Events in February 2007
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Feb. 4
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Supersonic cruise missile BrahMos with an advanced capability of sharp manoeuvring is successfully test-fired from the Integrated Test Range at Chandipur-on-Sea in Orissa. |
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Feb. 5
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The Cauvery Water Disputes Tribunal gives its final award after proceedings which went on for more than 16 years. Apportions 419 tmcft for Tamil Nadu. |
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Sensex touches an all-time high of 14515.90 points and Nifty reaches 4219 points following sustained FII inflows. |
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Feb. 7
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The new Master Plan for Delhi-2021 is notified by the Union Urban Development Ministry. It allows commercial and mixed land use on 2,183 roads. |
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Human rights activist Wangari M. Maathai of Kenya and Brazilian President, Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva are chosen for the Jawaharlal Nehru Award for International Understanding for 2005 and 2006. |
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Feb. 8
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S. Rangarajan (70), Chairman of Kasturi and Sons Limited proprietors of The Hindu group of publications dies after a prolonged battle against cardiac disease at his Chennai residence. |
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Eighty per cent polling is recorded in first phase of Manipur Assembly polls. |
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India and Bhutan sign a new friendship treaty. |
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Feb. 12
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Karnataka observes a bandh against the final award of the Cauvery Water Disputes Tribunal. |
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Feb. 13
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Sixtyfive per cent voting is recorded in Punjab Assembly polls. |
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Feb. 14
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Union Minister of State for Information and Broadcasting M. H. Ambareesh quits Cabinet and Lok Sabha in protest against the Cauvery Water Disputes Tribunal’s final award. |
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The second phase of Manipur Assembly polls is held peacefully. |
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Feb. 15
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All but two of the 30 persons accused in the Dharmapuri burning case on Febrauary 2, 2000 in which three TNAU girl students were burnt alive are found guilty by a sessions court in Salem, Tamil Nadu. |
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Feb. 16
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A sessions court in Salem awards death sentence to three AIADMK activists for causing the death of three students at Ilakkiampatti in February 2000. |
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Feb. 17
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The Thar Express service between Munabao in Rajasthan’s Barmer district and Khokhrapar in Pakistan’s Sindh province is resumed after six months. |
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Feb. 18
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Sixty seven people, mostly Pakistani civilians, are killed as the New Delhi-Wagah Samjhauta Express is firebombed near Panipat in Haryana. |
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Feb. 19
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The Supreme Court stays the death sentence awarded to Santosh Kumar Singh for the 1996 murder of Priyadarsini Mattoo. |
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The Delhi High Court upholds death penalty to Sushil Sharma in the Naina Sahani Murder case. |
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Feb. 21
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The Election Commission announces a seven-phase Assembly election schedule for Uttar Pradesh beginning on April 7 and ending on May 8. |
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India and Pakistan sign an agreement on reducing nuclear risk in New Delhi. Initialled in November 2006, it comes into force with immediate effect. |
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Feb. 23
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The Supreme Court reiterates the Mandal Commission’s ruling on exclusion of the ‘creamy layer’ from enjoying the quota benefits. K.K. Narendran Committee report is set aside. |
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Eightyfive per cent polling is recorded in the third phase of Manipur Assembly polls. |
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Feb. 24
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The Bahujan Samaj Party MLAs resign en masse from the Uttar Pradesh Assembly. |
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Feb. 27
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The Congress loses power in Punjab and Uttarakhand; retains power in Manipur following the declaration of Assembly poll results. |
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