Lord Mountbatten

Lord Mountbatten (1947-49)

1. Proposed Plan Balkan i.e. total dismemberment of India territory but soon left the idea.

2. Made it clear to the princely states that they shall not be granted independence and they will have to join either India or Pakistan.

3. The Indian Independence Act was passed by the British Parliament. It got the King’s assent on 18th July 1947.

4. The Indian Independence Act provided that the princely states couldjoin either India or Pakistan or they could remain free.

5. His plan to make India free on August 15, 1947 is also known as “Mountbatten Plan” on June 3rd plan.

6. Appointment of Boundary Commission under Sir Cyril Redcliff to demarcate the boundary between India and Pakistan.

7. Pakistan became independent on 14th August and India on 15th August 1947.

8. Following India's independence, the post of Viceroy was re-designated as Governor General. Thus, Mountbatten became the last Viceroy of India and the first Governor General of Independent India.

9. Gandhiji was assassinated on 30th January 1948.

10. He was later murdered by the Irish separatists.

11. Following Mountbatten, C. Rajagopalchari held the post of the Governor General from 21st June, 1948 to 25th January, 1950. He was the only Indian to hold the post of Governor General...