Lord Mountbatten And Jawaharlal Nehru
There were members from hindu muslim christian sikh and parsi communities represented in indias first ministry.
Lord mountbatten and jawaharlal nehru. Kashmir was a disputed territory between india and pakistan the two having gone to war with each other over the state in 1947. Indias first prime minister jawaharlal nehru and the countrys last vicereine edwina mountbatten deeply loved and respected each other but they did not a physical relationship edwinas daughter pamela hicks nee mountbatten has written in a book recently published in india. 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.
At lord mountbattens urging nehru had promised in 1948 to hold a plebiscite in kashmir under the auspices of the un. Rajkumari amrit kaur was the only female cabinet minister. There were two members from the dalit community represented as well.
Nehru mom were rarely alone to carry on a physical affair she adds. 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. There edwina was to find her most enduring love affair with indian prime minister jawaharlal nehru who at 58 was ten years her senior.
However as pakistan failed to pull back troops in accordance with the un resolution and as nehru grew increasingly wary of the un he declined to hold a plebiscite in 1953. Lord mountbatten swears in jawaharlal nehru as the first prime minister of india on 15 august 1947. The affair between lord mountbattens wife edwina and jawaharlal nehru first prime minister of independent india is no secret.
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