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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
7/1/1964Industrial Development Bank of India (IDBI) was established.
5/12/1937George VI is crowned.
11/17/1994North Eastern Council decides to include Sikkim in the Council.
6/7/1996Sq. Ldr. Sanjay Thapar of IAF becomes the first Indian to jump from a parachute and hoist the national flag at the North Pole.
1/7/1993The union govt. acquires 67.703 acres of land in and around the disputed area at Ayodhya and refers the issue to the Supreme Court.
1/7/1993Rumi, famous Muslim Sufi poet, was born.
1/7/1993Firuz Shah Tughluq, the third emperor of Delhi, died at the age of 83.
7/14/196985 persons were killed when a freight train collided with a passanger train near Jaipur.
2/18/1997Dhaniram Baruah, controversial heart surgeon who claimed to have transplanted a pig's heart into one of his patients, released on bail in Guwahati.
9/23/1862Sriniwas Shastri, great patriot and veteran politician, was born.