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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
10/5/1990Parliament passed the 76th Amendment Bill to extend President's rule in Punjab for another six months from November 10, 1990.
6/20/1996Govt. of India declares at Geneva conference on 'Global Ban On Nuclear Testing' that it won't sign the CTBT.
5/9/1995Two new gas and oil reserves found off the Gujarat and Bombay coast.
11/9/1972Laxmi Poruri, guntur India and tennis star (1994 Futures-College Park), was born.
8/12/1991Parliament passes the Terrorist and Disruptive Activities (prevention) amendment bill.
10/15/1866Vasudevacharya Kerur, famous Kannad novelist, playwright and journalist, was born.
10/2/1845First Shipping Company of India started.
11/5/1977Indira Gandhi arrested and released unconditionally. The External Affairs Minister, Atal Bihari Vajpayee addresses the United Nations General Assembly in Hindi.
8/15/1947Sir Cyril Radcliffe Award on the new boundaries of West Punjab, East Punjab, West Bengal, East Bengal and Assam.
7/16/1981India performs nuclear Test.