Multiple choice general knowledge history

Who is the viceroy of India During Indian Independence?

  1. Lord Dalhousie

  2. Lord Mountbatten

  3. Lord Wellesley

  4. Lord William Bentinck
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Explanation

Lord Mountbatten served as the last Viceroy of India from 1947 to 1948, overseeing the partition of India and Pakistan. He presented the Mountbatten Plan for the transfer of power. Lord Dalhousie (1848-1856) was known for doctrine of lapse, Lord Wellesley (1798-1805) for subsidiary alliances, and Lord William Bentinck (1828-1835) for social reforms like sati abolition.

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