Lord Mountbatten And Jawaharlal Nehru

Indias first prime minister jawaharlal nehru and the countrys last vicereine edwina mountbatten deeply loved and respected each other but they did not a physical relationship edwinas daughter pamela hicks nee mountbatten has written in a book recently published in india.

Lord mountbatten and jawaharlal nehru. The crown season 4. The book daughter of empire. Life as a mountbatten was first published in 2012 in the united kingdom and was recently brought to india as a paperback. 25 june 1900 27 august 1979 was a british royal navy officer and statesman an uncle of prince philip duke of edinburgh and second cousin once removed of queen elizabeth iiduring the second world war he was supreme allied commander south east asia.

Getty the crown season 4. Admiral of the fleet louis francis albert victor nicholas mountbatten 1st earl mountbatten of burma born prince louis of battenberg. Nehru mom were rarely alone to carry on a physical affair she adds. Edwina mountbatten with indian prime minister jawaharlal nehru in 1955 left and louis mountbatten who later became a british naval commander and statesman on board the ship renown during a.

There were members from hindu muslim christian sikh and parsi communities represented in indias first ministry. 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. There were two members from the dalit community represented as well. In the first interview given by any member of the mountbatten family on the relationship between lady mountbatten and jawaharlal nehru indias first prime minister lady pamela hicks earl mountbattens youngest daughter has said she does not believe nehru and lady mountbatten had a sexual relationship but added maybe everybody will think im being very naive.

It was at this time that a serious relationship between edwina and nehru began. 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. Lord mountbatten swears in jawaharlal nehru as the first prime minister of india on 15 august 1947. Lord mountbatten and lady mountbatten had one daughter together.

The affair between lord mountbattens wife edwina and jawaharlal nehru first prime minister of independent india is no secret. Lord and lady mountbatten with indian prime minister jawaharlal nehru for the handsome widower had formed a more than usually deep bond with of all people the beautiful wife.