. Indian Investments in France have been growing and Indian companies have invested around €1 billion from April 1996 in different sectors like pharmaceuticals (Ranbaxy and Wockhardt), Software (Tata Consultancy Services, Infosys & Wipro), Wine (Kingfisher), Steel (Tata, Electrosteel), Plastics (Sintex Plastics Technology Limited), Railway wagons (Titagarh Wagons), Aerospace (Cades/Axis) & Autoparts (Jyoti) etc.110 Indian-owned companies, including 27 greenfield investments, are present in France and are employing over 5,600 persons.

The Indo-French CEOs Forum, formed in 2009, has been tasked to identify new avenues for cooperation and take initiatives to facilitate business links between both countries. The 16th session of the Joint Committee for Economic and Technical Cooperation, at the level of Ministers of Commerce which deals with issues related to commerce and trade, was held on 23–25 June 2010 in Paris. The fifth meeting of India France CEOs’ Forum was held in New Delhi on 22–23 November 2012.

Aerospace edit

Aviation edit

Indian companies are major clients for Airbus & ATR aircraft. Air India, IndiGo and AirAsia India host extensive fleets of Airbus passenger aircraft.

France has been a long-standing and reliable supplier of fighter planes and light utility helicopters to the Indian armed services with aircraft such as Breguet Alizé, Dassault Ouragan, Dassault Mystère IV, Sepecat Jaguar, Aerospatiale SA 315B Lama, Aérospatiale Alouette III and Dassault Mirage 2000. France also supplies Turbomeca TM 333 and jointly developed the HAL/Turbomeca Shakti helicopter engines for HAL Dhruv. DRDO 3D Multi-Function Control Radar (MFCR) was developed as part of the Indian anti-ballistic missile programme in cooperation with THALES of France. DCNS is building six Scorpène submarines of the Kalvari class, which will be armed with SM.39 Exocet anti-ship missiles, under a technology transfer agreement at Mazagon Docks in Mumbai.

 
Indian Air Force is slated to acquire 36 Dassault Rafale medium multi-role combat aircraft

Dassault Rafale won the Indian MMRCA competition to supply 126 medium multi-role combat aircraft to the Indian Air Force. In April 2015, the inabilities to conclude negotiations on contractual obligations[99] led the Modi government to transform the acquisition into a G2G procurement for 36 aircraft in flyaway condition to equip 3 squadrons of the Indian Air Force. Defense analysts have voiced concern that equipment procurement requirements which were defined 2 decades ago are out of sync with current requirements and the future nature of air-combat.[100][101][102] Air forces of advanced Western nations, especially US & France, are reorganizing their air forces with increase in space-based assets and downsizing of fleets of manned combat aircraft.[103][104][105][106][107][108] Autonomous drones have become the preferred platform for high-risk missions over enemy territory in both high and low intensity conflict zones. At present, NATO uses aerial reconnaissance drones to monitor the borders of Europe and US uses maritime surveillance drones in the Western Pacific and unmanned combat drones in missions against low-value and unsophisticated targets in Iraq, Afghanistan, Libya and Syria. Defense white-papers published in OECD countries show that use of combat and reconnaissance pilotless vehicles (like the flight-tested[109] Dassault nEUROn and Northrop Grumman X-47B UAVs or the Boeing X-37 robotic spacecraft) will become widespread in the years ahead.[110][111][112][113]

Space edit

ISRO and CNES (French National Space Agency) have an umbrella agreement, operating successfully since 1993, under which joint missions like Megha-Tropiques and SARAL have been successfully developed.[114] ISRO has launched French SPOT satellites (Spot-6 & SPOT-7) on PSLV satellite launch vehicles.

Under a commercial Launch Service Agreement between Antrix Corporation Limited (ANTRIX), the commercial arm of ISRO and ASTRIUM SAS, a Company under EADS, France, two advanced Remote Sensing SPOT satellites were successfully launched in 2013 & 2014 on-board ISRO's Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle.

Arianespace based at France has been the major provider of launch services to Indian Geo-Stationary satellites. Subsequent to the launch of APPLE satellite, 18 Indian satellites have been launched by Arianespace. On 7 October 2016, GSAT-18 communication satellite was launched successfully on board an Ariane 5 VA-231 launcher from Kourou, French Guiana.

Civil nuclear energy edit

A landmark Framework Agreement on Civil Nuclear Cooperation was signed between India and France on 30 September 2008 during the visit of Prime Minister Dr Manmohan Singh to France. Subsequently, during the visit of President Nicolas Sarkozy to India from 4–7 December 2010, the General Framework Agreement and the Early Works Agreement between NPCIL and Areva for implementation of EPR NPP Units at Jaitapur Nuclear Power Project were signed.

Education edit

 
L'Atelier, an open access road-mobile Fab lab involving University of Technology of Compiègne deployed to the 2015 Libre Software Meeting in Beauvais, France.

Indians spend 7.5% of household income on education.[115]

Campus France India, a student recruitment initiative of the French embassy in India, is showcasing France as an education destination for Indian students. From 1 to 7 October 2015 representatives of French universities and visa officers would travel to Bangalore, Chennai, Pune and Kochi for a course opportunities and visa guidance road-show. French government is offering 5-year visas to encourage more Indian students to study in France and allowing students who have completed their studies in France an extra year to look for employment within their sector. In 2014, France hosted 3,000 Indian students many of whom were provided full-scholarships covering costs of education and allowance for boarding, lodging and air-travel. The low costs of high-quality education has made France the third most preferred destination worldwide for international students.[116]

Education, science, and technology edit

Education edit

 
Building of the École française d'Extrême-Orient in Pondicherry

The bilateral educational cooperation between India and France has grown over the last few years. France and India established a Consortrium of Indo-French Universities to increase educational cooperation.[28] Around 300 MoUs have been signed between Indian and French universities and private institutions. The number of Indian students studying in France in various fields has increased over the years. For the academic year 2011–2012, 2550 Indian students came to France.

The framework for bilateral educational cooperation is provided by the Educational Exchange Programme (EEP), which includes mutual recognition of degrees, bolstering the research programme and increasing student-scholar research mobility through a flexible visa regime was signed in 2007 by Joint Secretary, Department of Higher Education, Ministry of Human Resource Development and Secretary, Cooperation and Culture, French Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA). A Joint Working Group has also been set up under the EEP. One of the most important initiatives in the field of education has been the cooperation on the new IIT in Rajasthan, following a joint declaration in 2008. A Letter of Intent (LOI) has been signed in 2012.[citation needed]

In pursuant to the 1956 Treaty establishing De Jure Cession of French Establishments in India, France operates two world-class scientific research laboratories in India : French Institute of Pondicherry (IFP) and the École française d'Extrême-Orient (EFEO). In December 2014, Pondicherry University hosted the inaugural Indo-French Social Sciences Winter School. Pondicherry University and French Institute of Pondicherry (IFP) are jointly conducting the 2016 Social Sciences Winter School on the theme of Mobility and Social Dynamics from 28 November to 2 December 2016. The biennial event is attended by academics from France and India who lead multidisciplinary training workshops addressing theoretical and methodological issues in social science research.[117]

Alliance Française has an extensive network of 19 teaching-centres within India and is very popular for French-language courses and cultural programmes. French is the second most popular European language in India after English.[118]

Scientific and technical cooperation edit

 
India's Vikas rocket engine, which powers both the PSLV and GSLV, benefited from collaboration on the CNES/SEP Viking 4A rocket engine.

