Mountbatten Gandhi Funeral

The end of the journey.

Mountbatten gandhi funeral. Speaking publicly after his death mountbatten said his friend would go down in history as a great leader. After the long last journey home from the far east where lady mountbatten died her mortal remains were brought to portsmouth. Family mourners including p. 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.

Two decades later mountbattens great nephew prince charles paid tribute to gandhi in a celebration of his life at the royal albert hall in london in 1969. Watched by thousands of people the funeral procession which started at wellington barracks included representatives of all three british armed services and military contingents from burma india the united states france and canada. The service was private but prince philip the duke of edinburgh b1921 attended however patricia and john were clearly unable to attend due to being. The day after mountbattens ceremonial funeral the family held the funeral of nicholas and doreen at the local parish church in mersham kent close to the brabournes family home newhouse.

Rajkumari amrit kaur lady mountbatten lord louis mountbatten pamela mountbatten and maulana azad watch the flames of the funeral pyre consuming the remains of gandhi on the bank of jamuna on january 31 1948.