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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 |
| 1/3/1921 | First Indian Parliament meets. |
| 2/1/1971 | Ajaysingh Jadeja, cricketer (Indian opening batsman), was born in Jamnagar. |
| 7/24/2000 | S. Vijayalakshmi becomes the first Indian woman Grandmaster in the International Grandmasters chess tournament held in Hyderabad. |
| 12/19/1995 | Unidentified aircraft drops a heap of sophisticated arms and ammunition, including AK-47 rifles, rocket launchers and anti-tank grenades in Purulia district in West Bengal. |
| 9/26/1919 | Rotary Club's first Indian meeting was held. |
| 4/30/1998 | Sukh Ram, former Union Minister, decides to resign as a Minister in the Himachal Pradesh Government. |
| 7/2/1993 | ONGC converted into corporation by ordinance. |
| 6/30/1855 | Santhals of Rajmahal Hills, Santhal-Paragana, Bihar started their agitation against ill treatment by Britishers, revenue officers, police, landlords and moneylenders under the leadership on Sindhu and Kanhu at Bhoranadhighi, Bengali. |
| 7/31/1940 | Udham Singh, fiery revolutionary, freedom fighter and social reformer, was hanged by the British Government in the Pantone Villa Jail, London. |
| 11/27/2000 | After three decades, English was again made compulsory in Gujarat schools from Standard V from the next academic year. |
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