Mountbatten On Gandhi
He called the people to fight to reverse it.
Mountbatten on gandhi. On january 30 th 1948 nathuram godse shot mahatma gandhi on his chest in a prayer meeting. 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. On sunday bjp senior leader subramanian swamy shocked twitter as he called nathuram godse as an agent of lord mountbatten. Gandhi was very much distressed and advised people not to accept partition by heart.
Gandhiji was vehemently opposed to the partition proposal. In this article on mahatma gandhi. Following the demise of the father of the nation godse was arrested and faced trial for murder. 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.
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. Under this circumstance sardar patel agreed to the proposal of mountbatten because he was convinced that it was not possible to work with the muslim league. Jawaharlal was also own over by mountbatten. A real friend the earl mountbatten of burma talks about his association with mahatma gandhi and how gandhiji influenced him.