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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 See also:

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

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Sasaram is no more district of Shahabad Bengal. It is in Bihar District Rohtas on NH2
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