Sher Shah Suri, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death
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Founder of Sur Empire in Northern India.
Date of Birth: 01-Jan-1486
Place of Birth: Sasaram, Bihar, India
Date of Death: 22-May-1545
Profession: monarch
Zodiac Sign: Capricorn 
About Sher Shah Suri
- Sher Shah Suri (1486 – 22 May 1545), born Farid Khan, was the founder of the Suri Empire in the northern part of the Indian subcontinent, with its capital in Sasaram in modern-day Bihar.
- He re-introduced the currency of rupee.
- An ethnic Pashtun, Sher Shah took control of the Mughal Empire in 1538.
- After his accidental death in 1545, his son Islam Shah became his successor.
- He first served as a private before rising to become a commander in the Mughal army under Babur and then the governor of Bihar.
- In 1537, when Babur's son Humayun was elsewhere on an expedition, Sher Shah overran the state of Bengal and established the Suri dynasty.
- A brilliant strategist, Sher Shah proved himself as a gifted administrator as well as a capable general.
- His reorganization of the empire laid the foundations for the later Mughal emperors, notably Akbar, son of Humayun.During his seven-year rule from 1538 to 1545, he set up a new economic and military administration, issued the first Rupiya from "Taka" and re-organised the postal system of the Indian Subcontinent.
- Some of his strategies and contributions were later ideolized by the Mughal emperors, most notably Akbar.
- Suri further developed Humayun's Dina-panah city and named it Shergarh and revived the historical city of Pataliputra, which had been in decline since the 7th century CE, as Patna.
- He extended the Grand Trunk Road from Chittagong in the frontiers of the province of Bengal in northeast India to Kabul in Afghanistan in the far northwest of the country.
- The influence of his innovations and reforms extended far beyond his brief reign; his arch foe, Humayun, referred to him as “Ustad-I-Badshahan”, teacher of kings.
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