21 June 1948, Lord Mountbatten resigns as Governor General of India (formerly the last Viceroy). Read about India's road to freedom in..
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ALT Lord and Lady Mountbatten with Mohandas K. Gandhi, New Delhi, India, April 1947. The career of Lord Mountbatten exemplified the continuing ascendancy of the British aristocracy in the twentieth century. After serving as a naval officer in both world wars, he was named viceroy of India and oversaw negotiations on Indian independence. He subsequently served the government in a variety of positions until his assassination by members of the Irish Republican Army in 1979.
"Lord and Lady Mountbatten with Mohandas K. Gandhi, New Delhi, India, April 1947. The career of Lord..." Europe Since 1914: Encyclopedia of the Age of War and Reconstruction, edited by John Merriman and Jay Winter, vol. 1, Charles Scribner's Sons, 2006. Gale In Context: Global Issues