FN8AD 1950 French India

Operator: D.S. Seal FN8AD, AC4AX, VU2AX

D.S. Seal FN8AD

FN8AD Shankar & Namita in Lhasa, Tibet

D.S. Seal FN8AD, a Consulate General for India, also VU2AX, AC4AX (Tibet), was one of two known operations from the ARRL DXCC deleted entity of French India.
The other was FN1C from the 1930's.
French India was a French Colony comprising five geographically separated enclaves on the Indian Subcontinent.
Mr. Seal operated from Chandernagore, which is a city in the Hooghly district in the Indian state of West Bengal.
Only contacts with French India from October 31, 1954 and before count for this DXCC entity.

QSL from the estate of W9ANS, W6VFR, W6FR
1st photo from L.G. Windom (Windy) W8GZ, sent to Don Chesser W4KVX DX Magazine #88, October 7, 1959
2nd photo courtesy of W4DR
Info courtesy of K8CX