With the fragmentation of Mughal political order, who became president of an independent European stronghold of Pondicherry on India's east coast?

a. Ferdinand Braudel
b. Joseph Francois Dupleix
c. Toussant L'overture
d. Jack Shaftoe
e. Ignatius Dumond


ANSWER:
b

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