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Historical Event on 4/7/1997
NAM foreign ministers two-day conference begins in New Delhi.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 10/28/1977 | Shantiprasad Jain, industrialist, died. |
| 10/4/1847 | Pratapsingh Bhosle, Maratha King, died. |
| 1/8/1968 | The Official Languages Act, 1963 was amended. Accordingly, a provision was made in Section 3 (4) of the Act of the effect that employees of the Union Government proficient either in Hindi or in English may carry out their work effectively and that their interests may no be adversely affected merely because they are not proficient in both the languages. According to Section 3 (5), it is necessary for bringing to an end the use of English language for the Official purposes of the union that resolutions to this effect are passed by the legislatures of the states (i.e. states where Hindi is not the Official Language) and after considring these resolutions, a resolution is passed by both the houses of the Parliament to put an end to the use of English language. |
| 4/13/1963 | Babu Gulab Rai, famous hindi critic, passed away. |
| 9/26/1956 | Laxmanrao Kirloskar, great social reformer, industrialist, patriot and founder of the Kirloskar Industries, passed away at the age of 88. |
| 5/9/1998 | Playback singer Talat Mehmood, 75, passed away in Mumbai. |
| 4/4/1998 | G. Sarala Devi, 62, CPI leader and general secretary of the National Federation of Indian Women, passed away in Hyderabad. |
| 4/12/1983 | Richard Attenborough's 'Gandhi' wins 8 Oscars. |
| 3/2/2000 | Om Prakash Chautala, Indian National Lok Dal supremo, sworn in the 18th Chief Minister of Haryana. |
| 3/2/2000 | Saint Eknath, bhagwatbhakt, passed away. |
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