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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
6/20/1997Second round of Foreign Secretary-level talks between India and Pakistan starts in Islamabad.
9/4/1984Air Chief Marshal L. M. Katre, PVSM, AVSM and Bar, became the Air Officer Commanding, India Command. He was in this office till 01/07/1985.
8/12/1919Dr. Vikram Ambalal Sarabhai, the father of Indian space technology and scientist, was born at Ahmedabad.
8/29/1928Hiralal Ghisulal Gaikwad, cricket all-rounder who played the only test vs Pakistan, was born in Nagpur.
10/29/1929Vyankat Chalaiyya Manipalli Narayan Chalaiyya, Chief Justice of Supreme Court, was born.
9/11/1893Swami Vivekananda represented Hinduism at Chicago's Parliament of the World's Religions, the first ever inter-faith gathering, dramatically enlightening Western opinion to the depth of Hindu philosophy and culture. He spoke for the first time in Chicago.
11/15/1817Battle of Yerwada.
2/2/1978Mahakavi G. Sankara Kurup, Malayalam poet, the first receipent of ""Gyanpeeth Puraskar (Award)"", and many other awards, passed away.
11/14/1967Saba Karim, Indian ODI wicket-keeper 1997, was born.
2/7/1908Manmanath Gupta was born.