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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
5/20/1878Bahameni Sultan Dawood Shah was assassinated.
3/8/1999The President formally revokes the proclamation imposing Central rule in Bihar after this was decided by the Union Cabinet earlier in the day.
12/5/1999India's Yukta Mookhey is crowned Miss World.
7/18/1634Joannes Camphuys, Governor General of Dutch-Indies (1684-91), was born.
6/1/1996H.D. Deve Gowda's 21-member Central cabinet sworn in.
3/4/1906Hakim Abdul Majid started his medial dispensary under the name of Hamdard Dawakhana at Delhi.
1/28/1846British forcibly separate Kashmir from the Sikhs and sell it to the Maharaja of Jammu for 1,000,000 pounds after the Battle of Allwal.
11/15/1817Battle of Yerwada.
4/12/1983Richard Attenborough's 'Gandhi' wins 8 Oscars.
2/25/1909Gandhiji arrested at Volksrust; sentenced to 3 months.