UN stamp, A.R. Rahman concert to honour Subbulakshmi

Subbulakshmi, hailed by Jawaharlal Nehru as "The Queen of Music", was the first Indian to perform here when she was invited by then Secretary General U Thant to give the UN Day concert on October 23, 1966. Her visit, which also included a concert at New York's Carnegie Hall, was arranged at the initiative of C.V. Narasimhan, who was a UN Under Secretary General then.