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Historical Event on 05/22/1545
Sher Shah Sur died. He was fatally wounded in an explosion on Kalanjara fort while preparing for an attack. He introduced the new silver rupee-coin ""Rupiya"" based on ratio of 40 copper coin pieces (paisa) per rupee and built several roads including the longest road of India known as Grand Trunk Road (now Natioinal Highway-2).
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| 5/22/1993 | Congress (I) suffers reverses in the by-elections. |
| 4/3/1992 | Nagaland brought under President's rule. |
| 5/25/1997 | In a bid to break the deadlock on naming transport corporation after caste leaders in southern districts, Tamil Nadu Government agrees to create a new bus corporation named after Pulithevan. |
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| 4/24/1966 | Margashayam Venkataramana, cricketer (Indian off-spinner 1989), was born in Secunderabad. |
| 3/26/1989 | Eighth Antarctica Expedition returns after erecting India's second permanent manned station 'Maitri'. |
| 3/9/1951 | Ustad Zakir Hussain, famous Tabla player, was born. |
| 8/29/1995 | National Sports Day declared. |
| 5/12/1993 | Samsher Bahadur Singh, modern Hindi poet, passed away. |
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