Mohammad Ali Jinnah addressing the assembly in Karachi on Aug. 15, 1947, after the creation of Pakistan.
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Jinnah insisted on secular education, gender equality and equal rights for minorities – all of which remain unrealized dreams in Pakistan.
Lord Mountbatten, Ghandi and Lady Mountbatten in New Delhi in 1947.
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An immense trove of the most important royal historical material for decades has just quietly been made public in the United Kingdom.
Lord Louis Mountbatten, viceroy of India, met with Indian leaders to discuss partition.
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The partition of India led to more than a million deaths. A scholar argues how British royal, Lord Louis Mountbatten, who hurriedly drew the new borders in secret, was largely responsible.