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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 |
| 1/26/1965 | Hindi Language is accepted as National language of India. |
| 6/9/1992 | LDF wrests Narakal while the UDF retains the Tanur assembly seat in Kerala. |
| 1/30/1905 | Pitamber Das, social reformer and politician, was born at Mowana, U.P. |
| 7/11/1897 | Sibnath Banerjee, great social worker, freedom fighter and leader, was born in village Brahman Rangdia, Khulna district. |
| 2/15/1967 | Fourth General Election of Lok Sabha begins. |
| 8/17/1911 | Y.R. Lokurkar, senior journalist, was born. |
| 9/5/1997 | CBI chargesheets former Railway Minister C.K. Jaffer Sharief for possessing assets disproportionate to his income. |
| 3/15/1996 | Kashmiri militants and Central govt. hold talks on ending violence and to initiate the democratic process in J&K. |
| 10/5/1997 | Kiran Bedi, India's first woman police officer, was awarded the Joseph Beuys prize for her work in reforming the largest prison of the country. |
| 12/1/1965 | Border Security Force was organised, which would be armed and trained to man the International Border with Pakistan. |
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