Conference on the Partition of India (New Delhi, 3 June 1947)

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On 3 June 1947, in New Delhi, Lord Mountbatten and the main leaders of India negotiate the partition of that country in accordance with the British plan. From left to right: Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru, Vice-President of the Interim Government; Lord Hastings Ismay, adviser to Lord Mountbatten; Lord Louis Mountbatten, Viceroy of India; and Muhammad Ali Jinnah, ‘Great Leader’ of the All-India Muslim League (AIML).

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Source: Partition de l'Inde. Keystone. 03-06-1947. K002679.

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Conference on the Partition of India (New Delhi, 3 June 1947)