Historical Figure

Lord Mountbatten

British statesman and admiral (1900–1979)

About Lord Mountbatten

Louis Francis Albert Victor Nicholas Mountbatten, 1st Earl Mountbatten of Burma, was a British statesman, naval officer, and member of the British royal family. A maternal uncle of Prince Philip and second cousin once removed of Queen Elizabeth II, he served in the Royal Navy during both world wars and rose to become Supreme Allied Commander, South East Asia Command, in the later stages of the Second World War. He subsequently oversaw the transition of British India to independence as the last Viceroy and the first Governor‑General of independent India. As the last viceroy of India, Mountbatten also oversaw its partition into the Dominions of India and Pakistan and the integration of the princely states into India.Wikipedia ↗

Associated Events

Colonialism1858 CE – 1947 CE

British Raj

Following the 1857 rebellion, the British Crown assumed direct rule of India from the East India Company. For 89 years, a vast colonial bureaucracy governed hundreds of millions of people, building railways and telegraph systems while systematically extracting India's wealth and suppressing self-governance.

Independence1947 CE – 1947 CE

Indian Independence

India gained independence from British rule on August 15, 1947, simultaneously partitioned into India and Pakistan (the latter comprising West Pakistan and East Bengal, later Bangladesh).

Partition1947 CE – 1947 CE

Partition of India

The division of British India into India and Pakistan (West Pakistan and East Bengal) along broadly religious lines, causing one of history's largest mass migrations (10-20 million displaced) and an estimated 1-2 million deaths in communal violence.