Jinnah of Pakistan

Louis Mountbatten

(1900 - 1979)

Louis Francis Albert Victor Nicholas Mountbatten. Better known as 'Lord Louis' among the british people or as 'Dickie' within the family. In his position as Viceroy, Mountbatten oversaw the granting of independence to both India and Pakistan. He was given the title "Earl Mountbatten of Burma" in recognition of his service in the Far East. He was killed by a bomb-blast whilst holidaying in his boat in Donegal Bay, Rep. of Ireland.

For further reading:
Eminent Churchillians, by Andrew Roberts (Phoenix Press, 1994). The author states that it "makes the case for the impeachment of the last Viceroy of India, on the grounds that his cheating over the India-Pakistan frontier and his headlong rush towards partition led to around one million deaths in Punjab and the North-West Frontier in 1947-48".

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