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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 |
| 10/15/1995 | PM leaves for a 12-day tour of Egypt, NAM Summit at Cartagena in Columbia and 50th year United Nations celebrations at New York. |
| 3/25/1916 | S. M. Pandit, famous painter, was born. |
| 11/6/1904 | Hariharnath Shastri, worker's leader, was born. |
| 2/25/1995 | Bomb attack on a train in Assam; 27 soldiers killed. |
| 2/1/1968 | United Nation's Conference on Trade and Development opens in New Delhi. |
| 3/1/1818 | Singhgad won by the Britishers after the end of Peshwa kingdom. |
| 1/30/1949 | Night Airmail Services was inaugurated. |
| 6/28/1991 | K. Doraiswamy, a senior executive of the Indian Oil Corporation, was kidnapped by Kashmir ultras. |
| 4/12/1993 | Indian ship MV Vishva-Mohini sinks off Spain, 33 killed. |
| 4/6/1942 | During the second world war, for the first time Japanese air-bombers attacked India, and the mainland took place at Visakhapatnam. |
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