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Events on Friday 9 April 1756 1
1671 – 1756Alivardi Khan (1671-1756)Died 9 April 1756, aged 84Alivardi Khan was Nawab of Bengal, Bihar, and Orissa, ruling from 1740 until his death. His successor, his grandson Siraj ud-Daulah, provoked war with the British East India Company within months, leading to the fall of Calcutta.