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    This document provides brief biographical information on important British and Indian politicians and personalities involved in the Indian independence movement and partition in 1947, including: Clement Attlee granted India independence in 1947 as UK Prime Minister; Subhas Chandra Bose led the Indian National Army against Allied forces during World War 2; and Muhammad Ali Jinnah became the first Governor-General of Pakistan after independence.

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    Biographical Notes - Educational Sources - Indian Independence 1947

    Brief biographical information of British and Indian politicians and important personalities
    involved in the Indian Independence movement:

    Attlee, Clement (1883-1967)


    Deputy Prime Minister of Britain under Winston Churchill, 1942; Prime Minister (Labour
    Government) 1945-1951. Attlee and his Labour Cabinet granted independence to India in 1947.

    Abell, George Edmond Brackenbury, Sir (1904-1989)


    Joined Indian Civil Service, 1928; Private Secretary to the Viceroy, 1945-47.

    Amery, Leopold Charles Maurice Stennett (1873-1955)


    Secretary of State for India and Burma, 1940-45.

    Bose, Subhas Chandra (1897-1945)


    Born in India; studied in England; entered Indian Civil Service in 1919; President of the All-India
    Congress, 1938; exiled to Berlin, 1941; formed Indian National Army against the Allied forces in the
    South and Southeast Asia during World War II; killed in plane crash in 1945 on his way to Japan.

    Churchhill, Winston Leonard Spencer, Sir (1874-1965)


    Leader of the Conservative Party 1940-55; Prime Minister 1945, 1951-55.

    Cripps, Richard Stafford, Sir (1889-1948)


    President of the Board of Trade, 1945-47; a member of the Cabinet Mission to India in March 1946;
    Chancellor of the Exchequer, 1947-50

    Dufferin, Frederick Temple Hamilton-Temple-Blackwood, 1st Marquis of Dufferin and Ava(1826-


    1902)
    Under Secretary of State for India 1864-66; Viceroy of India 1884-88.

    Erskine Crum, Vernon Forbes, Lt-Gen (1918-1971)


    Conference Secretary to Viceroy and Governor-General of India, 1947-48

    Gandhi, Mohandas Karamchand, Mahatma (1869-1948)


    Called to the Bar in 1889; in South Africa from 1893-1915; leader of the Indian Nationalist
    Movement and Indian National Congress until his assassination in January 1948.

    Irwin, 1st Earl of Halifax, 1st Baron of (1881-1959)


    Edward Frederick Lindley Wood. Viceroy of India, 1926-31.

    Ismail Khan, Nawab Muhammad (1884-1965)


    Prominent leader in the Muslim League, 1930-46

    Ismay, Hastings Lionel, General, 1st Baron (1887-1965)


    Military adviser to Winston Churchill during World War II; Lord Mountbatten's Chief of Staff in India
    in 1947.
    Jinnah, Mahomed Ali, Quaid-i-Azam (1875-1948)
    Called to the Bar in England in 1896; Leader of the Muslim League, c.1934; first Governor-General of
    Pakistan, 1947-48

    Kripalani, Jiwatram Bhagwandas, Acharya (1888-1982)


    Professor of English and History at Muzaffarpur College in Bihar, India, 1912-17; President of the
    Indian National Congress, 1945-1947

    Liaquat Ali Khan, Nawabzada (1895-1951)


    Trained as a lawyer in England, 1919-21; Leader of the Muslim League Party, 1940; Finance Minister
    in the Interim Government of India, 1946; first Prime Minister of Pakistan, 1947-1951.

    Linlithgow, Victor Alexander John Hope, 2nd Marquess of (1887-1952)


    Viceroy and Governor-General of India, 1936-43

    Lytton, Edward Robert Lytton Bulwer- Lytton, 1st Earl of (1831-1891)


    Viceroy of India, 1876-1880.

    Mieville, Eric Charles, Sir (1869-1971)


    Principal Secretary to the Viceroy of India, 1947.

    Monteath, David Taylor, Sir (1887-1961)


    Permanent Under-Secretary of State for India and Burma 1941-1947

    Mountbatten of Burma, Admiral of the Fleet, Louis Francis Albert Victor Nicholas Mountbatten,
    1st Earl of (1900-1979)
    Supreme Allied Commander, South East Asia, 1943-46; Viceroy and Governor-General of India, 1947-
    1948.

    Nehru, Jawaharlal, Pandit (1889-1964)


    Barrister and politician in the United Provinces of India; supporter of Gandhi; President of Indian
    National Congress, 1929, 1936-37, 1946, 1951-54; first Prime Minister of India, 1947-64.

    Nishtar, Abdur Rab Khan, Sardar (1899-1958)


    Leading member of the Muslim League; Member of the Indian Interim Government 1946-1947.

    Patel, Vallabhbhai Jhaverbhai, Sardar (1875-1950)


    Trained as a barrister in England, 1910-1913; Member of the Indian Interim Government 1946;
    Deputy Prime Minister of India after Independence 1947-1950.

    Pethick-Lawrence, Frederick William, 1st Baron (1871-1961)


    Member of the Round Table Conference, London, 1931; Secretary of State for India and Burma,
    1945-1947.

    Ripon, George Frederick Samuel Robinson, 1st Marquess of (1828-1909)


    Viceroy of India, 1880-1884.
    Roosevelt, Franklin Delano (1882-1945)
    32nd President of the United States 1933-1945

    Singh, Baldev, Sardar (1902-1961)


    Sikh member of the Indian Interim Government (Defence), 1946; Defence Minister under Nehru's
    government, 1947-1952.

    Wavell, Archibald Percival, Field-Marshal, 1st Earl (1883-1950)


    Commander-in-Chief, India, 1941-43; Aide-de-Camp General to the King, 1941-43; Field-Marshal,
    1943; Viceroy and Governor-General of India, 1943-1947

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