France and India view each other as important partners in space technology and applications. Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) and its French counterpart Centre National de Etudes Spatiales (CNES) have a history of cooperation and collaboration spanning about four decades. Scientific community of both nations cooperate in joint radiation experiment, space components development and space education. ISRO Vikas rocket engine benefited from Indo-French scientific collaboration in France on the Viking 4A engine built by CNES/SEP.[119]

The Indo-French Centre for Promotion of Advanced Research (CEFIPRA) is the nodal framework for promoting bilateral scientific cooperation in fundamental and applied research, frontier technologies and exchange of scientists and post doctoral researchers. The office of CEFIPRA has been established in Delhi and the centre is currently funded through an annual corpus of €3 million with India and France equally contributing €1.5 million each. CEFIPRA completes 25 years in 2012. The 25th Anniversary Celebrations of CEFIPRA were formally launched in a programme organised in New Delhi on 6 March 2012. As part of the Silver Jubilee celebrations, a number of programmes have been envisaged; these include holding of seminars, organising science quiz in schools and screening of documentary films.

French authorities have provided land for extending the Maison de l‘Inde in France, which will contribute to augmenting accommodation facilities for Indian students in Paris.

Pasteur Institute in Coonoor, Tamil Nadu which opened on 6 April 1907 is one of the oldest vaccine manufacturing public sectors enterprises in India.

Collaborative efforts to preserve heritage buildings[120] and Vedic literature[121][122][123][124] in former French establishments in India has received popular appreciation among Indian populace and served to promote French technical expertise in restoration of monuments and documents.[125][126][127][128] Indian heritage conservation societies rely heavily on technical assistance and documentary archives of the French Institute of Pondicherry for restoration projects.[129][130][131][132][133][134]

Cultural exchanges edit

Indian culture enjoys a wide and discerning audience among the French population, as is evident in the numerous and frequent cultural events organised all over France, spanning the entire gamut of Indian art, music, dance, cinema and literature. While the Indian Council for Cultural Relations (ICCR) sponsors visits of Indian artists to France as also exchange of students in the field of culture and art, there is a growing number of private impresarios who organise cultural events throughout France. A significant number of Indian artists are therefore giving performances in France regularly on a commercial basis or at the initiative of the various local cultural associations outside the purview of the official exchanges. The Indo-French Cultural Exchange Programme (CEP) provides the overall umbrella for the organisation of a variety of cultural programmes. The last (16th) session of the Joint Commission on Culture which reviews the CEP was held on 29 September 2009, in New Delhi.

The Institut français en Inde is active in Delhi.

Namaste France edit

 
Embassy of India in Paris

The 15-month-long Indian cultural festival- "Namaste France" was held from 14 April 2010 to 28 June 2011. It was successful in terms of putting India on the cultural radar of France. ‘Namaste France’ was a comprehensive presentation of Indian culture including art, music, dance, fashion, tourism, films, and literature as also business and education in both its traditional and contemporary forms.

The Namaste France Festival was organised in response to ‘Bonjour India’ a similar French cultural festival, organised by the French Embassy in India in 2009–2010. During the visit of Hon’ble Minister of Culture, Housing and Urban Poverty Alleviation, Kumari Selja to Paris to inaugurate the exhibition ‘The Last Harvest – Paintings of Tagore at the prestigious Petit Palais museum from 26 January to 11 March 2012, a Declaration of Intent was signed with her French counterpart for further reinforcing cultural cooperation on 26 January 2012. On the same day, a MOU was signed between the Ministry of Culture of India and the Louvre Museum with the aim of establishing an active partnership in the area of exchange of competencies and expertise, particularly in the field of museology, temporary exhibitions and other cultural events.

The 2012 Cannes Film Festival was important for India. For the first time, four Indian films were selected for screening in different categories of the festival namely Miss Lovely, Kalpana, Peddlers and Gangs of Wasseypur. India is going to celebrate 100 years of Indian cinema in 2013. The Cannes Festival (15–26 May 2013), the Vesoul International Film Festival of Asian Cinema (Festival international des cinémas d'Asie) from 5–12 February 2013, and the 35th International Short Film Festival of Clermont-Ferrand (1–9 February 2013) have confirmed India as a ‘Country of Honour’ in 2013 to celebrate the Centenary of the Indian Film Industry.

Bonjour India edit

In 1985 Indian performers were cheered at the Trocadero Alley in Paris, and in 1989 French artists enchanted audiences at Marine Drive in Mumbai. Two decades later, Bonjour India came back with a bang in 2009, and by 2013 it grew into more and more collaborations. Scaling up in its third edition, Bonjour India 2017–18 is a four-month-long mega voyage across India that will celebrate Indo-French partnership as well as shape the next decade of human exchange between the two countries. From November 2017 to February 2018, Bonjour India covers around a 100 programmes and projects in over 30 cities across 20 states & union territories. Bonjour India provides a platform for enduring partnerships highlighting Indo-French innovation and creativity across the themes of Smart Citizen, High Mobility, Go Green.[135]

Diaspora edit

Indian community in France edit

According to statistics published by the Indian Embassy in Paris, the Indian community including NRIs in France is estimated to be around 106,000, largely originating from Puducherry, Karaikal, Yanam, Mahe and Chandranagar. There are large communities of PIOs in overseas territories/departments of France: Reunion Island (about 250,000), Guadeloupe (about 57,000), Martinique (about 6,000) and St. Martin (about 300).[136]

Indians living in France have access to French social security protection and services through an agreement concluded in 2008.[73][137]

French community in India edit

Main article: French people in India

The French in India are predominantly the remnants of the French presence in India,[138][139][140] which began in 1673 with the establishment of French India and continued until 1962 when the French territory was formally transferred to India. The French presence was minor compared to the British and was generally ignored.

There were 12,864 French nationals residing in India in 1988. Nearly all are in the Union Territory of Puducherry in south-eastern India (11,726 individuals in 1988), with much smaller numbers in Karaikal (695 individuals), Mahé (50), Yanam (46), and 342 elsewhere in India.

Economic migration from France has resulted in the rise of skilled French expatriates in the urban population centres of Bangalore, Chennai, Hyderabad, Pune, Mumbai and New Delhi.

The French government had undertaken steps to strengthen Franco-Indian institutional and people-to-people ties.[141][142][143]

Franco-Pondichérien edit

Franco-Pondichérien or simply Pondichérien is a term given to French citizens of Indian or mixed Creole ethnicity who continue to reside in Puducherry and who can trace their nationality to the French colonial period. Franco-Pondichériens constitute less than 2 percent of the present population of Puducherry and whose presence can be termed as ranging from 'ignored' to 'tolerated'. Franco-Pondichériens are socially regarded as foreigners in India. In France, Franco-Pondichériens face racial profiling and discrimination, due to their South Asian or mixed-race ethnicity and are perceived either as second-class citizens or economic immigrants.[144][145]

Franco-Pondichériens are customarily allowed access to Indian schools and universities on par with Non-Resident Indians (NRI).[146] India's tourism boom has turned Pondicherry into a popular travel destination and slowed the population decline of Franco-Pondichériens who find more business and work opportunities locally than having to repatriate to Europe.[147]

Indian Citizenship Act of the Constitution of India forbids dual nationality. It is illegal to concurrently possess an Indian passport and foreign nationality and/or passport. Foreigners who possess Overseas Citizenship of India (OCI) continue to benefit consular protection from their country of nationality. Franco-Pondichériens who have served in the French armed services are disqualified from OCI: "foreign military personnel either in service or retired are not entitled for grant of OCI". Whereas OCI eligibility regarding conscripts who have undergone the mandatory military service or Journée défense et citoyenneté is unclear,[148] Franco-Pondichériens enjoy treaty rights to visit India as guaranteed through Article IX of the 1956 Treaty establishing De Jure Cession of French Establishments in India:[149] "French civil servants, magistrates and military personnel born in the Establishments or keeping there family links shall be permitted to return freely to the Establishments on leave or on retirement."

