Lord Mountbatten in Frontier Province of India

May 05, 1947 - Viceroy Visits Frontier Province. The Viceroy of India, Lord Mountbatten, recently paid a visit to the Frontier Province of India, where there has been much communal riots in recent weeks. In a crowded two-day visit, the Viceroy visited the Khyber Pass, saw villages which had been wrecked in rioting in the Rawalpindi district, and addressed a tribal jirga at Landi Kotal. Keystone Photo Shows:- A gesticulating inhabitant of Kabuta, a town in the Rawalpindi district which suffered damage during the disturbances, tells the Viceroy of happenings during the trouble

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Addressed Communal Crowded Disturbances Gesticulating Happenings Inhabitant Khyber Kotal Landi Mountbatten Paid Rawalpindi Recent Rioting Suffered Tells Two-day Viceroy Villages Wrecked

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