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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
3/21/1939Gandhi calls on world to disarm, thinks Hitler would follow.
5/13/1967Dr. Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan (1888-1975) retired from the post of second President.
7/29/1904Jehangir Ratanji Dadabhai Tata, president of Tata industrial group, was born in Paris, France. He was the first pilot of India to be conferred with the Bharat Ratna.
2/2/1921Mukundrao Kirloskar was born.
1/8/1995ONGC's oil rig blow out at Pasalapudi site in Andhra Pradesh.
8/15/1997IWM Vijayalakshmi wins Asian Zonal Women's Chess tournament in Tehran.
8/3/1996Leander Paes wins a bronze (tennis) at Atlanta, bringing India an Olympic medal after a gap of 16 years.
1/28/1937Suman Kalyanpurkar, famous singer, was born.
8/2/1958Arshad Ayub, cricketer (Indian off-spinner in 13 Tests between 1987-89), was born in Hydrabad.
9/9/1949Hindi was accepted as the national language of India.