In February 2015, Indo French Senior Citizens Association staged street-protests in Pondicherry to protest against denial of the French nationality and voting rights derived from the 1956 Treaty establishing De Jure Cession of French Establishments in India.[150] The 1956 treaty binds the Government of France to recognize French citizenship for individuals whose birth and nativity certificate had been registered during the French India regime.[151][152]

In June 2015, locally employed contractual staff at the French Consulate in Pondicherry stopped work to protest against wage discrimination.[153]

Perceptions edit

Social studies conducted by French researchers are prone to emphasise on the lacunae of India's economy rather than achievements and improvements in the sphere of poverty reduction, health-care, education, etc. French media portray India in an unfavourable light by focussing principally on events connected to crimes, corruption, inequalities, poverty, ethnic & religious strife, etc.[154]

The morbid fascination of European tourists with Hindu cremation rituals is perceived as lack of sensitivity besides being a gross invasion of privacy. Hoards of tourists flock to cremation grounds on the banks of the Ganges, especially in Varanasi (Bénarès), to photograph funeral pyres.

BBC World Service country rating poll data for France and India edit

According to a 2014 BBC World Service Poll, 35% of Indians view France's influence positively, 40% neutral and 25% expressing a negative view, while 61% of the French view India's influence positively, 11% neutral and 28% expressing a negative view.[155]

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Further reading edit

  • Agmon, Danna. "The Currency of Kinship: Trading Families and Trading on Family in Colonial French India." Eighteenth-Century Studies (2014): 137-155 online.
  • Agmon, Danna. A Colonial Affair: Commerce, Conversion, and Scandal in French India ((Cornell University Press, 2017) doi:10.7591/j.ctt1vjqrc3
  • Bayly, Susan. “Imagining ‘Greater India’: French and Indian Visions of Colonialism in the Indic Mode.” Modern Asian Studies 38#3, (2004), pp. 703–44, JSTOR 3876687.
  • Beasley, Faith E. Versailles Meets the Taj Mahal: François Bernier, Marguerite de la Sablière and Enlightening Conversations in Seventeenth-Century France (U of Toronto Press, 2018).
  • Chester, Lucy P. “The Mapping of Empire: French and British Cartographies of India in the Late-Eighteenth Century.” Portuguese Studies, vol. 16, (2000), pp. 256–75, JSTOR 41105149.
  • Das, Aditya, ed. Defending British India Against Napoleon: The Foreign Policy of Governor-General Lord Minto, 1807-13 (Boydell & Brewer, 2016).
  • Das, Sonia N. "Failed legacies of colonial linguistics: lessons from Tamil books in French India and French Guiana." Comparative Studies in Society and History 59.4 (2017): 846-883 online.
  • de Vos, F. H. “FRANCOIS CARON AND THE FRENCH EAST INDIA COMPANY.” The Journal of the Ceylon Branch of the Royal Asiatic Society of Great Britain & Ireland 18#55, (1904), pp. 313–20, JSTOR 45384721.
  • Dibadj, Reza. "Compagnie des Indes: governance and bailout." in Origins of shareholder advocacy (Palgrave Macmillan, New York, 2011) pp. 169-186.
  • Goswami, Niranjan, ed. Desiring India: Representations through British and French Eyes 1584-1857. (Jadavpur University Press, 2020) online.
  • Hammerbeck, David. French Theatre, Orientalism, and the Representation of India, 1770-1865: India Lost and Regained (Routledge, 2022).
  • Huttenback, Robert A. "The French Threat to India and British Relations with Sind, 1799-1809." English Historical Review 76.301 (1961): 590-599. JSTOR 558198.
  • Jørgensen, Helle. "Between marginality and universality: present tensions and paradoxes in French colonial cultural heritage, civilizing mission, and citizenship in Puducherry, India." Heritage & Society 10.1 (2017): 45-67.
  • Kennedy, B. E. "Anglo-French Rivalry in Southeast Asia 1763–93: Some Repercussions." Journal of Southeast Asian Studies 4.2 (1973): 199-215.
  • Krishnamurthy, B. “SOME ASPECTS OF THE FRENCH TRADE WITH INDIA (1664-1771).” Proceedings of the Indian History Congress, vol. 40, (1979), pp. 962–72, JSTOR 44142054.
  • McLynn, Frank. 1759: the year Britain became master of the world (Random House, 2011).
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  • Manning, Catherine. Fortunes à faire: the French in Asian trade, 1719–48 (Routledge, 2017).
  • Margerison, Kenneth. “Commercial Liberty, French National Power, and the Indies Trade After the Seven Years’ War.” Historical Reflections / Réflexions Historique 35#3 (2009), pp. 52–73, JSTOR 41403673.
  • Margerison, Kenneth. "French Visions of Empire: Contesting British Power in India after the Seven Years War." English Historical Review 130#544, (2015), pp. 583–612, JSTOR 24474334.
  • Margerison, Kenneth. "Rogue diplomacy: Sartine, Saint-Lubin and the French attempt to recover ‘Lost India’, 1776–80." French History 30.4 (2016): 477-504.
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Historiography edit

  • Bissoondoyal, B. "India as Seen by French Travellers." Indo-Asian Culture (1962) 19#4 pp 434-443.
  • Cameron, Roderick. "The Abbe Dubois" History Today (1958) 8#3 pp 164-169. About the priest in India 1792 to 1832 whose book Hindu Manners, Customs and Ceremonies was influential in Europe.
  • Filliozat, Jean. France and indology (Ramakrishna Mission Institute of Culture, 1955).
  • Filliozat, Jean. "France and indology" Indo-Asian Culture (1956) 5#3 pp 296-313.
  • Marsh, Kate. Narratives of the French Empire: Fiction, nostalgia, and imperial rivalries, 1784 to the present (Lexington Books, 2013).
  • Mohan, Jyoti. Claiming India: French Scholars and the Preoccupation with India in the Nineteenth Century (SAGE Publishing India, 2017) online dissertation version

In French edit

  • David-Néel, Alexandra (2002). L' Inde où j'ai vécu: Avant et après l'indépendance. Paris: Plon.
  • Elfi, Nicole (2008). Aux sources de l'Inde: L'initiation à la connaissance. Paris: Les Belles Lettres.
  • Gautier, François (2005). La caravane intérieure: Récit. Paris: Les Belles lettres.
  • Gautier, François (2008) Les Français en Inde – Pondichéry, Chandernagor, Mahé, Yanaon, Karikal. France Loisirs.

