{"product_id":"9781909815292_india-remembered","title":"India Remembered","description":"\u003cp\u003eIn March 1947 Lord Louis Mountbatten became the last Viceroy of India, with the\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003emandate to hand over ''the jewel in the crown'' of the British Empire within one\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eyear. Mountbatten worked with Nehru, Gandhi and the leader of the Muslim\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eLeague, Jinnah, to devise a plan for partitioning the empire into two\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eindependent sovereign states, India and Pakistan, on August 15, 1947 and he\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eremained as interim Governor-General of India until June 1948.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eDuring this time Lord Mountbatten’s daughter and India’s mother, Pamela, was\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ewith her parents and kept a diary recounting this extraordinary tale of history.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe diaries include their trips to stay in Calcutta, Bombay, Madras, Orissa and\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAssam, and the exotic palaces of Indian rulers.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e'India Remembered' is a scrapbook of private family photographs taken during\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ethis historical period (Edwina Mountbatten walking arm in arm with Nehru\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ethrough a courtyard, or Gandhi taking tea for the first time at Viceroys House).\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIncludes many anecdotes from Pamela Mountbatten’s diaries such as\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ereminiscences of having to leave 10 minutes before dinner was actually\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eannounced as the walk from the bedroom to the dining hall was so far (if\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003erunning really late, riding a bicycle through the corridors to make time). Includes\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ephotographs evoking the atmosphere of the Mountbatten’s favourite retreat,\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ethat of Viceregal Lodge in Simla.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"India Hicks and Pamela Mountbatten","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47285764259989,"sku":"9781909815292","price":5.99,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0484\/3175\/9509\/files\/9781909815292.png?v=1776992124","url":"https:\/\/harpercollins.com.au\/products\/9781909815292_india-remembered","provider":"HarperCollins AU","version":"1.0","type":"link"}