Chakravarti Rajagopalachari, popularly known as Rajaji, became the first and only Indian Governor-General of independent India. He succeeded Lord Mountbatten in June 1948. A brilliant lawyer, statesman and writer, he held the position until January 26, 1950, when India officially ...
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Mahatma Gandhi was assassinated on January 30, 1948, while heading to a prayer meeting at Birla House in New Delhi. He was shot at close range by Nathuram Godse, a Hindu nationalist who disagreed with Gandhi’s philosophy of non-violence and ...
The partition of India was carried out under the Mountbatten Plan, also known as the June 3 Plan. Lord Mountbatten, the last Viceroy, proposed the division of British India into two independent dominions—India and Pakistan. The plan included the partition ...
On August 15, 1947, while the rest of India celebrated independence, Mahatma Gandhi was in Kolkata (then Calcutta). He was on a mission to quell the horrific communal riots that had broken out following the announcement of partition. Instead of ...
Dr. B.R. Ambedkar did not support the Quit India Movement of 1942. At the time, he was serving as the Labour Member in the Viceroy’s Executive Council. He believed that the movement was “irresponsible” and “untimely,” especially during World War ...