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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
1/12/1757Captain Eyre Coote from the Portuguese was captured in Bandel.
3/18/1991West Bengal opts for assembly poll.
1/23/1960Laxmi Narayan Garde, famous journalist related to ""Venkateshwar Samachar"", ""Bangawasi"", ""Bharat Mitra"" and ""Navjeevan"" newspapers, passed away.
1/30/1999Paes-Bhupathi stumbled in the doubles final losing to Patrick Rafter-Jonas Bjorkman in the Australian Open Tennis tournament.
8/21/2000Mahatma Gandhi's daughter-in-law Mrs. Nirmala Gandhi dies in Wardha. She was 91.
2/18/1905Shyamji Krishna Varma established India House in London to help Indians visiting England. He also established the Indian Home Rule society, which helped him to raise his voice against British Domination in India.
7/31/1933Gandhiji was arrested from Sabarmati Ashram and imprisoned without trial.
8/4/1906Dr. Yashwant Singh Parmar, the architect of modern Himachal Pradesh and an energetic Chief Minister, was born at Chanhalag village in Sirmaur.
2/15/1924Mahinder Singh, social worker, was born at Amritsar.
2/9/1994Supreme Court sets aside disqualification (under anti-defection law in 1991) of former Goa CM Ravi Naik.