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The French East India Company was founded in -

A. 1600
B. 1620
C. 1664
D. 1604
Answer» C. 1664
Explanation: The French East India Company was a commercial enterprise, founded in 1664 to compete with the British and Dutch East India companies in the East Indies. Planned by Jean- Baptiste Colbert, it was chartered by King Louis XIV for the purpose of trading in the Eastern Hemisphere.
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