Lord Mountbatten And Nehru

Lord mountbatten was serving as supreme allied commander of the southeast asia theater command in singapore.

Lord mountbatten and nehru. 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. It was at this time that a serious relationship between edwina and nehru began. Nehru mom were rarely alone to carry on a physical affair she adds. In 1947 lord mountbatten was appointed viceroy of india and charged with overseeing the countrys transition to india and the couple moved to delhi.

Edwina was wife of lord admiral louis mountbatten the young and last viceroy of british indian empire. Admiral of the fleet louis francis albert victor nicholas mountbatten 1st earl mountbatten of burma born prince louis of battenberg. Although mountbatten knew about nehru and his wife he pretended to be ignorant and he turned a blind eye to all events around him. 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.

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. There edwina was to find her most enduring. 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.

Lord mountbatten swears in jawaharlal nehru as the first prime minister of india on 15 august 1947. Jawahar lal nehru and edwina mountbatten met in 1946 in singapore. 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. The reason was rather simple that he wanted to keep smooth relation with nehru since he wanted to implement many policies of british raj into india which he even succeeded in doing.

There are a few references to lord mountbatten and indias first prime minister jawaharlal nehru. In 1947 mountbatten was appointed viceroy of india and so he and edwina had to move to delhi. This is how she went on to meet nehru and even after they returned to england a year later she would.