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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
9/6/1905Satyacharan Chaterjee, great Indian Geologist, was born.
10/6/1779Elphinston, historian and administrator of Mumbai province, was born.
7/3/1927A. Neelameghan, librarian, was born at Ootacamund in Tamil Nadu.
6/21/1948C. Rajagopalachari was appointed the first Indian Governor General of Indian union (21/06/1948-25/01/1950). After January 25, 1950, this post was abolished.
6/4/1993L K Advani unanimously elected President of BJP.
10/13/1998India, Mauritius sign an agreement on civil aviation in New Delhi in the presence of its two Prime Ministers.
4/21/1996Sanjay Thapar of the IAF (leader) becomes first Indian to parachute down to geometric North pole and unfurl the flag.
2/11/2001Objective type paper scheduled in 28 cities in India.
9/4/1980Second Commonwealth Regional Heads of Government Conference in New Delhi.
12/25/1943Japanese bombers raid Chittagong.