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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
2/25/1927Balkrishna Buwa Echalkaranjikar, father of `Khyal Gayaki', passed away.
5/27/1995National Centre for Labour launched in Bangalore to give a boost to the unorganised worker's movement in India.
7/13/1912Shriman Narayan, educationist, administrator and diplomat, was born in Etawah, U.P.
6/27/1967First Indian made AVRO aircraft passenger Plane HS748 handed over to Indian Airlines.
10/1/1993The IAF joined in peace keeping duties in Somalia as part of the Indian contingent supporting UN operations.
10/31/1997Balmiki Prasad Singh takes over as Union Home Secretary. He succeeds K. Padmanabhaiah.
12/14/1946Sanjay Gandhi, youth Congress leader, was born in New Delhi.
3/29/1979Delhi beat Karnataka by 399 runs to win Cricket's Ranji Trophy.
12/14/1998The Supreme Court allows Karnataka to begin skeletal work on erection of 26 crest gates at the Almatti dam on the Krishna at ''its own risk and cost'', but directs it not to raise the dam height beyond the present 509 metres.
1/21/1996Lakshmi Parvati elected president of Telugu Desam NTR faction.