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This article may require copy editing for grammar style cohesion tone or spelling You can assist by editing it February 2023 Learn how and when to remove this template message France India relations French Relations entre la France et l Inde Hindi भ रत फ र स स ब ध are the bilateral relations between France and India two countries that have traditionally been close and friendly Both countries have a special relationship with each other 1 so much so that by August 2019 France has been called India s new best friend by a researcher of the Hudson Institute 2 Both nations have a centuries old history of trade relations From the 17th century until 1954 France maintained a colonial presence in the Indian subcontinent Puducherry one of its former Indian territories is a popular tourism destination for French travellers to India France India relationsFrance IndiaDiplomatic missionEmbassy of France New DelhiEmbassy of India ParisEnvoyFrench Ambassador to India Emmanuel LenainIndian Ambassador to France Jawed AshrafPrime minister of India Narendra Modi meeting with the president of the French Republic Emmanuel Macron on the sidelines of the G 20 Summit in Rome Italy on October 30 2021 With the establishment of the strategic partnership in 1998 there has been significant progress in all areas of bilateral cooperation through regular high level exchanges at the head of state head of government levels and growing commercial exchanges including in strategic areas such as defence nuclear energy and space France was the first country with which India entered into an agreement on nuclear energy following the waiver given by the International Atomic Energy Agency and the Nuclear Suppliers Group enabling India to resume full civil nuclear cooperation with the international community There is also a growing and wide ranging cooperation in areas such as trade and investment culture science and technology and education France has consistently supported India s goals for a multipolar world led by regional democracies Contents 1 History 1 1 Sikh French relations 1 2 India in World War I and World War II 1 3 Cession of French territories in India 2 Development of bilateral relations 2 1 Visits by heads of state and heads of government 2 1 1 January 2016 visit by French President Francois Hollande 2 1 2 March 2018 visit by French President Emmanuel Macron 3 Strategic partnership 3 1 Institutional structure for dialogue 4 Military relation 4 1 Intensified collaboration with India and the Quad 5 Trade and investment 5 1 Foreign direct investment FDI 5 2 Aerospace 5 2 1 Aviation 5 2 2 Space 5 3 Civil nuclear energy 5 4 Education 6 Education science and technology 6 1 Education 6 2 Scientific and technical cooperation 7 Cultural exchanges 7 1 Namaste France 7 2 Bonjour India 8 Diaspora 8 1 Indian community in France 8 2 French community in India 8 2 1 Franco Pondicherien 9 Perceptions 9 1 BBC World Service country rating poll data for France and India 10 See also 11 References 12 Further reading 12 1 Historiography 12 2 In French 13 External linksHistory editMain articles French India and French East India Company See also Franco Indian alliances and Municipal administration in French India nbsp Portrait of Benoit de Boigne during his service of the Maratha Empire An Indian Christian priest Saint Severus settled in Vienne France in the 5th century In the 17th century Francois Bernier 1625 1688 a French physician and traveler became for 12 years the personal physician of the Mughal emperor Aurangzeb In the 18th century France was actively involved in the European colonial powerplay in the Indian Ocean region The French General Dupleix was allied to Murzapha Jung in the Deccan and Chanda Sahib in the Carnatic Wars in the conflict against Robert Clive of the East India Company These relationships were beneficial to the French and French allies gifted areas such as the Alamparai Fort in return for the services provided by the French against the British East India Company nbsp Statue of Dupleix in Pondicherry India 3 The French succeeded in the 1746 Battle of Madras and the French and Indians fought together and vanquished Anwaruddin in 1749 but failed in the Battle of Arcot in 1751 and finally surrendered in 1752 4 The French again had a success at the capture of Fort St David in 1758 under Lally but were finally defeated at Machilipatnam 1759 and Vandavasi 1760 4 The French military adventurer and mercenary Benoit de Boigne made his name in India under the Marathas whom he assisted in many battles against the Rajputs 5 French had lost pre eminence in India with the Treaty of Paris 1763 although five trading posts were being maintained there leaving opportunities for disputes and power play with the British 6 France was successful in supporting the Patriot cause during American War of Independence in 1776 and wished to expel the British from India as well 6 In 1782 Louis XVI sealed an alliance with the Maratha Peshwa Madhav Rao Narayan As a consequence Bussy moved his troops to Ile de France Mauritius and later contributed to the French effort in India in 1783 6 7 Admiral Suffren became the ally of Hyder Ali in the Second Anglo Mysore War against the British East India Company in 1782 1783 engaging in five battles against the Royal Navy on the coasts of India and Ceylon 8 9 Between February 1782 until June 1783 Suffren fought the English admiral Sir Edward Hughes and collaborated with the rulers of Mysore 9 10 An army of 3 000 French soldiers collaborated with Hyder Ali to capture Cuddalore While the British established their authority over the Madras Presidency covering the modern Indian states of Andhra Pradesh and Tamil Nadu France retained control of Pondicherry Karikal Yanam and Mahe as well as maintaining a foothold in Chandannagar now in West Bengal 11 During the British Raj many Indian independence activists Subramania Bharati Lala Lajpat Rai Sri Aurobindo sought refuge in French establishments in India to stay out of reach of the British colonial authorities Sikh French relations edit Maharaja Ranjit Singh had more than 2000 French soldiers in his military Three became generals and were key in the modernization of the Khalsa Army He also hired many Italian American Spanish and Prussian soldiers The Fauj i Khas was also known as the French division of the army and had French battle standard with its tricolor and eagle The men who spearheaded the Europeanization of the army was Jean Francois Allard and Jean Baptiste Ventura 12 Even now a bust of Maharaja Ranjit Singh is in Saint Tropez France 13 14 India in World War I and World War II edit See also World War I casualties nbsp Indian reinforcements of 7th Meerut Division at Givenchy in December 1914 heading to participate at Battle of La Bassee during the Winter operations 1914 1915 nbsp Indian bicycle troops on the Western Front World War I at the Battle of the SommeIndian Expeditionary Force A Indian Army Service Corps and Imperial Service Troops contributed to defend France during World War I and World War II Darwan Singh Negi Gabar Singh Negi Gobind Singh Rathore and Mir Dast were awarded the Victoria Cross for exceptional gallantry on French battlefields 15 Flight Lieutenant Hardit Singh Malik of No 28 Squadron RFC flew a Sopwith Camel over France during WWI nbsp Anneau de la Memoire memorial of Notre Dame de Lorette Ablain St Nazaire French Military Cemetery on Vimy Ridge lists the names of Indian wartime casualties in France nbsp A Benet Mercier machine gun section of 2nd Rajput Light Infantry of British Indian Army in action in Flanders during the winter of 1914 15 Some of the more prominent battles involving troops from the India Battle of Neuve Chapelle Battle of Armentieres First Battle of Ypres Battle of the Somme Battle of Loos Battle of Bazentin Battle of La Bassee Battle of Flers Courcelette Battle of Festubert Battle of Aubers Ridge Battle of Cambrai the advance to the Hindenburg Line First Battle of ChampagneIndia suffered the greatest World War I casualties amongst dominions colonies protectorates mandates and other territories of the British Empire It is estimated that between 64 449 and 73 895 Indians died in Europe during the First World War compared to between 59 330 and 62 081 Australians and between 58 639 and 64 997 Canadians 16 17 18 Of the 130 000 Indians who served in Somme and Flanders theatre of operations during World War One almost 9 000 died 19 20 21 According to the Commonwealth War Graves Commission 8128 graves of soldiers of the Indian Army and porters of the Indian Labour Corps who perished in WWI and WWII are located in France 22 Marshal Ferdinand Foch the French Commander at the Battle of Neuve Chapelle 4 200 Indian casualties acknowledged the contribution of troops from India and said Return to your homes in the distant sun bathed East and proclaim how your countrymen drenched with their blood the cold northern land of France and Flanders how they delivered it by their ardent spirit from the firm grip of a determined enemy tell all India that we shall watch over their graves with the devotion due to all our dead We shall cherish above all