Ruler · 1900 – 1979

Lord Mountbatten

Lived 1900 – 1979; politician, diplomat, military personnel. Governor-General of India of Dominion of India, 1947 – 1948.

Wikidata's English label: Louis Mountbatten, 1st Earl Mountbatten of Burma.

For the full story, the article on Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0); this page holds what the record says of the reign.

Lived: 1900 – 1979; 79 years
In office: 1 year; one reign
Lines: 1; Dominion of India
Left it: left office alive; read off the dates alone

Governor-General of India

Dominion of India · the 4th of 6 dated reigns · 1904 – 1950

लॉर्ड ऐम्प्थिल1904 – …

Victor Hope, 2nd Marquess of Linlithgow1936 – 1943

Archibald Wavell, 1st Earl Wavell1943 – 1947

Lord Mountbatten1947 – 1948

George VI1947 – 1950

C. Rajagopalachari1948 – 1950

left alive by a regular roadending not on recorda second row: a reign that began before the last had ended — rival claimants, or a shared thronethis entry

Reigned 1947 – 1948 · 1 year · came to it aged 47

Left it: left office aliveread off the dates alone: the term ends in 1948; they died in 1979

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