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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
12/4/1992RBI devalues Rupee by 1.18% against the US dollar. India emerges overall champions with 10 golds; 8 silver and 14 bronzes in the 4th Asian Junior Athletic meet in New Delhi.
9/20/1940Saroj Lalwani, journalist and printing press director, was born.
4/15/1950Acharya Vinoba Bhave requested to the villagers of Panchampalli Telangana, Andhra Pradesh to give 80 acres of land, and with this he had started his 'Bhudan Andolan'.
4/17/1675Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj attacked the Fonda fort and won Karwar.
7/5/1995Tarapur nuclear station controls the leakage and soil contamination within the natural background radiation levels.
9/6/1996A Delhi court says there are grounds for framing charges of criminal conspiracy and corruption against L.K. Advani.
1/4/1992The goverment promulgates an ordinance to prevent countermanding of election in the event of death of independent candidates.
9/18/1993Asit Sen, famous comedy actor and character artist, died.
7/2/1998India and Sri Lanka sign an agreement on promoting agricultural research in New Delhi.
11/24/1991Bihar's ruling JD makes a clean sweep of all the three Lok Sabha seats in the by-elections.