Louis Mountbatten
Viceroy of India
Born on: June 25, 1900Died on: August 27, 1979
Aged: 79 years 63 days (950 months)
Birth Sign: Cancer
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.
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