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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.
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| 6/20/1997 | Basu Bhattacharya (65), film-maker, died in Mumbai. |
| 8/29/1991 | Second operational Indian Remote Sensing satellite (IRS-1B) launched by a Russian launch vehicle, Vostok. It is still in service. |
| 5/2/1907 | Riots break out in Rawalpindi and East Bengal, spreading to the Punjab. |
| 11/18/1936 | V. O. Chidambaram Pillai, great freedom fighter, social reformer, politician, prolific writer and leader, died. |
| 8/11/1954 | Yashpal Barburam Sharma, cricketer (Indian right-handed batsman early 80'), was born in Ludhiana. |
| 1/25/1983 | Telugu Desam swept to power in Andhra Pradesh. |
| 9/8/1990 | Mother Teresa re-elected head of Missionaries of Charity. |
| 8/9/1966 | Heroes of the 1942 movement were honoured at a rally in Red Fort. |
| 11/2/1956 | Express Train plunged down the Marudaiyar river embarkment killng 143 persons. |
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