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SASARAM

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Originally appearing in Volume V24, Page 225 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
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SASARAM  , a

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town of
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British
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India, in the
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Shahabad
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district of
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Bengal, with a station on the
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East
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Indian railway, 406 m . N.W. from
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Calcutta . Pop . (1901) 23,644 . It is famous as containing the
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tomb of the Afghan Sher Shah, who defeated
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Humayun and became
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emperor of
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Delhi (1540—1545)• The tomb, which is the finest example of
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Mahommedan
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architecture in Bengal, stands on an
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island in the
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middle of an artificial
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lake .
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Close by is the tomb of Sher Shah's
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father .

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Sasaram is no more district of Shahabad Bengal. It is in Bihar District Rohtas on NH2
Tomb of Sher Shah Suri is situated in the middle of the town.
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