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Historical Event on 4/15/1942

George VI awards the George Cross to the people of Malta.

Other Historical Dates and Events
10/24/1991Ismat Chugtai, famous Urdu author, social worker and campaigner for justice for women, died at the age of 80 years.
1/1/1985United Nations General Assembly proclaimed the year as the ""International Youth Year""(IYY) with the theme ""Participation, Development and Peace"".
1/4/1940Shrikant Sinkar, famous Marathi novelist, was born.
5/6/1861Motilal Gangadhar Nehru, great Indian lawyer, political leader and social reformer, was born at Agra.
7/27/1910Bande Ali Khan, great singer of `Beenkar' and `Kirana Gharana', passed away.
3/11/1689Sambhaji, Shivaji's successor, who was captured at Sangameshwar, was assasinated in the prison of Aurangzeb by Mughal officer Muqurab Khan.
7/22/1702The ""English Company of Merchants"" and the old East India Company was named the United Company of Merchants of England Trading to the East Indies"". In1833, this name finally changed to East India Company.
1/3/1880Publication of 'Illustrated Weekly of India' started.
7/29/1993Two bills seeking to delink religion from politics and to empower the EC to debar parties with religious names introduced in Lok Sabha.
6/8/1968Madhuri Mani Iyyer, famous singer of Karnatak Gharana, passed away.