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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
7/11/1980Ebbie Kodiat, Soccer(Football) player, was born in Kuwait.
10/20/1990Andhra Pradesh Government announces a five-day week for all offices and educational institutions from November 01, 1990.
9/14/1949Hindi declared the national language by the Constituent Assembly after a three-day debate.
1/23/1961Supreme Court rules cities & states have right to censor films.
10/16/1952Pakistan's first Test vs India starts at Delhi.
11/14/1919Anantrao Bhalerao, freedom fighter, journalist and editor of daily news paper ""Marathawada"", was born.
10/30/1976Elections to the lower house of the Indian Parliament suspended again until early 1978.
11/9/1904Panchanan Maheshwari was born in Jaipur, Rajasthan. He studied the morphology, anatomy and embryology of some angiosperms, the class of plants which produce flowers with different embryological studies. He discovered species of plants like ""Panchanania Jaipuriensis and Isoeted Panchanani
10/9/1949The Territorial Army of India inaugurated by the Governor General.
6/3/1998The naval version of the surface-to-air missile, Trishul, is test-fired in Kochi.