Consider the following about French presence in India:
1. The French East India Company was purely a private enterprise like the British one.
2. Pondicherry was captured by the Dutch in 1693 and returned to the French in 1699.
3. The French Governor Dumas made the French Company a powerful entity by interfering in regional politics of Carnatic.
Which of the statements are correct?

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Statement 1 is incorrect. The French Company was a state-sponsored enterprise controlled by the Crown.

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