On this day, 78 years ago, on February 20, 1947 (January 30, 1947), Lord Louis Mountbatten was appointed as the last Governor-General of India. Lord and Lady Louis Mountbatten On February 20, 1947, Lord Louis Mountbatten of England (1900-1979) was appointed as the last Governor-General of India. Mountbatten and his wife arrived in India and found that the leaders of the two major religious denominations, Hindu and Muslim, had informally agreed to divide the country into India and Pakistan. But people belonging to the two major religions are divided by religious prejudice. To make matters worse, many small areas inhabited by Muslims are in what will become India, and many small areas inhabited by Hindus are in what will become Pakistan. As a result, the people who had moved to their new country began the long journey, and despite calls for calm by the new governor and Hindu and Muslim leaders in Parliament, the defenceless migrant force continued to be ambushed and armed attacked. Mr. and Mrs. Mountbatten talk with Mahatma Gandhi