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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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4/1/1992ESI ceiling of Rs. 3000 comes into effect.
5/14/1978Jagdishchandra Mathur, modern Hindi playwright, passed away.
3/22/1977Indira Gandhi-led Indian National Congress party lost the 6th general election of India. She resigned as Pime Minister of India.
4/13/1982Bindeshwari Prasad Mandal passed away.
7/13/1929Jatindranath Das started fast strike.
9/2/1970Parliament abolishes the privileges of 279 maharajahs in New Delhi.
3/5/1992Sunder, comedy actor, passed away.
11/9/1972Laxmi Poruri, guntur India and tennis star (1994 Futures-College Park), was born.
9/6/1905Satyacharan Chaterjee, great Indian Geologist, was born.
11/15/2000Congress(I) gives a thumping mandate to Sonia Gandhi.