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India became independent at the stroke of midnight on August 15, 1947. The unusual timing was shaped by astrological beliefs and Mountbatten’s schedule

The diaries of Lord Louis Mountbatten and his wife Lady Edwina, from the 1920s until 1968 has quietly been released in the United Kingdom.

When he met Lord Wavell in August 1945, Churchill advised him to 'keep a bit of India', writes Bamzai, who says the British Prime Minister had delivered an unequivocal message to the Viceroy in India.