Change internal date format permanently

I used:
Alter Session Set nls_date_format='dd-mm-rrrr';
But it changed the format for the current session. I want to use the above format permanently.

You can't. Or at least not in any sort of beneficial manner. The settings of the session would override the settings on the database and the settings of the session are driven by client environment variables. So changing the database's NLS_DATE_FORMAT isn't going to accomplish much.
You could create a login trigger that would run this statement every time a particular user logged in, which may accomplish what you need. Of course, users could override that change if they'd like...
As an aside, your code shouldn't depend on any particular NLS_DATE_FORMAT being set, so I always get cautious when I see this sort of request. If you write your code properly and always explicitly cast strings to dates, you shouldn't care what a client sets their NLS_DATE_FORMAT to...
Justin

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