the memory of their example They showed us the way they made the first steps towards the final victory 23 nbsp The Monument aux Morts French India War Memorial on the Beach Road in Pondicherry nbsp India Gate in New Delhi commemorates the sacrifices of Indian troops including on World War I and World War II battlefields in FranceDue to Hindu funeral rites where mortal remains are cremated most Indian casualties are commemorated with inscriptions on war memorials at Neuve Chapelle Indian Memorial and the Anneau de la Memoire of Notre Dame de Lorette Ablain St Nazaire French Military Cemetery rather than with individual graves Ayette Indian and Chinese Cemetery La Chapelette British and Indian Cemetery Neuville Sous Montreuil Indian Cemetery Gorre British and Indian Cemetery Zelobes Indian Cemetery Etaples Military Cemetery Saint Martin les Boulogne Meerut Military Cemetery Cabaret Rouge British Cemetery Bethune Town Cemetery Arques la Bataille British Cemetery and Mazargues War Cemetery Marseilles are examples of military cemeteries which contain graves or memorials to Indian casualties in France Dieppe Canadian War Cemetery contains the grave of Pilot Officer Dastur Rustom Nariman of the Royal Indian Air Force 12 Sqdn R A F 24 Colonial troops and labourers including those from the Indian Subcontinent are collectively identified as lascars 25 in French military necropolis as can be observed at Notre Dame de Lorette Ablain St Nazaire French Military Cemetery A small number of Indians from French India notably from Chandannagar served as colonial infantrymen in the French Army during World War I 26 The Monument aux Morts in Pondicherry was built in memory of colonial troops from French India Pondicherry responded to the June 1940 appeal by Charles de Gaulle and became the first French territory to abandon the collaborationist Vichy regime and join Free France 27 Cession of French territories in India edit Further information Coup d etat of Yanaon France established diplomatic relations with the newly independent India in 1947 An agreement between France and India in 1948 stipulated that the inhabitants of France s Indian possessions would choose their political future A treaty of cession was signed by the two countries in May 1956 It was ratified by the French parliament in May 1962 On 16 August 1962 India and France exchanged the instruments of ratification under which France ceded to India full sovereignty over the territories it held Pondicherry and the other enclaves of Karaikal Mahe and Yanam came to be administered as the Union Territory of Puducherry from 1 July 1963 The merits and deficiencies of French colonial presence in India is disputed on accounts of the exploitative nature of colonial trade segregation of French subjects within the colonial possessions along ethnic lines Europeans and Creoles were differentiated from ethnic Indians on electoral lists and the colonial use of indenture labour Development of bilateral relations editMain article Foreign policy of Narendra Modi The bilateral relations with France although globally positive fluctuated in function of defence sales to Pakistan Exocet missiles Dassault Mirage III Dassault Mirage 5 amp Breguet Atlantic aircraft and Daphne class amp Agosta 90B class submarines and were offset by especially strong relations in the fields of civil nuclear energy and aerospace Visits by heads of state and heads of government edit A key milestone in the bilateral relationship was the visit in 1998 by President Jacques Chirac The visit elevated the relationship through the signing of India s first ever strategic partnership 28 In January 2008 President Nicolas Sarkozy visited India and was the chief guest at India s Republic Day parade 29 In September 2008 Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh made a major visit to France 30 On 14 July 2009 Prime Minister of India Manmohan Singh was the Guest of Honour for the Bastille Day Celebrations held in Paris The 2009 Bastille Day military parade opened with a contingent of Indian troops drawn from the three services Indian Army Indian Navy and Indian Air Force 31 Soldiers including Jawans of Maratha Light Infantry 32 Regiment Centre MLIRC marched down the Avenue Champs Elysees to the sound of an Indian military band playing Indian martial tunes including Saare Jahan Se Achcha Haste Lushai and Kadam Kadam Badaye Ja 33 French President Sarkozy undertook his second visit to India from 4 7 December 2010 French President Francois Hollande visited India on 14 15 February 2013 Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi was in Paris on 10 11 April 2015 for strategic bilateral discussions with French President Francois Hollande 34 A joint status report established the current state of the bilateral relationship and plans for the future through the April 2015 India France joint statement 35 On 30 November 2015 Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi travelled to France for a 2 day visit to attend the COP 21 2015 United Nations Climate Change Conference in Paris 36 Narendra Modi and Francois Hollande jointly invited over 100 world leaders to join InSPA International Agency for Solar Policy amp Application a global initiative to promote low carbon renewable solar energy technologies 37 38 39 January 2016 visit by French President Francois Hollande edit A French delegation headed by President Francois Hollande and including several French cabinet ministers foreign minister Laurent Fabius defence minister Jean Yves Le Drian finance minister Michel Sapin culture minister Fleur Pellerin and environment minister Segolene Royal 40 travelled to India on 24 January 2016 for a 3 day visit Speaking at the Indo French CEOs Forum and the India France Business Summit in Chandigarh on 24 January 2016 President Francois Hollande set the tone for the visit by stating his intentions My visit has 2 main goals Consolidate the strategic partnership with India and implement decisions taken during Prime Minister Narendra Modi s visit to France Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi reciprocated by declaring that India and France are made for each other The trust and friendship with France is an asset for us and by emphasising the need to consolidate people to people ties between India amp France Our strategic partnership is not just between Paris and New Delhi It is with each and every one of you 41 42 French President Francois Hollande was the chief guest at the 67th Indian Republic Day parade in New Delhi on 26 January 2016 43 44 45 46 France along with Britain are the only countries to be invited a record setting 5 times to the highly symbolic national ceremonial event 47 48 The 2016 Indian Republic Day parade included the first ever participation of foreign troops in the march past 49 124 French Army soldiers from the 35th Infantry Regiment of the 7th Armoured Brigade based in Belfort and a ceremonial military band music contingent based in Lyon marched down Rajpath in New Delhi 50 The visit gained favourable media coverage which underscored the consistently cordial 51 52 53 54 55 and exceptional nature 56 57 58 of Indo French bilateral relations and decoded the political significance of the protocol courtesies extended to France 59 60 Leading Indian newspapers published editorials lauding successful bilateral cooperation in the domains of science and technology aerospace nuclear energy defence and counter terrorism 61 62 63 64 65 66 Kanwal Sibal the former Foreign Secretary of India and who had also been India s Ambassador to France opined He President Hollande recognises the esteem India has for France and the growing affinity between the two countries 67 Hollande attaches value to the personal rapport he has developed with Modi recognises the dynamism he is imparting to the Indian economy and believes in the growing affinity between the two countries On this basis the Indo French strategic ties should grow in strength 68 March 2018 visit by French President Emmanuel Macron edit Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi received the French President Emmanuel Macron The two counterparts discussed the French Indian relations over the years and signed multiple agreements Modi commented that although the strategic partnership between the two countries is just 20 years old our cultural and spiritual partnership is older The values of liberty equality and fraternity echo not just in France but have been embedded in India s Constitution as well Macron told the media We want India as our first strategic partner here and we want to be India s first strategic partner in Europe and even the western world 69 In August 2019 Aparna Pande Research fellow at the Hudson Institute penned an article claiming that France had become India s new best friend replacing Russia as India s closest international partner 2 Strategic partnership editMain article Free and Open Indo Pacific See also India European Union relations Further information Neighbourhood first policy Look East policy India Act East policy and Foreign policy of Narendra Modi India France partnership covers all aspects of bilateral cooperation which involve a strategic component