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Historical Event on 9/8/1997

English chosen as the official language of Dravidian University which was set up at Kuppam (Andhra Pradesh) jointly by the southern states.

Other Historical Dates and Events
4/16/1930Rioting continues in India as British police fire on mob of 10,000.
3/21/1995A.K. Antony elected CM of Kerala.
2/24/1899Maheshchandra Burjorjee Bilimoria, film distributor, was born.
2/17/1986Jiddu Krishnamurti, famous Indian philosopher (Kingdom Happiness), passed away at the age of 90 yrs at Ojai, California, USA.
2/17/1986Turkish Armada retired.The arrival of a new Portuguese fleet.
5/1/1998India and Peru sign agreements on space technology and agriculture during the visit of Indian President K. R. Narayanan there.
8/5/1981Jagjivan Ram heads breakaway Congress(U) and calls new party Congress (J).
1/1/1892Mahadev Haribhai Desai, follower of Gandhiji, was born in Surat district.
3/22/1949SSC Examination system started.
1/29/1976Parliamenentary Committee on official language constituted. The Committee has since then submitted six parts of its report and Presidential orders have been issued on first five parts of it. The sixth part is in print.