FR: dans l'Inde / en Inde - préposition

[yuechu]

Bonjour,

I was reading a Wikipedia article today about "l'Inde française" and came across the acronym "EFI : Établissements français dans l'Inde". Why is it "dans l'Inde" here and not "en Inde." "En Inde" sounds more natural, right? (unless something is modifying "Inde", such as "dans l'Inde du XXe siècle" ?)

Merci d'avance !

 

[Jacques BOND]

Établissements français dans l'Inde was the name of this company at the beginning of the 19th century; it wouldn't be called as such nowadays.

 

[Maître Capello]

Dans l'Inde indeed sounds old-fashioned. It sounds odd nowadays.

 

[yuechu]

Merci, Jacques BOND et Maître Capello ! 😃