It is based on close cooperation in the sectors of defense civil nuclear energy space and security cyber security counter terrorism intelligence and now includes a strong Indo Pacific component 70 The strategic partnership has profited from sustained political investments made at the senior most levels of decision making The long standing relationship between France and India has resulted in extensive co operation in the domains of aerospace and civil nuclear energy besides military matters Science and technology cooperation deep rooted cultural ties and a historically francophile literary amp fine arts community in India has provided solid foundations for the strategic relationship In November 2011 the Foundation for National Security Research in New Delhi published India s Strategic Partners A Comparative Assessment and ranked India s top strategic partners with a score out of 90 points Russia comes out on top with 62 followed by the United States 58 France 51 UK 41 Germany 37 and Japan 34 71 Voting patterns of France in the UN Security Council on matters of core interest to India has endeared the country as all weather friend of India France was one of the few nations who did not condemn India s nuclear tests in 1998 citation needed and has supported India s bid to become a permanent member of the UN Security Council as well as G 8 28 72 France is one of the largest suppliers of nuclear fuel to India and signed a Framework Agreement for Civil Nuclear Co operation in January 2008 30 After India s waiver from the Nuclear Suppliers Group NSG both nations signed an agreement that would pave the way for the sale of French made nuclear reactors to India on 30 September 2008 30 73 France is a major supplier of military equipment to India Procurement of Dassault Mirage 2000 fighter aircraft and a squadron of DCNS Scorpene class submarines called Kalvari class submarines are examples of strategic defence acquisitions 74 The armed services of both nations conduct joint exercises on an annual basis France and India also maintain a discreet strategic dialogue that covers joint cooperation against terrorism The strategic autonomy of the French Force de frappe resonates well within Indian strategic circles French Overseas regions of Reunion and Mayotte establish French sovereign presence in the Indian Ocean Reunion has a significant ethnic Indian population colloquially called Malbars and which includes all Reunionnais of Indian origin Reunion s location in the Indian Ocean makes France ideally positioned to leverage advantages of the Neighbourhood first policy and Indian Ocean outreach priorities which were announced by the government of Narendra Modi 75 On 20 November 2015 a week after the attacks in Paris French Minister Laurent Fabius visited New Delhi and met with Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Foreign Minister Sushma Swaraj The talks centered around enhancing cooperation to fight terrorism as well as preparations for the 2015 Climate summit in Paris After the meeting Fabius stated that France and India were in the same boat with regards to terrorism saying I want to say that France is grateful for tremendous support it has received from the international community including Indian friends We have a good cooperation with our Indian friends on this I was discussion it this morning with Prime Minister Modi We shall develop our cooperation 76 77 Institutional structure for dialogue edit France and India have instituted a Strategic Dialogue at the level of National Security Advisers whose 27th round of Strategic Dialogue was held in Paris on 12 13 January 2015 The last Foreign Office Consultations at the level of Foreign Secretaries was held in Paris on 17 June 2013 Military relation edit nbsp Indian Navy and French Navy during exercise of Varuna 2022 Defense partnership and cooperation is built on historic French and Indian military interactions which stretch back to the Carnatic Wars India was heavily involved in both World War I and World War II and suffered huge loss of lives on battlefields in France 78 79 80 81 82 83 84 85 86 87 88 A 400 strong contingent of the Indian armed forces led the Bastille Day parade in 2009 for which the Prime Minister of India was the Guest of Honour the first time ever that Indian troops took part in another country s national day parade Under the framework of the structured talks under the Indo French Defence Cooperation Agreement several meetings on industrial collaboration and service exchanges are held regularly The 3rd meeting of the JWG on Counter terrorism was held in New Delhi on 19 20 November 2012 The 11th meeting of the Indo French Research Forum IFRF was held in Paris from 17 to 19 December 2012 The 15th High Level Committee for Defence Cooperation HCDC at the level of Defence Secretaries met in Paris on 12 January 2015 nbsp Indian Su 30MKI and Tejas with French Rafale in the middle of the formation during Exercise Garuda 2022 Indo French Air Force Exercise Garuda IV was held at Istres air base in France from 14 to 25 June 2010 Indo French Joint Naval Exercise Varuna was held in the Mediterranean sea off the port of Toulon from 19 to 22 July 2012 The first Indo France joint army exercise named Shakti was conducted in India at Chaubattia from 9 22 October 2011 In 2013 Army chief General Bikram Singh visited Commandement des Forces Terrestres Land Forces Command in Lille and the French Military School at Draguignan In 2015 Vice Admiral SPS Cheema FOC in C West was hosted by the French Navy at Toulon The Indo French Joint Army exercise was held in Rajasthan India from 19 to 21 January 2016 Indian Prime Minister Modi stated that We consider France one of our most reliable defense allies 89 Indian and French Navies will be able to use each other s naval bases under an agreement signed in 2018 90 Indian warships will be able to use French bases in Indian and southern Pacific oceans 91 At the Shangri La Dialogue in Singapore in 2018 French and British defense ministers announced they would sail warships through the South China Sea to challenge China s military expansion 92 During Prime Minister Narendra Modi s visit to Paris in July 2023 India and France agreed to develop new generation military contracts that could be worth an estimated 9 billion 10 billion 93 Intensified collaboration with India and the Quad edit See also Quadrilateral Security Dialogue On 9 September 2020 France India and Australia held their first India France Australia Trilateral Dialogue with their foreign secretaries meeting through videoconference They discussed geostrategic challenges their respective strategies for a free open and inclusive Indo Pacific and prospects for cooperation in the region especially in the context of the covid public health crisis 94 In February 2021 France announced that a French Rubis class nuclear attack submarine Emeraude has successfully concluded a passage of the South China Sea to prove the capacity for the connection with Australian American and Japanese strategic partners 95 On 24 February a India France Australia Trilateral Dialogue meeting was held to take stock of the progress made on the outcomes of the foreign secretary level trilateral dialogue held in September 2020 96 This included amongst others maritime security humanitarian aid and disaster relief blue economy protection of marine global commons combatting illegal fishing and cooperation in multilateral fora They also discussed the next steps to be taken for furthering trilateral cooperation in the Indo Pacific region 96 On 30 March 2021 French Navy s amphibious assault helicopter carrier Tonnerre and escort frigate Surcouf arrived at the Kochi port in Kerala India ahead of a joint naval exercise with the four Quad member countries 97 The French naval drill exercise is called La Perouse and is scheduled to take place from 5 to 7 April 2021 The 2021 edition will be the first edition with participants from all four Quad members The two warships are on a five month long deployment in the Indo Pacific On 13 April 2021 a new India France Australia Trilateral Dialogue meeting is planned in New Delhi 98 Trade and investment editIndo French bilateral trade has been growing though it has still not reached the 12 billion target set by both the Governments during the visit of the French President to India in January 2008 In 2011 bilateral trade had increased by 6 to 7 46 billion In the first ten months of 2012 there has been a decrease of 3 71 in the bilateral trade overall the same period of 2011 Based on the annual data the Indian exports of services to France have shown a growth in the last three years reaching 1 32 bn in 2011 while the imports from France fell to 0 66 bn in the same year Foreign direct investment FDI edit France is the 9th largest foreign investor in India with a cumulative investment of approximately US 3 billion Investment was of the order of US 2 98 billion during the period April 2000 to June 2012 which represents 2 of total inflows The technical and financial collaborations approved with France number 952 Top sectors attracting FDI inflows from France are Chemicals other than fertilisers 18 80 Cement and Gypsum