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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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| 12/13/1999 | Dr. V. Kurien gets the Paulos Mar Gregorius Award 1999. |
| 4/1/1944 | Japanese troops conquer Jessami, East-India. |
| 3/16/1902 | A. Appadorai, educationist and author, was born at Angadipuram, Kerala. |
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| 4/14/1891 | Dr. Bhimrao Ramji 'Babasaheb' Ambedkar, India's great social reformer, politician, author, architect, lawyer and agitator, was born in Maharashtra. |
| 1/20/1952 | Vasant Patankar, famous Marathi writer, was born. |
| 10/10/1964 | Gurbachan Singh Randhawa sets record for 110m Her. in 14.09s at Tokyo. |
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