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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
8/2/1935The British pass Govt. of India Act, separating Burma, Aden from India.
1/4/1940Shrikant Sinkar, famous Marathi novelist, was born.
3/20/1997Greek instrumental composer Yanni Chryssomallis's 'Freedom Concert' held at the Taj, Agra.
3/2/1990DMK Front to form government in Pondicherry and Congress (I) in Maharashtra.
11/23/1983Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting (CHOGM), the seventh biennial Commonwealth Summit, meets in New Delhi.
5/17/1857Bahadhur Shah II declared as the emperor of India.
6/20/1916Sreemati Nathibai Damodher Thackersey (SNDT) Indian Women' s University, first women's and the fifth Indian University, was established in Pune by D.K. Karve.
8/15/1968Marathwada', a daily newspaper, published.
7/13/1999Floods claim 15 more lives in Bihar.
3/22/1938IRFA was registered as a local body not administered by the Government on March 22, 1938 under the Government of India Act No. XXI of 1860.