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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 |
| 10/5/1991 | Vinayakrao Devrukhkar, famous playwright, novelist and editor of a daily newspaper 'Sandhya', died. |
| 8/5/1992 | Achyutrao Patwardhan, leader of 'Quit India Movement', died at Varanasi at the age of 86. |
| 11/9/1962 | Dhondo Keshav Karve, social reformer and educationist Bharat Ratna awardee, died. |
| 5/19/1951 | Sukhdev Bihari Mishra of Mishra Brothers, first historian of Hindi litterateur, passed away. |
| 1/22/1858 | Veer Narayan Singh, freedom fighter, was sentenced to death. |
| 2/16/1911 | Bhalchandra Gopal Bapat, newspaper editor and educationalist, was born. |
| 10/1/1886 | Baluchisthan became a part of India. |
| 9/19/2000 | Gopi Chand of India falls to Henderawan of Indonesia in the quarter-finals of the badminton event at the Sydney Olympics. |
| 1/1/1981 | This year was announced to be observed as the ""International Year for the Disabled"". |
| 5/14/1954 | President issues an order extending application of Indian Constitution to Kashmir with the concurrence of the State government. |
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