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Historical Event on 5/11/1999

Supreme Court confirms the death sentence on four of the 26 accused in the Rajiv Gandhi assassination case, reduces to life imprisonment the sentence on three others and acquits the remaining 19.

Other Historical Dates and Events
2/25/1968Judge Mohammad Hidayatullah became the Chief Justice of India. He held this office till 16/12/1970.
9/27/1703More than 8,000 people died in a cyclone in England.
11/10/1698East India Company purchased Calcutta, which had not more than a village at that time.
11/19/1924Amarjit Singh, great educationist and scientist, was born at Punjab.
7/19/1952India all out 82 in 2nd innings after making 52 runs earlier in the day.
5/19/1971Indian Navy's first submarine station started at 'Veer Bahu' in Visakhapatanam.
7/4/2000The trial of the Bihar Chief Minister Rabri Devi and RJD president Laloo Prasad Yadav in the disproportionate assets case begins.
12/14/1984First MIG 27M aircraft assembled by Hindustan Aeronautics Ltd. takes off.
8/20/1995Indira Mahila Vikas Yojana launched.
7/31/1997Election Commission agrees to grant national party status to Bahujan Samaj Party but asks it to give up its election symbol--elephant.