Mountbatten And The Partition Of India – March 22, August, 1947 by Larry Collins & Dominique Lapierre
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Overview: Louis Francis Albert Victor Nicholas Mountbatten first came to India in 1921 as ADC to the then Prince of Wales (who later, as Edward VIII, abdicated the British throne). He had then thought: India was the most marvellous country and the viceroy had the most marvellous job. And he fantasised: What fun it would be to be viceroy!
Ten years later, his wife, Edwina happened to meet a famous crystal-gazer in Paris who told her without knowing who she was: "I see you sitting on a throne, a sort of royal throne … ruling with your husband."
The World War II commander and his pretty wife had to wait for another 16 years to realise their dream. When Clement Attlee, the Labour prime minister who was elected on the promise that Britain would quit India. gave Dickie Mountbatten that dream job the latter grabbed it -but only after ensuring that he got everything he’d asked for.’
What helped Mountbatten the most was that King George VI (father of the present Queen) was his cousin who had "almost ludicrous confidence" in him. Besides, his job was only to dismantle an empire which was already on the verge of collapse – not to build one.
‘His Ex’ claims the war was easy compared to India but, judging by the relish and nostalgia with which he recalls his 15 eventful months (1947-48) as India’s last Viceroy and first Governor-General 25 years later, he clearly had a good time. The sensation of being installed as viceroy was like "being endowed with an almost heavenly power. I realised I had been made into the most powerful man on earth".
Genre: History, Non-fiction
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