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Historical Event on 5/11/1999

Rajiv Gandhi Assassination Case: The Supreme Court confirmed the death sentence on four of the 26 accused, life imprisionment to three and acquitted the remaining 19 people.

Other Historical Dates and Events
12/6/1756British troops under Robert Clive occupy Fulta India.
8/7/1990Govt. of India accepts the Mandal Commission's recommendations and decides to reserve 27\% jobs for the backward classes. Violent protests rock parts of Northern India against Mandal Commission.
7/5/1857Baigum Hazrat Mahal again attack on Lucknow.
2/3/1905Sir Padampat Singhania, great industrialist, was born at Kanpur.
8/6/1920Film Censor Board at Bombay started working. The first film censored and granted a Censor Certificate No. 1 was a short film of 600 ft., produced by Gaumont Company and it was titled as 'Gaumont Graphic No. 963-964'. The Regional Film Censor Boards were also set-up in Calcutta, Madras and Rangoon.
6/3/1998The naval version of the surface-to-air missile, Trishul, is test-fired in Kochi.
4/30/1936Mahatma Gandhi started staying in Sevagram Ashram at Wardha in the Central Provinces, making it his headquarters.
7/28/1921Congress decided to boycott the visit of Prince of Wales in India.
5/17/1992R. Venkataraman, President, leaves for a six-day visit to China.
3/31/1986Bombay Telephone Nigam renamed as Mahanagar Telephone Nigam.