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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''.

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1/29/1939Radical Subhas Chandra Rose beats Gandhi's candidature to become Indian President.
7/1/1999K. N. Singh (70), former Union Minister and senior Congress leader, died in Lucknow.
10/15/1921Suryanarayannamurty Rebbapragada, social reformer, college principal and journalist, was born at Rajahmundry in A.P.
6/1/1842Satyendranath Tagore, Bengali officer and litterateur, was born.
3/30/1949Dattaram Dharmaji Hindlekar, cricketer (4 Tests for India), passed away.
11/6/1996India wins Titan's cup beating South Africa in Mumbai.
7/28/1924Many deaths were reported and several villages were destroyed due to floods in the south.
6/17/1917Mahatma Gandhi and Kasturba started living at Hriday Kunj in Sabarmati Ashram in Ahmedabad.
1/14/1995Ban on VHP re-imposed.
10/10/1998Uzma Khan and Nitin Kirtane bag the women's and men's crowns in the national tennis championships in Delhi.