What is "dupleix"

Dupleix could refer to one of the following:

People:

• Joseph François Dupleix, governor general of the French establishment in India in the 18th century

Naval ships:

• French corvette Dupleix (1861) (1856-1887) famous for her involvement in the Japanese revolution
• French ship Dupleix, a 7700 tonne armoured cruiser (1897-1919): built in Rochefort and launched on 28 April 1900
• French cruiser Dupleix, French heavy cruiser of the Suffren class, launched 9 October 1930
• Dupleix (D 641), the latest Dupleixis a F70 typ anti-submarine frigate

Commercial ships:

• a steamship built at La Ciotat in 1862, which between 1883 and 1888 operated between Sydney and Noumea, was sold, refurbished and subsequently operated between Australia and New Zealand.
• a three-masted barque (1901-1917) sunk by the German commerce raider Seeadler on 5 March 1917
• a cargo ship (1914-1942) sunk in the Pacific by a Japanese submarine.

In transport:

• Dupleix (Paris Métro), a station in the 15th arrondissement of Paris

Dupleix is an elevated station of the Paris Métro serving line 6 in the Boulevard de Grenelle in the 15th arrondissement. The track and station form an elevated viaduct in the centre of and above the Boulevard de Grenelle. There is an open street market under the station twice a week. The station opened as part of the former Line 2 South on 24 April 1906, when it was extended from Passy to Place d'Italie. On 14 October 1907 Line 2 South was incorporated into Line 5. It was incorporated into line 6 on 12 October 1942. It is named after the nearby Place Dupleix, a square commemorating Joseph François Dupleix, marquis of Landrecies and Paris, an administrator and colonizer of India. The station was the location of the Barrière de Grenelle, a gate built for the collection of taxation as part of the Wall of the Farmers-General; the gate was built between 1784 and 1788 and demolished in the nineteenth century.