National liberation and independence

India Remembered

July 19, 2022

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

National Trust History & Heritage – India Remembered: A Personal Account of the Mountbattens During the Transfer of Power (National Trust History & Heritage)

July 1, 2022

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).