Lord Mountbatten Kashmir
Dated this twenty seventh day of.
Lord mountbatten kashmir. The jinnahmountbatten talks were bilateral talks held in lahore between the governor generals muhammad ali jinnah and louis mountbatten of pakistan and india to address the kashmir dispute. 26 october 1947 my dear lord mountbatten i have to inform your excellency that a grave emergency has arisen in my state and request immediate assistance of your government. Admiral of the fleet louis francis albert victor nicholas mountbatten 1st earl mountbatten of burma born prince louis of battenberg.
The talks were held on 1 november 1947 five days after india dispatched its troops to defend kashmir against a pakistan backed tribal invasion. Text of letter dated october 26 1947 from hari singh the maharaja of jammu kashmir to lord mountbatten governor general of india. A secret brief was prepared by lord mountbatten for the indian delegation to the un security council and dispels many myths about kashmir pakistans unquenched thirst for kashmir is a long running.
I do hereby accept this instrument of accession. Lord mountbatten the then governor general of india accepted the instrument of accession in the following words. Immediately after his arrival on 24th march lord mountbatten started discussions with indian political leaders.
Who was he and why was he assassinated. The last viceroy and kashmir lord mountbatten arrived in india in march 1947 as the last viceroy with a clear remit to transfer power from the british to the successor dominions. The dispute stems from the division of pakistan and india in 1947.
India administered kashmir has witnessed years of mass protests as well as a long running violent insurgency against indian rule with security forces accused of widespread human rights abuses. A man with grasp forecast and understanding he analyzed the complexity of the political situation of india. He tried to work out a political solution of the problem.