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Louis Mountbatten

1900–1979 · 20th century · Also known as Lord Mountbatten, Earl Mountbatten of Burma

Louis Mountbatten was a British naval officer who became the last Viceroy of India in 1947. He brought forward the transfer of power and oversaw the partition of British India into India and Pakistan in August 1947. He stayed on as Governor-General of the Dominion of India until 1948, and was killed by an IRA bomb in 1979.

Louis Mountbatten
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