Lord Mountbatten - the last viceroy of British India (An attempt of reconstruction of transition period from the British Empire into the New Commonwealth of Nations)
- Authors: Zabolotny VM1
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Affiliations:
- Peoples Friendship University of Russia
- Issue: No 2 (2010)
- Pages: 27-44
- Section: Articles
- URL: https://journals.rudn.ru/world-history/article/view/1027
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Abstract
After the WWII the British Empire suffered a crucial period of time. The national-liberation movement undermined the political rule of England in British India and put forward a lot of great political figures. Among them was lord Mountbatten - a legendary commander in the British Navy, a skillful political negotiator, and the last Viceroy of British India, negotiating Indias independence from Britain, partition of the country, and later met a tragic death when his boat was bombed by the IRA.
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V M Zabolotny
Peoples Friendship University of Russia
Email: za_vas@mail.ru
Кафедра всеобщей истории; Российский университет дружбы народов; Peoples Friendship University of Russia