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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
8/4/1956Apsara, India's first large scale Atomic Energy Nuclear Reactor and first in the East World, was commissioned in Trombay, Bombay.
2/3/1984Ravindra Mhatre, great Indian diplomat who was kidnapped in England, was murdered.
6/19/1901Raj Chandra Bose, Indian mathematician and statistician, was born at Hosangabad in Madhya Pradesh. He made many valuable contributions to the subject. He discovered new codes for telecommunication. In 1976, America's highest honour to a scientist came to Bose as he was elected Fellow of the US Academy of Sciences.
2/21/1952General Election ( 1st) of India ends.
1/9/1889Dr. Vrindavanlal Varma, famous Hindi writer and social reformer, was born in Jhansi. He mainly wrote historical and social novels, most famouse being ""Mriganainee"".
4/28/1952The war between Japan and India ended.
5/22/1993Congress (I) suffers reverses in the by-elections.
8/17/1909Madanlal Dhingra, famous revolutionary, was hanged at Paintanville Jail for assassinating Wyle and Lal Kaka.
10/31/1990Hindus flee Muslim prorsecution in Kashmir Valley.
3/12/1995Congress party loses India national election.