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Historical Event on 2/7/1997

Bal Thackeray, Shiv Sena supremo, found guilty of contempt of court and sentenced to simple imprisonment of one week and a fine of Rs. 2000 by Nagpur bench of Mumbai HC for his statement that ''a judge had demanded a bribe of Rs. 35 lakhs for favouring a litigant''.

Other Historical Dates and Events
7/1/1928Fifteen people were killed in Calcutta as Hindus attacked Muslims.
11/9/1990JD expels Gujarat CM Chimanbhai Patel and UP CM Mulayam Singh Yadav from Legislative wings and primary membership of the party.
10/15/1972Nirmalkumar Bose, great Indian human scientist, died.
7/6/1881Saint Gulabrao Maharaj was born in Vidarbha.
9/21/1999Mr. A. C. Muthiah was elected president and Kapil Dev the senior coach at the Board of Control of Cricket in India AGM in Jaipur.
3/16/1946India calls Attlee's independence offer contradictory, 'a propaganda move'.
7/16/1954French rule ends in Mahe. De facto power was transferred to the people and the Indian flag hoisted.
1/12/1901Umashankar Dikshit, senior leader of Indira Congress, was born.
7/25/1813First boat race started at Calcutta on the Hooghly river where seven sailing boats had competed.
2/21/1983More than 600 people were killed in the Indian state of Assam after student agitators protesting the immigration of Muslim refugees from Bangladesh attempted to stop state elections.