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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
8/6/1925Surendra Nath Banerjee died. He was one of the founders of mordern India and proponent of autonomy within the British Commonwealth. He was President of Indian National Congress twice, in 1895 at Pune and in 1902 at Ahmedabad.
12/10/1999Pranab Mukherjee and Jaipal Reddy are chosen outstanding parliamentarians for 1997 and 1998 respectively.
4/30/1888Hailsones kill 246 in Moradabad.
7/4/1989Union Deputy Ministers were promoted to the rank of Ministers of State.
1/20/1997The third Test between India and South Africa ends in a draw in Johannesburg.
6/17/1993Congress (I) working committee reaffirms its faith in Rao; BJP asks for PM's resignation .
2/22/1905Purushotamsing Bajaj, industrialist and social worker, was born at Shikarpur (Sind).
7/12/1994Vasant (V. P. Sathe), film critic, journalist, publisher and author, passed away.
7/1/1958Vishnu Sahay was appointed as the Cabinet Secretary of India. He held this office till 10-11-1960.
3/10/2000Nirmal Verma, distinguished Hindi writer, and eminent Punjabi novelist Gurchal Singh selected jointly for the 35th Jnanpith Award for 1999.