Keywords: Plan of Fort St-Louis Karikal 1742.jpg en A sketch of the planned Fort St-Louis at Karikal Karrei-Kâl viewed in profile There is an annotation by François Dupleix who had been named governor-general of the French East India Company's settlements in India in 1742 the year that sketch was drawn The French who had been trading at Karikal since the late 17th century had acquired the town and area in 1738 1742 Base Uysse Archives nationales d'outre-mer France French military engineer 1742 other versions PD-old-100 Uploaded with UploadWizard Historical images of Karaikal |