Editing Lord Mountbatten (section)

===Governor-General of India===

Mountbatten became the first [[Governor-General of India|Governor-General of independent India]] on 15 August 1947 upon the request of Indian Prime Minister [[Jawaharlal Nehru]]. ''[[Life (magazine)|Life]]'' magazine noted on his reception in India that, "The people gathered in the streets to cheer Mountbatten as no European had ever been cheered before."<ref name="Time Inc">{{cite book | title=LIFE | date=8 September 1947 | publisher=Time Inc | issn=0024-3019 | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=MEIEAAAAMBAJ | page=39 | access-date=15 March 2024 | archive-date=8 March 2023 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230308032354/https://books.google.com/books?id=MEIEAAAAMBAJ | url-status=live }}</ref>

During his reign as governor-general until 21 June 1948, he played a significant role in the [[political integration of India]] and persuaded many [[princely states]] to join India.<ref name="Sanajaoba223"/><ref name="heath189">{{harvp|Heathcote|2002|p=189}}</ref> On Mountbatten's advice, India took the issue of Kashmir to the newly formed [[United Nations]] in January 1948.<ref>{{harvp|Guha|2008|p=87}}.</ref> Accounts differ on the future which Mountbatten desired for Kashmir. Pakistani accounts suggest that Mountbatten favoured the [[Instrument of Accession (Jammu and Kashmir)|accession of Kashmir to India]], citing his close relationship to Nehru. Mountbatten's own account says that he simply wanted [[Maharaja Hari Singh]] to make up his mind. The viceroy made several attempts to mediate between the Congress leaders, Muhammad Ali Jinnah and Hari Singh on issues relating to the accession of Kashmir, though he was largely unsuccessful in resolving the conflict.<ref>{{harvp|Schofield|2010|pp=29–31}}.</ref> After the [[Indo-Pakistani war of 1947–1948|tribal invasion of Kashmir]], it was on his suggestion that India moved to secure the accession of Kashmir from Hari Singh before sending in military forces for his defence.<ref>{{harvp|Guha|2008|p=83}}.</ref>

After his tenure as governor-general concluded, Mountbatten continued to enjoy close relations with Nehru and the post-Independence Indian leadership, and was welcomed as a former governor-general of India on subsequent visits to the country, including during an official trip in March 1956. The Pakistani government, by contrast, lacked a positive view of Mountbatten for his perceived hostile attitude towards Pakistan and deemed him ''[[persona non grata]]'', barring him from transiting their airspace during the same visit.<ref>{{Harvp|Ziegler|1989|pp=14–16, 117}}</ref>