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Historical Event on 8/29/1993

Tamil refugees leave Madras for Sri Lanka apparently on their own free will.

Other Historical Dates and Events
9/12/1974. C. Yohannan at Teheran, sets record for LJ in 8.07.
11/8/2000India wins the men's team title in the World Carrom championship in New Delhi.
10/20/1998Security forces unearth 770 kg of RDX and plastic explosives in the Tangmay area of Baramulla district in Jammu and Kashmir.
3/26/1980Bombay gets its first rock concert in 10 years (The Police).
6/18/1978The Karakoram Highway, linking Gilgit in Pakistan-occupied Kashmir with Sinkiang in China, is opened.
10/12/1997Leander-Mahesh claim sixth doubles title of the year when they bagged the Heinekin Open ATP Tour series doubles in Singapore
11/18/1973Mother of Sri Aurobindo Ashram, Pondicherry, passed away. She came to India in 1914.
8/2/1958Arshad Ayub, cricketer (Indian off-spinner in 13 Tests between 1987-89), was born in Hydrabad.
12/25/1921Mass boycott greets the Prince of Wales when he arrives in Calcutta.
6/25/1931Vishwanath Pratapsing, former Prime Minister of India, was born.