| French settlement of Yanam Établissement français de Yanaon | |||||||||
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| Former subdivision of France | |||||||||
| January 1723–August 1962 | |||||||||
 Maximum extent of French influence (1741–1754) | |||||||||
| Capital | Pondichéry | ||||||||
| Population | |||||||||
• 1948 | 5,853 | ||||||||
• 1936 | 5,220 | ||||||||
• 1885 | 4,266 | ||||||||
• 1843 | 4,000 | ||||||||
| • Type | Republic | ||||||||
| Historical era | Imperialism | ||||||||
• Established | January 1723 | ||||||||
• Abandoned | 1727 | ||||||||
• Re-established | 30 July 1731 | ||||||||
• Sovereignty granted by Nizam Muzaffar Jung | 1751 | ||||||||
• Sovereignty ratified by Mughal emperor Ahmad Shah Bahadur | 1753 | ||||||||
| 13 June 1954 | |||||||||
• De facto transfer to India | 1 November 1954 | ||||||||
• De jure transfer to India | 16 August August 1962 | ||||||||
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Yanaon (French: [janaˈɔ̃], Telugu: [jaːnaːm], Tamil: [eːnaːm]) was one of the five principal settlements of French India between 1731 and 1954. It was referred to in British records as Yanam.