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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
2/12/1996Former Union Minister Kalpanath Rai sent to Tihai jail for allegedly harbouring members of mafia don Dawood Ibrahim's gang.
2/25/1993BJP rally in New Delhi foiled.
10/2/1845First Shipping Company of India started.
4/7/1942Anandshankar Bapubhai Dhruv, famous Gujarati expert, Sanskrit Pandit and editor of a monthly magzine, died.
1/25/1917Captain P.K. Sahgal, freedom fighter who attended Indian Military Academy course at Dehradun, was born at Hoshiarpur.
11/9/1710Reynier de Klerk, governor-general of Dutch-Indies, baptized.
2/22/1997India outplays Poland in the final hockey `Test' and win series 2-0.
1/19/2000Railways retains the Lady Ratan Trophy Women's National Hockey championship.
4/11/1887Jamini Roy, famous artist, was born.
9/8/1952The Copyright bill was signed during the first world convention by 35 nations including India at Geneva.