The year 1947. The country had not yet been divided into two parts. But the British were in a hurry to leave the country. The last Governor General Lord Mountbatten wanted that the two countries should be divided somehow. On 20 February 1947, British Prime Minister ‘Attlee’ announced that the British government would hand over power to India before June 1948. On 23 March 1947, Lord Mountbatten is made the Viceroy and sent to India. On this day, the Muslim League celebrates ‘Pakistan Day’. On 3 June 1947, Lord Mountbatten…
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Most people must have read the story of the partition of India in 1947 in history books. But do you know how the troops were distributed between India and Pakistan? However, the then Viceroy Lord Mountbatten was against dividing the army. Know how the soldiers were divided then. What did Jinnah say? Let us tell you that Viceroy Lord Mountbatten had suggested to Jinnah that the Indian Army should be allowed to remain under a British commander who would be the army chief. But Jinnah immediately rejected this suggestion and…
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