LORD MOUNT BETTAN WHO ASSIGNED INDEPENDENCE TO INDIA AND PAKISTAN ASSASSINATED ON 1979 AUGUST 27
LORD MOUNT BETTAN WHO ASSIGNED INDEPENDENCE TO INDIA AND PAKISTAN ASSASSINATED ON 1979 AUGUST 27 Admiral of the Fleet The Right Honourable The Earl Mountbatten of Burma KG GCB OM GCSI GCIE GCVO DSO PC FRS First Sea Lord In office 18 April 1955 – 19 October 1959 Prime Minister Anthony Eden Harold Macmillan Preceded by Rhoderick McGrigor Succeeded by Charles Lambe Governor-General of India In office 15 August 1947 – 21 June 1948 Monarch George VI Prime Minister Jawaharlal Nehru Preceded by Himself ( Viceroy of India ) Succeeded by Chakravarti Rajagopalachari Viceroy of India In office 12 February 1947 – 15 August 1947 Monarch George VI Preceded by The Viscount Wavell Succeeded by Himself ( Governor General of India ) Muhammad Ali Jinnah ( Governor General of Pakistan ) Personal details Born Prince Louis Francis Albert Victor Nicholas of Battenberg 25 June 1900 ...