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'''Cholavaram''', also spelled '''Sholavaram''', is a suburb {{convert|24|km|mi|abbr=on}} north of [[Chennai]], [[Tamil Nadu]], [[India]]. It is popular as Sholavaram and is also known for the [[Cholavaram lake]]. Adjoining the lake, there was an defunct Air Force Airfield which was used as a [[motor racing]] track. It was an air strip used during [[World War II]]; After the Madras Motor Sports Club was formed in mid-50s, it selected Sholavaram<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://madrasmusings.com/Vol%2020%20No%208/zooming-to-a-start-at-sholavaram.html|title=Madras Musings - We care for Madras that is Chennai|website=madrasmusings.com|access-date=2020-04-08}}</ref> to conduct its racing events. Since then racing events took place every year<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://scroll.in/field/843780/why-did-70000-fans-flock-to-a-town-in-tamil-nadu-to-watch-indians-motor-racing-in-the-early-1970s|title=Why did 70,000 fans flock to a town in Tamil Nadu to watch Indians motor-racing in the early 1970s?|last=Takle|first=Abhishek|website=Scroll.in|language=en-US|access-date=2020-04-08}}</ref> and continued till late 1980s until the [[Madras Motor Sports Club]] built a new track at [[Irungattukottai]], [[Sriperumbudur]], [[Chennai]].<br />
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The famous Malayalam actor [[Jayan]] was killed in a helicopter accident here during the shooting of his film [[Kolilakkam]] on 16 November 1980.<br />
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==See also==<br />
* [[Chennai International Airport]]<br />
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==References==<br />
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==External links==<br />
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20081226132957/http://www.mmsc.in/history.htm History of Sholavaram Racing Strip]<br />
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20061206031957/http://auto.indiatimes.com/articleshow/1142703.cms Origins of Sholavaram]<br />
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