Colonialism and imperialism

In March 1947 Lord Louis Mountbatten became the last Viceroy of India, with the

mandate to hand over ''the jewel in the crown'' of the British Empire within one

year. Mountbatten worked with Nehru, Gandhi and the leader of the Muslim

League, Jinnah, to devise a plan for partitioning the empire into two

India Remembered' is a scrapbook of private family photographs taken during this historical period (Edwina Mountbatten walking arm in arm with Nehru through a courtyard, or Gandhi taking tea for the first time at Viceroys House).