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MADEC , RENE-See also:MARIE (1736-1784)—called Medoc in Anglo-See also:Indian writings—See also:French adventurer in See also:India, was See also:born at See also:Quimper in See also:Brittany on the 7th of See also:February 1736, of poor parents. He went out to India and served under See also:Dupleix and See also:Lally, but being taken prisoner by the See also:British he enlisted in the See also:Bengal See also:army. Deserting with some of his companions shortly before the See also:battle of See also:Buxar (1764), he became military instructor to various native princes, organizing successively the forces of Shuja-ud-Dowlah, See also:nawab of Oudh, and of the See also:Jats and Rohillas. He took service under the See also:emperor Shah Alam in 1772, and when that See also:prince was defeated at See also:Delhi by the See also:Mahrattas, Madec rejoined his own countrymen in See also:Pondicherry, where he took an active See also:part in the See also:defence of the See also:town (1778). After the See also:capitulation of Pondicherry he returned to See also:France with a considerable See also:fortune, and died there in 1784. At one See also:time he formed a See also:scheme for a French See also:alliance with the See also:Mogul emperor against the British, but the project came to nothing. See Emile Bathe, Le Nabab Rene Madec (1894). End of Article: MADECAdditional information and CommentsThere are no comments yet for this article.
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