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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 |
| 5/25/1999 | India blasts its way into the global satellite launch vehicle market with the PSLV-C2 deploying two foreign satellites besides the Indian remote sensing satellite, IRS-P4. |
| 11/12/1996 | Over 350 people die in mid-air collision in Bhiwani district, Haryana. |
| 2/15/2000 | K.R. Narayanan, President, presents Dada Saheb Phalke Award for 1998 to B.R. Chopra for his contribution to Indian cinema. |
| 7/31/1996 | Supreme Court exempts Rao from appearing in CMM court personally. |
| 12/5/1931 | Jayant G. Nadkarni, former Admiral of Indian Navy, was born. |
| 4/21/1955 | Avadi session of the Indian National Congress adopts a socialistic pattern of society for India. |
| 9/12/1779 | Garibdas, follower of Saint Kabir and founder of 'Garib Panth', died. |
| 8/21/2000 | Mahatma Gandhi's daughter-in-law Mrs. Nirmala Gandhi dies in Wardha. She was 91. |
| 8/21/2000 | Akbar left for Agra when he received the report of widespread rebellion. He arrived in Ahmedabad by forced marches on the eleventh day. |
| 5/25/1965 | Independent India had further clashes with Pakistan in 1965 and 1971, one over the intractable Kashmir dispute and the other over Bangladesh. A border war was also fought with China in 1962 in the North-Eastern region, which resulted in the loss of Aksai Chin in Ladakh and smaller areas in the North-east. India continues to dispute sovereignty over these areas. |
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