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Historical Event on 1/28/1998

All 26 accused, who stood trial in the Rajiv Gandhi assassination case, were sentenced to death. A designated Judge of the TADA court in Chennai found them guilty.

Other Historical Dates and Events
5/21/1975The 26-mile feeder canal from Farakka to the Bhagirathi river dedicated to the nation.
5/29/1952The Socialist Party and Krishak Mazdoor Praja Party decide to form a single parliamentary party.
2/14/1881Rajendra Lal Dutta and M.M.Basu established the first Homoeopathic Medical College and Hospital in Calcutta.
8/7/1925Monkombu Sambasivan Swaminathan was born in Kumbakonam. He went to Britain and took his Ph.D from the school of Agriculture in Cambridge in 1952. He developed high yielding strains of wheat and rice and accomplished difficult crosses in potato and jute species. In 1971, he was awarded The Ramon Magsaysay Award for generating a new confidence in the agricultural capabilities of the country. He was the Director of the International Rice Research Institute, Philippines. He is also the first agriculture scientist to win the Albert Einstein world science Award in 1986.
1/29/1955'Bhartiya Kamgar Kisan Party' established.
9/11/1958India and Pakistan announced that most border disputes between the two countries had been settled.
1/24/1995Congress (I) suspends Arjun Singh from the party.
10/24/1945UNO Day.
7/2/1757Nawab Siraj-ud-Daula was captured and assassinated. He was stabbed with a knife by Muhammad Beg at the instance of Miran, son of Mir Zafar.
5/12/1993Lok Sabha okays extension of President's rule in the former BJP-ruled states.