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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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10/31/1990	Religious clashes between Hindus and Muslims leave more than 180 people dead.
5/13/1883	Henk JFM Sneevliet, leader RSAP/editor Spartacus (Dutch-Indies), was born.
11/18/1997	School bus plunges into the Yamuna killing 28 Delhi children.
1/26/1950	India is proclaimed a Sovereign Democratic Republic ceasing to be a British dominion and adopted Indian Constitution which came into force.
1/23/1664	Shahaji Raje died in an accident.
5/29/1658	Dara Shukoh was utterly defeated by Aurangzeb in the battle of Samugarh near Agra.
1/25/1994	Mine fire at Asansol India, kills 55.
5/26/1935	Swami Mrigendra Channaya, great Social Scientist in Maharashtra, was born.
5/26/1935	Pieter de Carpentier, flemish Governor General of Dutch East-Indies, was born.
6/15/1960	Bardwan University was established in West Bengal.

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