Products 15 82 Services Sector financial amp non financial 9 41 Fuels power amp oil refinery 6 47 amp Electrical Equipments including computer software amp electronics 5 34 and auto sector There are about 800 French companies in India subsidiaries or JVs representative offices or branch offices with about 150 000 employees In 2011 India was the 13th largest foreign investor in France in terms of project numbers Indian Investments in France have been growing and Indian companies have invested around 1 billion from April 1996 in different sectors like pharmaceuticals Ranbaxy and Wockhardt Software Tata Consultancy Services Infosys amp Wipro Wine Kingfisher Steel Tata Electrosteel Plastics Sintex Plastics Technology Limited Railway wagons Titagarh Wagons Aerospace Cades Axis amp Autoparts Jyoti etc 110 Indian owned companies including 27 greenfield investments are present in France and are employing over 5 600 persons The Indo French CEOs Forum formed in 2009 has been tasked to identify new avenues for cooperation and take initiatives to facilitate business links between both countries The 16th session of the Joint Committee for Economic and Technical Cooperation at the level of Ministers of Commerce which deals with issues related to commerce and trade was held on 23 25 June 2010 in Paris The fifth meeting of India France CEOs Forum was held in New Delhi on 22 23 November 2012 Aerospace edit Aviation edit Indian companies are major clients for Airbus amp ATR aircraft Air India IndiGo and AirAsia India host extensive fleets of Airbus passenger aircraft France has been a long standing and reliable supplier of fighter planes and light utility helicopters to the Indian armed services with aircraft such as Breguet Alize Dassault Ouragan Dassault Mystere IV Sepecat Jaguar Aerospatiale SA 315B Lama Aerospatiale Alouette III and Dassault Mirage 2000 France also supplies Turbomeca TM 333 and jointly developed the HAL Turbomeca Shakti helicopter engines for HAL Dhruv DRDO 3D Multi Function Control Radar MFCR was developed as part of the Indian anti ballistic missile programme in cooperation with THALES of France DCNS is building six Scorpene submarines of the Kalvari class which will be armed with SM 39 Exocet anti ship missiles under a technology transfer agreement at Mazagon Docks in Mumbai nbsp Indian Air Force is slated to acquire 36 Dassault Rafale medium multi role combat aircraftDassault Rafale won the Indian MMRCA competition to supply 126 medium multi role combat aircraft to the Indian Air Force In April 2015 the inabilities to conclude negotiations on contractual obligations 99 led the Modi government to transform the acquisition into a G2G procurement for 36 aircraft in flyaway condition to equip 3 squadrons of the Indian Air Force Defense analysts have voiced concern that equipment procurement requirements which were defined 2 decades ago are out of sync with current requirements and the future nature of air combat 100 101 102 Air forces of advanced Western nations especially US amp France are reorganizing their air forces with increase in space based assets and downsizing of fleets of manned combat aircraft 103 104 105 106 107 108 Autonomous drones have become the preferred platform for high risk missions over enemy territory in both high and low intensity conflict zones At present NATO uses aerial reconnaissance drones to monitor the borders of Europe and US uses maritime surveillance drones in the Western Pacific and unmanned combat drones in missions against low value and unsophisticated targets in Iraq Afghanistan Libya and Syria Defense white papers published in OECD countries show that use of combat and reconnaissance pilotless vehicles like the flight tested 109 Dassault nEUROn and Northrop Grumman X 47B UAVs or the Boeing X 37 robotic spacecraft will become widespread in the years ahead 110 111 112 113 Space edit ISRO and CNES French National Space Agency have an umbrella agreement operating successfully since 1993 under which joint missions like Megha Tropiques and SARAL have been successfully developed 114 ISRO has launched French SPOT satellites Spot 6 amp SPOT 7 on PSLV satellite launch vehicles Under a commercial Launch Service Agreement between Antrix Corporation Limited ANTRIX the commercial arm of ISRO and ASTRIUM SAS a Company under EADS France two advanced Remote Sensing SPOT satellites were successfully launched in 2013 amp 2014 on board ISRO s Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle Arianespace based at France has been the major provider of launch services to Indian Geo Stationary satellites Subsequent to the launch of APPLE satellite 18 Indian satellites have been launched by Arianespace On 7 October 2016 GSAT 18 communication satellite was launched successfully on board an Ariane 5 VA 231 launcher from Kourou French Guiana Civil nuclear energy edit A landmark Framework Agreement on Civil Nuclear Cooperation was signed between India and France on 30 September 2008 during the visit of Prime Minister Dr Manmohan Singh to France Subsequently during the visit of President Nicolas Sarkozy to India from 4 7 December 2010 the General Framework Agreement and the Early Works Agreement between NPCIL and Areva for implementation of EPR NPP Units at Jaitapur Nuclear Power Project were signed Education edit nbsp L Atelier an open access road mobile Fab lab involving University of Technology of Compiegne deployed to the 2015 Libre Software Meeting in Beauvais France Indians spend 7 5 of household income on education 115 Campus France India a student recruitment initiative of the French embassy in India is showcasing France as an education destination for Indian students From 1 to 7 October 2015 representatives of French universities and visa officers would travel to Bangalore Chennai Pune and Kochi for a course opportunities and visa guidance road show French government is offering 5 year visas to encourage more Indian students to study in France and allowing students who have completed their studies in France an extra year to look for employment within their sector In 2014 France hosted 3 000 Indian students many of whom were provided full scholarships covering costs of education and allowance for boarding lodging and air travel The low costs of high quality education has made France the third most preferred destination worldwide for international students 116 Education science and technology editEducation edit nbsp Building of the Ecole francaise d Extreme Orient in PondicherryThe bilateral educational cooperation between India and France has grown over the last few years France and India established a Consortrium of Indo French Universities to increase educational cooperation 28 Around 300 MoUs have been signed between Indian and French universities and private institutions The number of Indian students studying in France in various fields has increased over the years For the academic year 2011 2012 2550 Indian students came to France The framework for bilateral educational cooperation is provided by the Educational Exchange Programme EEP which includes mutual recognition of degrees bolstering the research programme and increasing student scholar research mobility through a flexible visa regime was signed in 2007 by Joint Secretary Department of Higher Education Ministry of Human Resource Development and Secretary Cooperation and Culture French Ministry of Foreign Affairs MFA A Joint Working Group has also been set up under the EEP One of the most important initiatives in the field of education has been the cooperation on the new IIT in Rajasthan following a joint declaration in 2008 A Letter of Intent LOI has been signed in 2012 citation needed In pursuant to the 1956 Treaty establishing De Jure Cession of French Establishments in India France operates two world class scientific research laboratories in India French Institute of Pondicherry IFP and the Ecole francaise d Extreme Orient EFEO In December 2014 Pondicherry University hosted the inaugural Indo French Social Sciences Winter School Pondicherry University and French Institute of Pondicherry IFP are jointly conducting the 2016 Social Sciences Winter School on the theme of Mobility and Social Dynamics from 28 November to 2 December 2016 The biennial event is attended by academics from France and India who lead multidisciplinary training workshops addressing theoretical and methodological issues in social science research 117 Alliance Francaise has an extensive network of 19 teaching centres within India and is very popular for French language courses and cultural programmes French is the second most popular European language in India after English 118 Scientific and technical cooperation edit nbsp India s Vikas rocket engine which powers both the PSLV and GSLV benefited from collaboration on the CNES SEP Viking 4A rocket engine France and India view each other as important partners in space technology and applications Indian Space Research Organisation ISRO and its French counterpart Centre National de Etudes Spatiales CNES have a history of cooperation and collaboration spanning about four decades Scientific community of both nations cooperate in joint radiation experiment