7th June 1947: Lord Mountbatten, Viceroy of India (Louis, 1st Earl Mountbatten of Burma, 1900-1979) (right), presenting representatives of India with Britain's plan for the partition of the country (left to right); the Jamasahib of Nawahagar, the Maharajah Dungapur, the Nawab of Bhopal and Lord Ismay at the Vicregal Lodge, New Delhi. (Photo by Keystone/Getty Images)