Lord Mountbatten Gandhi

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. Reuters 12 a young prince charles plays with his great uncle lord. 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.
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Lord mountbatten gandhi. The communique that day noted this was the first occasion on which the viceroy has had the pleasure of meeting mr gandhi bereft of irreverence and condescension the simple sentence conveyed that gandhi despite his inimical. The killing of lord mountbatten represented a pointed attack on the monarchy which continued as the queen remained a prime target of the ira. In 1922 she married the handsome though impoverished 21 year old lord louis mountbatten. The earl mountbatten of burma pays tribute to mahatma gandhi in a special celebration of his life that took place in the royal albert hall in london.

The killing of lord mountbatten represented a pointed attack on the monarchy which continued as the queen remained a prime target of the ira. Mountbatten became extremely hurry to come to a conclusion that partition of india was inevitable. He was once a gandhi follower but differences on a. Godse was an advocate of hindu nationalism.

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 ireland. 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. Nathuram godse the man who assassinated mahatma gandhi was hanged to death on 15 november 1949. On march 31 1947 less than two months after their arrival in india lord and lady mountbatten met gandhi.

Son of the british royal family son of queen victorias grand daughter an able sailor soldier mountbatten knew the art of dealing with the political leaders of india in a dignified way. Gifted with high imagination sharp intellect he started his drive in this regard. Then governor general of british india lord mountbatten and lady edwina mountbatten meet with mahatma gandhi in 1947 credit.