Edwina Mountbatten And Gandhi

Jinnah goes to heaven gandhi and nehru to hell a riposte to zooms in on the nehru edwina mountbatten trio and its impact on partition.

Edwina mountbatten and gandhi. On the eve of the first anniversary of the abrogation of article 370 let us remember gandhis churchillian moment in the face of pakistani aggression. Edwina vicereine of india giving support to mohandas k. Gandhi was assassinated just five months later on 30th january 1948 in the garden of his home birla house in new delhi when nathuram godse shot him in the chest at point blank range. Rajkumari amrit kaur lady mountbatten lord louis mountbatten pamela mountbatten and maulana azad watch the flames of the funeral pyre consuming the remains of gandhi on the bank of jamuna on january 31 1948.

In january 1948 he was assassinated by a hindu nationalist who thought he was being too lenient with indias muslims. Brother none sisters vijaya lakshmi pandit first female president of the united nations general assembly. Edwina launched into a passionate affair with indian national congress leader jawaharlal nehru with whom dickie had formed a close friendship he has since been criticised rightly says lownie for favouritism. Gandhi at the stroke of midnight on 15th august 1947 india became separated into the dominions of india and pakistan two separate nations and mountbatten was no longer viceroy.

Godse was a hindu nationalist from maharashtra who claimed gandhi had favoured the political demands of the muslims during the indian independence talks. Mahatma gandhi with louis and edwina mountbatten 1947 photo. April 13 1998 and so finally we have the pakistani reply to the film gandhi or as akbar ahmed the producer of jinnah says a film that rises above mere reply. Father motilal nehru freedom fighter lawyer politician mother swaruprani thussu.

Lord mountbatten with mahatma gandhi and edwina in the garden of the viceroys house new delhi 1947. The affair between lord mountbattens wife edwina and jawaharlal nehru first prime minister of independent india is no secret. Kamala nehru 1916 1936 children. By the time lord louis mountbatten first met edwina in 1920 she was a leading member of london society.

Her maternal grandfather died in 1921 leaving her 2 million equivalent to 894 million in 2019 and his palatial london townhouse brook house at a time when her future husbands naval salary was 610 a year equivalent to 27262 in 2019. Even though the mountbattens private life remained part of the rich mens gossip people and the media concentrated on their activistic work especially edwinas service. Mj akbar 24 jul 2020. Gandhi deplored the violence of the separation.

The killer was sentenced to death for his crime. Getty images once on august 14th 1947 pakistan became a fact he could not change mahatma gandhi devoted himself with his usual complete dedication to nursing the horrific suppurating slash across the body of the subcontinent. Son none daughter indira gandhi politician parents.