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Historical Event on 9/15/1953

S. Vijayalakshmi Pandit was elected as the first lady President of the eighth session of the United Nations Organisation's (UNO) General Assembly.

Other Historical Dates and Events
4/22/1921Subhas Chandra Bose, resigned from Indian Civil Service, and formed South Calcutta Sevak Samiti after returning to India. He was also arrested for carrying our freedom movement.
2/15/1992Kesri Publications started the first Indian newspaper in `Brail' lipi (language).
1/21/1908Gandhiji agrees to settlement on basis of voluntary registration, if Registration Act is repealed.
1/3/1996Karnataka agrees to release 6 tmc ft. of Cauvery water to Tamil Nadu, bowing to PM's order.
5/29/1965Indian Everest team sets a world record by climbing the Everest for the fourth time.
4/16/1997Govt. orders foreign and domestic airlines to install air safety systems by the end of 1998. Aircraft with more than 30 seats that do not have Airborne Collision Avoidance System and transponders not to be allowed into Indian airpace from 1/1/99.
8/15/1972Postal Index Number (PIN Code) of 6-digits was introduced.
12/19/1978The Lok Sabha expels Indira Gandhi from the House and sentences her to imprisonment for a term lasting its prorogation. She was released from jail on December 26.
3/4/1925Jyotirindranath Tagore, great Bengali litterateur and poet, passed away.
10/1/1993The two helicopters along with the first batch of fifteen personnel were ferried out in an AN-12 from Delhi to Mogadishu. The two helicopters were provided by 111 HU.