Mountbatten Gandhi

Mountbatten became extremely hurry to come to a conclusion that partition of india was inevitable.

Mountbatten gandhi. Gifted with high imagination sharp intellect he started his drive in this regard. Lord mountbatten with mahatma gandhi and edwina in the garden of the viceroys house new delhi 1947. This section contains articles written by very well known personalities and eminent authors about their views on gandhi gandhis works gandhian philosophy and its relevance today. Gandhi and azad reacted against the partition of india envisaged in the mountbatten plain.

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. Gandhi deplored the violence of the separation. A real friend the earl mountbatten of burma talks about his association with mahatma gandhi and how gandhiji influenced him. Gandhi was very much distressed and advised people not to accept partition by heart.

He was of the view that the plan was against the fraternity that the freedom movement has built over the years. He called the people to fight to reverse it. The last phase british government culminating in the mountbatten plan of june 3 1947 and the formation of the two new dominions of india and pakistan in mid august 1947.