space components development and space education ISRO Vikas rocket engine benefited from Indo French scientific collaboration in France on the Viking 4A engine built by CNES SEP 119 The Indo French Centre for Promotion of Advanced Research CEFIPRA is the nodal framework for promoting bilateral scientific cooperation in fundamental and applied research frontier technologies and exchange of scientists and post doctoral researchers The office of CEFIPRA has been established in Delhi and the centre is currently funded through an annual corpus of 3 million with India and France equally contributing 1 5 million each CEFIPRA completes 25 years in 2012 The 25th Anniversary Celebrations of CEFIPRA were formally launched in a programme organised in New Delhi on 6 March 2012 As part of the Silver Jubilee celebrations a number of programmes have been envisaged these include holding of seminars organising science quiz in schools and screening of documentary films French authorities have provided land for extending the Maison de l Inde in France which will contribute to augmenting accommodation facilities for Indian students in Paris Pasteur Institute in Coonoor Tamil Nadu which opened on 6 April 1907 is one of the oldest vaccine manufacturing public sectors enterprises in India Collaborative efforts to preserve heritage buildings 120 and Vedic literature 121 122 123 124 in former French establishments in India has received popular appreciation among Indian populace and served to promote French technical expertise in restoration of monuments and documents 125 126 127 128 Indian heritage conservation societies rely heavily on technical assistance and documentary archives of the French Institute of Pondicherry for restoration projects 129 130 131 132 133 134 Cultural exchanges editIndian culture enjoys a wide and discerning audience among the French population as is evident in the numerous and frequent cultural events organised all over France spanning the entire gamut of Indian art music dance cinema and literature While the Indian Council for Cultural Relations ICCR sponsors visits of Indian artists to France as also exchange of students in the field of culture and art there is a growing number of private impresarios who organise cultural events throughout France A significant number of Indian artists are therefore giving performances in France regularly on a commercial basis or at the initiative of the various local cultural associations outside the purview of the official exchanges The Indo French Cultural Exchange Programme CEP provides the overall umbrella for the organisation of a variety of cultural programmes The last 16th session of the Joint Commission on Culture which reviews the CEP was held on 29 September 2009 in New Delhi The Institut francais en Inde is active in Delhi Namaste France edit nbsp Embassy of India in ParisThe 15 month long Indian cultural festival Namaste France was held from 14 April 2010 to 28 June 2011 It was successful in terms of putting India on the cultural radar of France Namaste France was a comprehensive presentation of Indian culture including art music dance fashion tourism films and literature as also business and education in both its traditional and contemporary forms The Namaste France Festival was organised in response to Bonjour India a similar French cultural festival organised by the French Embassy in India in 2009 2010 During the visit of Hon ble Minister of Culture Housing and Urban Poverty Alleviation Kumari Selja to Paris to inaugurate the exhibition The Last Harvest Paintings of Tagore at the prestigious Petit Palais museum from 26 January to 11 March 2012 a Declaration of Intent was signed with her French counterpart for further reinforcing cultural cooperation on 26 January 2012 On the same day a MOU was signed between the Ministry of Culture of India and the Louvre Museum with the aim of establishing an active partnership in the area of exchange of competencies and expertise particularly in the field of museology temporary exhibitions and other cultural events The 2012 Cannes Film Festival was important for India For the first time four Indian films were selected for screening in different categories of the festival namely Miss Lovely Kalpana Peddlers and Gangs of Wasseypur India is going to celebrate 100 years of Indian cinema in 2013 The Cannes Festival 15 26 May 2013 the Vesoul International Film Festival of Asian Cinema Festival international des cinemas d Asie from 5 12 February 2013 and the 35th International Short Film Festival of Clermont Ferrand 1 9 February 2013 have confirmed India as a Country of Honour in 2013 to celebrate the Centenary of the Indian Film Industry Bonjour India edit In 1985 Indian performers were cheered at the Trocadero Alley in Paris and in 1989 French artists enchanted audiences at Marine Drive in Mumbai Two decades later Bonjour India came back with a bang in 2009 and by 2013 it grew into more and more collaborations Scaling up in its third edition Bonjour India 2017 18 is a four month long mega voyage across India that will celebrate Indo French partnership as well as shape the next decade of human exchange between the two countries From November 2017 to February 2018 Bonjour India covers around a 100 programmes and projects in over 30 cities across 20 states amp union territories Bonjour India provides a platform for enduring partnerships highlighting Indo French innovation and creativity across the themes of Smart Citizen High Mobility Go Green 135 Diaspora editIndian community in France edit According to statistics published by the Indian Embassy in Paris the Indian community including NRIs in France is estimated to be around 106 000 largely originating from Puducherry Karaikal Yanam Mahe and Chandranagar There are large communities of PIOs in overseas territories departments of France Reunion Island about 250 000 Guadeloupe about 57 000 Martinique about 6 000 and St Martin about 300 136 Indians living in France have access to French social security protection and services through an agreement concluded in 2008 73 137 French community in India edit Main article French people in India The French in India are predominantly the remnants of the French presence in India 138 139 140 which began in 1673 with the establishment of French India and continued until 1962 when the French territory was formally transferred to India The French presence was minor compared to the British and was generally ignored There were 12 864 French nationals residing in India in 1988 Nearly all are in the Union Territory of Puducherry in south eastern India 11 726 individuals in 1988 with much smaller numbers in Karaikal 695 individuals Mahe 50 Yanam 46 and 342 elsewhere in India Economic migration from France has resulted in the rise of skilled French expatriates in the urban population centres of Bangalore Chennai Hyderabad Pune Mumbai and New Delhi The French government had undertaken steps to strengthen Franco Indian institutional and people to people ties 141 142 143 Franco Pondicherien edit Franco Pondicherien or simply Pondicherien is a term given to French citizens of Indian or mixed Creole ethnicity who continue to reside in Puducherry and who can trace their nationality to the French colonial period Franco Pondicheriens constitute less than 2 percent of the present population of Puducherry and whose presence can be termed as ranging from ignored to tolerated Franco Pondicheriens are socially regarded as foreigners in India In France Franco Pondicheriens face racial profiling and discrimination due to their South Asian or mixed race ethnicity and are perceived either as second class citizens or economic immigrants 144 145 Franco Pondicheriens are customarily allowed access to Indian schools and universities on par with Non Resident Indians NRI 146 India s tourism boom has turned Pondicherry into a popular travel destination and slowed the population decline of Franco Pondicheriens who find more business and work opportunities locally than having to repatriate to Europe 147 Indian Citizenship Act of the Constitution of India forbids dual nationality It is illegal to concurrently possess an Indian passport and foreign nationality and or passport Foreigners who possess Overseas Citizenship of India OCI continue to benefit consular protection from their country of nationality Franco Pondicheriens who have served in the French armed services are disqualified from OCI foreign military personnel either in service or retired are not entitled for grant of OCI Whereas OCI eligibility regarding conscripts who have undergone the mandatory military service or Journee defense et citoyennete is unclear 148 Franco Pondicheriens enjoy treaty rights to visit India as guaranteed through Article IX of the 1956 Treaty establishing De Jure Cession of French Establishments in India 149 French civil servants magistrates and military personnel born in the Establishments or keeping there family links shall be permitted to return freely to the Establishments on leave or on retirement In February 2015 Indo French Senior Citizens Association staged street protests in 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