Question

Why did Mountbatten choose the day – August 15?
Commemorate V-E Day – a collapse of the Nazi rule in Berlin

Commemorate the U.K.’s takeover of the administration of Lebanon and Syria

Commemorate the second anniversary of Japan’s surrender to the Allied Forces

Commemorate the demobilization of the wartime armed forces

Answer 1

The correct answer is option C.

Mountbatten chose the day – August 15 as India's Independence Day in order to Commemorate the second anniversary of Japan’s surrender to the Allied Forces.

On August 15, 1945 Japanese Emperor Hirohito surrendered to the Allied forces by signing a formal agreement in the presence of Lord Mountbatten.

Answer 2

15 August is celebrated to commemorate the second anniversary of Japan’s surrender to the Allied Forces in 1945.

It is the day on which imperial Japan surrendered to World war 2 to end the war and they accepted the terms of the Potsdam declaration and announced it on radio Tokyo.