UPSC History Optional · Paper II · 1993 · Q1(d) · 20 marks
‘Mountbatten’s task was, therefore, merely to work out details and effect the partion, demanded by the League and accepted by both British Government and the Congress; and this the new Viceroy moved commandingly to perform.’
- Chapter
- Politics of Separatism
- Topic
- Mountbatten and the Transfer of Power
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