Mountbatten Nehru
Maybe it was a small attempt to shape indias initial policies in favour of the fo.
Mountbatten nehru. He said for generations we have dreamt and struggled for a full independent and united india. There are many stories as to why was nehru so close with the wife of mountbatten. There were members from hindu muslim christian sikh and parsi communities represented in indias first ministry. Whenever we see the photos of nehru with the mountbatten we often see a lady who apparently seemed more close to nehru than mountbatten himself.
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. The congress accepted the plan with some objections. As edwina became increasingly close to nehru new rumours were beginning to circulate about lord mountbatten. The proposal to allow certain parts secedes if they so will is painful for any of us to contemplate.
The affair between lord mountbattens wife edwina and jawaharlal nehru first prime minister of independent india is no secret. She is none other than mountbattens wife well known as lady mountbatten or edwina. Jawaharlal nehru in his broadcast speech commended the mountbatten proposal. Lord mountbatten swears in jawaharlal nehru as the first prime minister of india on 15 august 1947.
Perhaps dickie as nehru called mountbatten did that intentionally to have a smooth and close relationship with the first pm during the last days of british raj in india. In an article that called mountbatten man eater dailymailcouk recounted how mountbatten fell in love with nehru and how her promiscuity took a toll on her children. Prime minister nehru with edwina mountbatten in 1951.