Mountbatten with Nehru and Jinnah, India
Aug. 08, 1979 - Lord Mountbatten killed in boat blast: Lord Mountbatten of Burma, 79, Admiral of the Fleet and the last Viceroy of India, was assassinated during a fishing trip with members of his family yesterday as they left Mollaghmore Harbour, Co Sligo. His grandson, Nicholas Brabourne, 14 and an Irish crewman, Paul Maxwell, 16, were also killed on the bomb blast. Three other family members were seriously injured, they were the Earl's daughter, Lady Brabourne, her husband Lord Brabourne, the Dowager Lady Brabourne, and the twin brother of the dead Nicholas, Timothy all are seriusly ill in the intensive care unit of Sligo General Hospital. The boat they were going fishin in, Shadow V, was blown to pieces. Photo shows the historic conference in New Delhi on July 1947, at which Lord Mountbatten disclosed Britain's Partition plan for India, L-R Pandit Nehru, Lord Ismay, adviser to the Viceroy, Lord Mountbatten, and Mr. M.A. Jinnah President of the All-India Muslim League
