After examining the Indian approach to French colonial possessions in India, the chapter assesses the political, economic, scientific, and cultural relations between India and France from 1947 to the present. It evaluates the nature and impact of the Indo-French strategic partnership and discusses the French stance towards Indian aspirations for a permanent seat in the UN Security Council and the Indo-US nuclear deal. It assesses the growing defence cooperation between the two countries as well as French arms transfers to India until the present. The chapter argues that Indo-French priorities and preferences converge on various regional/international issues, including the quest for strategic autonomy, multilateralism, a rules-based international order, a multipolar world, the Indo-Pacific as well as common concerns about the rise of China.