When did the French commercial companies set their base in Pondicherry during the Mughal era?

1510 1605 1639 1973

1973

The European commercial Companies had set up bases in different places early during the Mughal era; the Portuguese in Panaji in 1510, the Dutch in Masulipatnam in 1605, the British in Madras in 1639 and the French in Pondicherry in 1673.