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Read this article to learn about the relation of Alivardi with the Marathas. It was in 1742 that the first Maratha invasion of Bengal took place. When Alivardi was returning from Cuttack after subduing Orissa and had reached Mubarak Manjil in the Arambagh subdivi­sion of Hughli, information reached him that a Maratha army had raided Burdwan. He forced his march [...]

Read this article to learn about the relation of Alivardi with the European Merchants. During Alivardi's time the English, French and the Dutch were the chief European trading companies in Bengal besides the minor ones like the Austrian, Polish, Prussian, Portuguese, Danish and Swedish. The trade of the English, French and the Dutch was, on the whole, flourishing although there [...]