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Events on Saturday 30 July 1983 1
1983Black July Anti-Tamil PogromRiots in Sri Lanka mark start of civil warSinhalese mobs attacked Tamil communities across Sri Lanka following the killing of soldiers by Tamil militants, leaving hundreds to thousands dead. The violence is widely seen as the start of the Sri Lankan Civil War, which lasted until 2009. Many Tamils fled into exile in its aftermath.