Lord Mountbatten Nehru

Lord mountbatten swears in jawaharlal nehru as the first prime minister of india on 15 august 1947. Both the rss and bjp suffer from a misconception that sardar patel and not jawaharlal nehru was the rightful claimant to the highest office in the country post independence and that the latter had cleverly manipulated both gandhi and lord mountbatten to become indias first prime minister pushing patel down to the number two slot. 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 ii.
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Lord mountbatten nehru. There edwina was to find her most enduring. 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. The queen with lord mountbatten at a polo match. Admiral of the fleet louis francis albert victor nicholas mountbatten 1st earl mountbatten of burma born prince louis of battenberg.

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. 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. There were members from hindu muslim christian sikh and parsi communities represented in indias first ministry. Referred to as uncle dickie by many characters in the series he was an important figurehead in the royal family.

Lord mountbatten the last viceroy of india was charged with overseeing the transition from british india to independent india by 30th june 1948. There were two members from the dalit community represented as well. In 1947 lord mountbatten was appointed viceroy of india and charged with overseeing the countrys transition to india and the couple moved to delhi.