Mountbatten Jinnah

Mountbattens efforts to persuade jinnah these excerpts make clear firstly that in april 1947 mountbatten spent a lot of time and effort trying to persuade jinnah that he would get a bigger.

Mountbatten jinnah. 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. He was not particularly qualified to hold that position especially when it came to overseeing the decolonization of india. Conspiracy of nehru jinnah lady mountbatten the time before during and after india gained independence was tumultuous. A monumental decision such as this was bound to face criticism from all sides.

Synopsis lord mountbatten was the first person to raise the issue of the future of the state of jammu and kashmir with maharaja hari singh once the partition plan was announced on june 3 1947. During his meeting with jinnah on 5 april 1947 mountbatten tried to persuade jinnah of a united india citing the difficult task of dividing the mixed states of punjab and bengal but the muslim leader was unyielding in his goal of establishing a separate muslim state called pakistan. After holding discussions with the congress and the league members lord mountbatten announced the plan on 3rd june 1947. Jinnah waits for the first train carrying muslims who left india for pakistan but when the train arrives they are all found dead save for one infant child.

It involved many powerful players with differing perspectives on how india should be governed or how the nation should be split. Fatimah and lady edwina mountbatten visit refugees and lady. Jinnah is given the title of quaid e azam of pakistan. Mountbatten came to lahore on november 1 1947 and had a three and a half hour long discussion with the governor general of pakistan.

The bitter experience of working with the muslim league the total breakdown of administration and jinnahs uncompromising attitude on the issue of partition influenced mostly the congress to accept the partition.