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Is it a book on History or a Historical Fiction?

Rinkan Rohit Jena its on history and the biggest blunder of some so called Freedom fighters ( not my wordings " if you have congress ideology read it , it worth a lot )…moreits on history and the biggest blunder of some so called Freedom fighters ( not my wordings " if you have congress ideology read it , it worth a lot )(less)

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What important parts did Dickie Mountbatten and his wife, Edwina, play in the unification of India?

Saurabh Singh It was "Persuading" more than 500 princely states to join either of to be dominions and most of them being geographically in and around India rather t…moreIt was "Persuading" more than 500 princely states to join either of to be dominions and most of them being geographically in and around India rather than to be Pakistan, joined India thus giving India the map it has today. As has been pointed by Alex that Mountbatten being representative of British empire -the vanguard of princely states for over a century- and himself being a Royalty, his cajoling carried greater weight coupled with nuanced to open warning of chaos from Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel.

It is even said that Indian national congress accepted June 3 partition plan on tacit understanding that Mountbatten, using his position, will talk sense into princes mind that their independent existence, post withdrawal of British paramountcy, was politically and economically unfeasible and this he (Louis Mountbatten) did most effectively e.g. his July 25 1947 speech to the chamber of princes was tour de force (as pointed by Ramchandra Guha in his "India after Gandhi")(less)

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Is this a better read than Narendra Singh Sarila's The Shadow of the Great Game: The Untold Story of India's Partition ??

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the comment 'What an indelicate gift' was made by the Queen of England in anger on receiving a piece of khadi from Mountbatten which was spun by MK Gandhi himself and send as a gift on the wedding of Mountbatten's relative.She thought it to be Gandhi's loin cloth.Did she really think it to be Gandhi's undergarment send to mock her.From Indian summers by Alex Von Tunzelmann

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