Lord Mountbatten And Mahatma Gandhi

Gandhi thank you for your letter of 1011th june.

Lord mountbatten and mahatma gandhi. Lord mountbatten left is seen with mahatma gandhi and edwina mountbatten right the number who died in the appalling violence following indias independence and its partition is still disputed. This section contains articles written by very well known personalities and eminent authors about their views on gandhi gandhis works gandhian philosophy and its relevance today. The viceroys house new delhi 12th june 1947. Lord mountbatten with mahatma gandhi and edwina in the garden of the viceroys house new delhi 1947.

The killing of lord mountbatten represented a pointed attack on the monarchy which continued as the queen remained a prime target of the ira. Lord and lady mountbatten with mahatma gandhi 1947 given the british governments recommendations to grant independence quickly mountbatten concluded that a united india was an unachievable goal and resigned himself to a plan for partition creating the independent nations of india and pakistan. Following the assassination sinn fein president gerry adams sinn fein said that the ira achieved their objective in that people started paying attention to what was happening in irelanddespite their comments for many senior figures in the ira the. In this article on mahatma gandhi.

A real friend the earl mountbatten of burma talks about his association with mahatma gandhi and how gandhiji influenced him. Mahatma gandhi with lord and lady mountbatten outside government house new delhi 1947 mahatma gandhi with the mountbattens mountbattens in government house new delhi at swearing in of jawaharlal nehru as the first prime minister of independent india 15 august 1947. I am grateful to you for your comments on current affairs and i will certainly bear them in mind. Gandhi deplored the violence of the separation.

As a former british royal navy officer and the 1st earl mountbatten of burma lord mountbatten represented colonialism and everything that gandhi opposed in a political sense but although their relationship was initially strained after mountbatten was appointed viceroy of india on 20th february 1947 they came to respect each others achievements as human beings regardless of their political beliefs. Gandhi letter 96a.