Sher Shah Suri, the founder of the Suri Empire on the northern Indian subcontinent, was born in 1545.
Sher Shah Suri established the Sur Empire in North India. After seizing control of the Mughal Empire in 1540, he established a new civic and military administration as well as various financial and postal changes. He restructured the empire and resurrected Patna, the old city of Pataliputra that had declined since the 7th century CE. Sher Shah Suri was born in 1486 as Farid Khan in Sasaram, Rohtas district, Bihar, India. His grandfather, Ibrahim Khan Suri, was a land lord in the Narnaul district, while his father, Mian Hassan Khan Suri, was a horse breeder and a significant member in Bahlul Khan Lodi's government.
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