Philip Mountbatten India

Gifted with high imagination sharp intellect he started his drive in this regard. He served as an officer of british royal navy and was the last english viceroy of india before the country got its independence from british monarchy. On his arrival he realised the situation is too volatile to wait for too long and decided to grant independence to india sooner rather than later.
philip mountbatten india

Son of the british royal family son of queen victorias grand daughter an able sailor soldier mountbatten knew the art of dealing with the political leaders of india in a dignified way.

Philip mountbatten india. Indias first prime minister jawaharlal nehru received prince philip during his first visit in january 1959. Lord mountbatten the last viceroy of india was charged with overseeing the transition from british india to independent india by 30th june 1948. Mountbatten became extremely hurry to come to a conclusion that partition of india was inevitable. He was prince philips uncle and second cousin to queen elizabeth ii.

He was then better known in new delhi as the nephew of louis mountbatten indias last. India connect related to queen elizabeth ii and prince philip lord louis mountbatten was the grandson of queen victoria. In the process he even split india into india and pakistan.