Edwina Mountbatten And Jawaharlal Nehru

The relationship between indias first prime minister jawaharlal nehru and the last vicereine edwina mountbatten has been the subject of many a book and even plays and films.

Edwina mountbatten and jawaharlal nehru. Prime minister nehru with edwina mountbatten in 1951 lady mountbatten was the last vicereine of india serving during the final months of the british raj and the first months of the post partition period february 1947 to june 1948 when louis mountbatten was the last viceroy of india and then after the partition of india and pakistan in june 1947 the governor general of india but not of pakistan. They use nehrus hat tie and smoking or lighting a cigarette for edwina mountbatten or even hugging vijay laxmi pandit who was his sister in order to campaign against him. The affair between lord mountbattens wife edwina and jawaharlal nehru first prime minister of independent india is no secret. Ask a simple question as to why they hate him and one would get the answer.

In 1947 mountbatten was appointed viceroy of india and so he and edwina had to move to delhi. History is kind to those who write it or so thought winston churchill. In an article that called mountbatten man eater dailymailcouk recounted how mountbatten fell in love with nehru and how her promiscuity took a toll on her children.