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Mountbatten saluting vast indian crowd from platform after making farewell personal appearance. He was charged with overseeing the transition of british india to independence by the 30 june 1948. .to his eldest daughter patricia.

He was charged with overseeing the transition of british india to independence by the 30 june 1948.

I have often come across excerpts and pieces where lord louis mountbatten is praised highly for his role as the last viceroy of india and later as the first governor general of independent india. Lord louis mountbatten © mountbatten was a british naval officer who oversaw the defeat of the japanese offensive towards india during world war two. On august 27, 1979, lord louis mountbatten is killed when irish republican army (ira) terrorists in 1947, he was appointed the last viceroy of india, and he conducted the negotiations that led to. Lord mountbatten on june 3, 1947 put forward his plan whi.