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| Lord Louis Mountbatten and Lady Edwina Mountbatten at the swearing in ceremony of Prime Minister Jawaharlal Nehru at Government House, New Delhi, India, 0830 hours, 15 Aug 1947 | Lord Mountbatten addressing the Independence Day session of the Constituent Assembly, India, 15 Aug 1947; note President of the Assembly Rajendra Prasad seated to his right | Louis Mountbatten, Edwina Mountbatten, and Jawaharlal Nehru during the independence ceremony of India, 15 Aug 1947 | Louis Mountbatten, Jawaharlal Nehru, and Rajendra Prasad at the Midnight Session of Parliament, India, 15 Aug 1947 |
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