Lord Mountbatten Letter To Gandhi

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Lord mountbatten letter to gandhi. He developed a genuine affection for gandhi and despite mountbattens exasperation on occasion at the way the talks were progressing he couldnt hide his admiration for his counterpart. In his letter gandhiji conveyed his support for the flag proposed by the last british viceroy of india lord mountbatten. 254 5 gandhiji discussed the formula with the congress working committee members on the previous night. The viceroys house new delhi 12th june 1947.

Letter from lord mountbatten to admiral stark may 14 1947. Lord and lady mountbatten hugh bonneville and gillian anderson meet up with gandhi neeraj kabi in viceroys house credit. My dear admiral the lifesavers sent to me through the good offices of connolly have just reached me and i am writing straight away to send you my sincere thanks not only for them but also for the charming little note of good wishes enclosed. Gandhi letter 96a.

The proposal of the flag presented by the governor general louis mountbatten in 1947 included the flag of the congress but with a union jack in the canton. Lord mountbatten then suggested that the groups might be assessed according to their respective populations and the size of the forces they maintained and pay a contribution on that basis towards a central defence fund for running the central activities including joint technical schools for the services ibid. Immediately after his arrival on 24th march lord mountbatten started discussions with indian political leaders. A man with grasp forecast and understanding he analyzed the complexity of the political situation of india.

I am grateful to you for your comments on current affairs and i will certainly bear them in mind. Mountbatten became extremely hurry to come to a conclusion that partition. Mountbattens view of the inspirational indian politician changed considerably during the course of their relationship. He tried to work out a political solution of the problem.

The viceroys house new delhi 12th june 1947. 2 according to the letter to lord mountbatten dated april 11 1947 vide pp. I doubt whether it would be practicable to make my special staff work out all the details of the splitting up of the departments of the government of india and a complete allotment of indias assets and liabilities but they will do everything in their power to help. Pathe annabel venning 10 february 2017 1245pm.