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Historical Event on 10/30/1977

One hundred thousand Tamil Hindu tea-pickers, who were expatriated from Sri Lanka, are shipped to Madras, South India.

Other Historical Dates and Events
8/6/1933Kripal Singh Govindsingh, Amritsar, India, 100* on debut v NZ 1959, was born at Madras.
1/19/2000Railways retains the Lady Ratan Trophy Women's National Hockey championship.
9/22/1952Bapiraju Adiv, famous Telgu novelist, poet and author, died.
10/28/1998The 1998 Swarna Jayanti Fellowship Award is presented to 11 young scientists.
7/7/1937Jagdish Prasad Goenka, great industrialist, was born in Calcutta.
5/17/1887Ranglal Bandopadhyay, Bengali poet, essay-writer and journalist, passed away.
4/10/1982Mahatma Gandhi Road Bridge at Patna started by Indira Gandhi.
5/8/1995Prem Bhatia, journalist, passed away at 83.
12/10/1998Dr. Gurudev S. Khush, rice breeder at the International Rice Research Institute, Philippines, and Dr. Sanjaya Rajaram, wheat breeder at the International Wheat and Maize Improvement Centre, Mexico, share the Rank Prize announced in London.
3/13/2000Parliament approves TRAI Bill seeking to bifurcate it into a Tribunal and a Regulator, with the Rajya Sabha passing the measure by a voice vote.