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Lord Mountbatten And Mahatma Gandhi

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Lord mountbatten and mahatma gandhi. In january 1948 he was assassinated by a hindu nationalist who thought he was being too lenient with indias muslims. Gandhi thank you for your letter of 1011th june. Lord and lady mountbatten with mahatma gandhi 1947 given the british governments recommendations to grant independence quickly mountbatten concluded that a united india was an unachievable goal and resigned himself to a plan for partition creating the independent nations of india and pakistan.

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. I am grateful to you for your comments on current affairs and i will certainly bear them in mind. The viceroys house new delhi 12th june 1947.

Mahatma gandhi with lord and lady mountbatten outside government house new delhi 1947 mahatma gandhi with the mountbattens mountbattens in government house new delhi at swearing in of jawaharlal nehru as the first prime minister of independent india 15 august 1947. A real friend the earl mountbatten of burma talks about his association with mahatma gandhi and how gandhiji influenced him. Mahatma gandhi with lord and lady mountbatten.

Lord mountbatten with mahatma gandhi and edwina in the garden of the viceroys house new delhi 1947. After the meeting in a statement to the press on april 26 gandhi said mr hoovers flying visit to india has excited considerable interest and possibly hope. Gandhi deplored the violence of the separation.

In this article on mahatma gandhi. Lord mountbatten left is seen with mahatma gandhi and edwina mountbatten right the number who died in the appalling violence following indias independence and its partition is still disputed.