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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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5/13/1994	Renowned environmentalist Maurice F. Strong chosen for the Jawaharlal Nehru International Understanding award for 1992.
5/25/1941	5,000 drown in a storm at Ganges Delta region in India.
11/12/1969	Indira Gandhi, who was expelled from Congress for indiscipline during President elections, made a large split and formed her own Congress Party with Jagjivan Ram as President. The party is recognised as Congress (I).
4/5/1984	Rakesh Sharma,Squadron leader, becomes India's first spaceman when he is launched aboard Soyuz T-11 of Soviet Union.
10/4/1907	Riots in Calcutta.
6/6/1990	GOI decides to extend validity of passports to 10 years.
6/5/1879	Narayan Malhar Joshi, father of Labour Union Movement in India, was born at Goregaon in the Kolaba district, Maharashtra.
11/24/1969	Guru Nanak University established at Amritsar, Punjab.
8/1/1994	Surendra Singh was appointed as the Cabinet Secretary of India. He held this office till 31-07-1996.
8/17/1997	Leander-Mahesh duo wins International ATP doubles in Connecticut.

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