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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
6/4/1953University of Cambridge confers honorary Doctorate of Laws on J. L. Nehru.
5/20/1750Tipu Sultan, tiger of Mysore, was born. He was the son of Hyder Ali and born at Devanhalli village near Bangalore. Hyder Ali named his son after a great Sufi saint namely Tipu Mastan Aulia. Tipu Sultan was a great revolutionary freedom fighter, social reformer, musician and architect.
12/9/1993Virbhadra Singh sworn in as Congress CM of Himachal Pradesh.
12/21/1994The IAF return from peace keeping duties as part of the Indian contingent supporting UN operations in Somalia.
4/4/1947San Francisco's Henry Grady chosen the first U.S. ambassador to India.
6/24/1966Atul Chandrakant Bedade, cricketer (Indian ODI batsman from 1994), was born in Bombay.
4/30/1843Ramchandra Bhikaji Gunjikar, marathi novelist and editor, was born.
2/8/1959The Report of the Committee of Parliament constituted under Article 344 (4) of the constitution was submitted to the President.
11/27/1998India retains the Asia Cup tennis championship in Delhi beating Uzbekistan 2-1 in the final.
7/27/1959Abbas Ali Baig scores 112 for India v England on debut.