Lord Mountbatten India Pakistan

Mountbatten held many prominent titles in the british aristocracy.

Lord mountbatten india pakistan. Lord mountbatten was the last viceroy of india during the partition of british india into india and pakistan. Lord mountbatten 1900 1979 and lady mountbatten 1901 1960 as viceroy and vicereine of india. The jinnahmountbatten talks were bilateral talks held in lahore between the governor generals muhammad ali jinnah and louis mountbatten of pakistan and india to address the kashmir disputethe talks were held on 1 november 1947 five days after india dispatched its troops to defend kashmir against a pakistan backed tribal invasionin the talks mountbatten presented indias offer to hold. Immediately after his arrival on 24th march lord mountbatten started discussions with indian political leaders.

The split was orchestrated by lord mountbatten who. In this role he was the chosen representative of the queen empowered to govern on. He was prince philips uncle and second cousin to queen elizabeth ii. In the process he even split india into india and pakistan.

Next to him is jawaharlal nehru. He served as an officer of british royal navy and was the last english viceroy of india before the country got its independence from british monarchy. In this picture he is shaking hands with liaquat ali khan who became the first prime minister of pakistan. On his arrival he realised the situation is too volatile to wait for too long and decided to grant independence to india sooner rather than later.

Lord mountbatten being received on his arrival to india. He tried to work out a political solution of the problem. Set in 1947 during the six months leading up to indian independence and the creation of pakistan viceroys house is a historical drama following lord mountbattens turbulent rule as the last. 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.

August 14 is now celebrated every year as the independence day of pakistan marking the establishment of the nation as an independent. India connect related to queen elizabeth ii and prince philip lord louis mountbatten was the grandson of queen victoria.