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Death of Nawab Azim-ud-Daula; Azam Jah succeeds

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Death of Nawab Azim-ud-Daula; Azam Jah succeeds
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Azim-ud-Daula, the Nawab of the Carnatic who had signed away his civil administration to the Company in 1801, died and was succeeded by Azam Jah.

Azim-ud-Daula became Nawab of the Carnatic in 1801 and on his accession was compelled to sign the Carnatic Treaty, which handed the civil administration of the Carnatic to the East India Company. From then on the nawabs of Arcot held only a titular position at Madras. Azim-ud-Daula died on 2 August 1819. His son Azam Jah succeeded him and was nawab until his death in 1825. The line of titular nawabs ended when the Company abolished the title in 1855.

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