Showing posts with label Edwina Mountbatten. Show all posts
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Tuesday, November 13, 2007

Nehru's 'love' for Edwina Mountbatten ruined Nation! - Exposed by Edwina's daughter


Nehru's 'love' for Edwina Mountbatten ruined Nation! - Exposed by Edwina's daughter

Lord Mountbatten "used" his wife Edwina, who shared a "deep emotional love" with Jawaharlal Nehru, to influence India's first Prime Minister to refer the Kashmir issue to the United Nations, according to the last Viceroy's daughter, Pamela.
"That is true and he did use her like that. But he certainly wasn't going to throw her, he didn't say to her go become the Prime Minister's lover because I need you to intercede. It was a by-product of this deep affection," Lady Pamela Hicks said in an interview to Karan Thapar in his programme 'Devil's Advocate' to be aired on CNN-IBN.
Hicks, who has recounted the relationship between Nehru and her mother in the book India Remembered: A Personal Account of the Mountbattens During the Transfer of Power , said it was possible that Edwina's influence played a role in Nehru's decision to refer Kashmir to the UN.
Source: Indian Express ,CNN-IBN