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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
5/8/1997Mumbai High Court holds that Christian women can seek divorce on the sole ground of being subjected to cruelty and need not prove infedidelity on the part of their husbands or desertion.
7/31/1993Zafar Saifullah was appointed as the Cabinet Secretary of India. He held this office till 31-07-1994.
3/14/1995Chandragupta Chaudhary 'Comred ', senior leader of Bhartiya Communist Party, passed away.
10/24/1994Justice Ahmad Mushabber Ahmadi sworn in as Chief Justice of India.
9/13/1893Mama Parmanand, one of the founders of 'Prarthana Samaj', passed away.
12/12/1989Air Chief Marshal (retd.) Arjan Singh named Delhi Lt. Governor.
1/12/1997Paes-Bhupathi win doubles title in the Singapore Open Challenger hardcourt tennis.
1/5/199860 are killed as the Bareilly-Varanasi passenger train rammed the Kashi Viswanath Express near Hardoiin, Uttar Pradesh.
8/14/1998The Government transferred Revenue Secretary N. K. Singh and Finance Secretary Montek Singh Ahluwalia.
6/29/2000The Election Commission derecognises seven regional parties in some states -- Samata Party in Haryana, Shiv Sena in Dadra and Nagar Haveli and the RJD in Manipur, NTR-Telugu Desam Party in Andhra Pradesh, the Samajwadi Janata Party (Rashtriya) in Chandigarh, the United Minority Front in Assam and the Haryana Vikas Party in Haryana-- These will remain registered but unrecognised parties.