This French publication studies the historical process by which the French territories in India, the “comptoirs” as they were called, went back to India in 1954. The authors interviewed a number of witnesses of that period of history, from the French and from the Indian side. At a time when there is more and more cooperation between the two countries, it is interesting to observe how they could put a stop to the French rule without breaking the special link that unites the two cultures.
