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Historical Event on 1/28/1998

All 26 accused, who stood trial in the Rajiv Gandhi assassination case, were sentenced to death. A designated Judge of the TADA court in Chennai found them guilty.

Other Historical Dates and Events
10/10/1952US mediator Frank Graham told the U.N. Security Council that there was a possibility of war between India and Pakistan over Kashmir.
1/23/1992India becomes ASEAN dialogue partner.
7/16/1917Jagdishchandra Mathur, modern Hindi playwright, was born.
6/24/1966Atul Chandrakant Bedade, cricketer (Indian ODI batsman from 1994), was born in Bombay.
9/25/1990S. S. Chauhan, one of the students who had suffered severe burns while trying to immolate himself in protest against implementation of Mandal Commission Report, died.
1/5/2000Tamil Nadu regains Subbiah Pillai Trophy one day cricket tournament.
6/18/1956New Hindu Succession Act was passed.
2/3/1988INS Chakra was inducted in the Indian Navy when the first Soviet SSN Victor 1 class nuclear propelled submarine and India joined the maritime nuclear powers.
10/5/1932Madhavrao Laxmanrao Apte, cricketer (7 Tests for India, 1 century), was born in Bombay.
8/9/1952New Delhi reports that 20 mil. Indian peasants were imperiled by crop failures.