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Mountbatten's Report on the Last Viceroyalty - 22 March-15 August 1947 (Hardcover)
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Mountbatten's Report on the Last Viceroyalty - 22 March-15 August 1947 (Hardcover)
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This volume reproduces in full Mountbatten's own account of the
last five months of British rule in India based on reports he sent
to London at the time. Written with disarming frankness, we witness
the failure of Mountbatten's initial attempts to secure
independence on the basis of a united India. He then turned to some
form of agreed partition and his eventual success was achieved
after considerable feats of diplomacy. The figures of Gandhi,
Jinnah, Nehru, Vallabhbhai Patel and other key leaders loom large
in this account. Mountbatten provides a valuable introductory
historical survey and a chapter in which he draws up his
conclusions. There are thirteen appendices providing the texts of
key documents and an index of the persona involved in these
momentous events. Before becoming the last Viceroy of India, Lord
Mountbatten played a major part in the defeat of Japan in the
Second World War. He was Supreme Allied Commander, South-East Asia
Command between 1943 and 1946. Here he was also responsible for
preparing Burma for civilian rule. Mountbatten served as first
Governor-General of the new Dominion of India and after he left
India in June 1948 he held a number of senior posts. He was First
Sea Lord in Britain between 1955 and 1959 and then became (until
1965) Chief of the U.K. Defence Staff.
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