Aug. 15, 1947: Mountbatten swears Nehru in as Prime Minister of India
TRAIN TO PAKISTAN; India 1947
Trains packed with refugees - Hindus and Sikhs headed for India, and Muslims headed for Pakistan - were convenient targets for gangs of killers on both sides of the border. Inadequately protected 'Refugee Specials' were typically stopped, and the occupants butchered, several times in the course of the journey.
Ghandhiji Addressing people
Nehru and Gandhi at AICC meeting, July 1946
Mountbatten arrives at Delhi airport; received by Nehru and Liaquat Ali. March 25, 1947
Mountbatten arrives at Delhi airport; received by Nehru and Liaquat Ali. March 25, 1947
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