Jeanne Dupleix

On 17 April 1741, she married Dupleix who was President of Superior Council of Pondicherry and General Commandent of French Possessions in India.

From the Private Diary of Ananda Ranga Pillai, it can be confirmed that she indulged in religious persecution against local Hindus.

Ananda Ranga Pillai quotes about her in his Private Diary,[7] I have heard and read in books also, extraordinary accounts of the cunningness of the women.

The Europeans, both men and women, Hindus and Muhammadans alike, all curse her as a pupil of devil who will ruin the town.She died at Paris on 4 December 1756 at the age of 50.

Her funeral was performed on next day at the Parish Marie Magdaleine de la Ville l'Évêque.