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Bertrand-François Mahé, count of La Bourdonnais or of Labourdonnais (in French: comte de La Bourdonnais) ( Saint-Malo 1699 - Paris 1753) was a French naval officer and administrator, in the service of the French India Company .

Born in Saint-Malo ( Brittany), La Bourdonnais served as governor of the French islands of La Réunion and Mauritius in the Indian Ocean (1735 - 1746), and achieved military success against the British in India, capturing Madras in 1746.

He notably feuded with Joseph François Dupleix, and was recalled from his post shortly after his successes in India, ultmately spending three years (1748 - 1751) in the Bastille before acquittal on charges of treason.

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