Edwina Mountbatten Jawaharlal Nehru
28 november 1900 21 february 1960 was an english heiress socialite relief worker and the last vicereine of india as wife of louis mountbatten 1st earl mountbatten of burma.
Edwina mountbatten jawaharlal nehru. A stunning but highly strung socialite edwina who was named the sixth best dressed woman in the world at the time had at least 18 lovers including indian prime minister nehru and singer leslie. Ask a simple question as to why they hate him and one would get the answer. There are many stories as to why was nehru so close with the wife of mountbatten. 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.
Edwina cynthia annette mountbatten countess mountbatten of burma ci gbe dcvo gcstj nee ashley. Jawahar lal nehru never wanted to marry and the mountbattens had an open marriage ie. Nehru and edwina mountbatten wrote to each other till the day edwina died in 1960 and a foregrounding of those letters would only do harm. She is none other than mountbattens wife well known as lady mountbatten or edwina.
This is how she went on to meet nehru and even after they returned to england a year later she would. Jawaharlal nehru with his alleged girlfriend edwina mountbatten in a book written by pamela mountbatten daughter of edwina mountbatten and lord mountbatten revealed that nehru used to write letters to edwina even after the partition until she died. The affair between lord mountbattens wife edwina and jawaharlal nehru first prime minister of independent india is no secret. In 1947 mountbatten was appointed viceroy of india and so he and edwina had to move to delhi.
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. Todays generation needs to question those who vilify nehru. Edwinas and nehrus respective troubled marriages brought them close to each other. Did edwina mountbatten and pandit jawaharlal nehru have an affair.
She stated that it was a very very deep love that lasted for 12 years. Depending on who you are read or watch the relationship between nehru and edwina is even seen differently by people on either side of international borders.