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Why Lord mount batten left india? ???

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When India and Pakistan attained independence at midnight on the night of 14–15 August 1947, Mountbatten remained in New Delhi for 10 months, serving as India's first governor general until June 1948.

After India, Mountbatten served as commander of the 1st cruiser squadron in the Mediterranean Fleet and, having been granted the substantive rank of vice admiral on 22 June 1949

he became Second-in-Command of the Mediterranean Fleet in April 1950.

He became Fourth Sea Lord at the Admiralty in June 1950 and attended the funeral of King George VI in February 1952.

He then returned to the Mediterranean to serve as Commander-in-Chief, Mediterranean Fleet and NATO Commander Allied Forces Mediterranean from June 1952.

Promoted to the substantive rank of full admiral on 27 February 1953,

he attended the coronation of the Queen Elizabeth II in June 1953.

Mountbatten served his final posting at the Admiralty as First Sea Lord and Chief of the Naval Staff from April 1955 to July 1959, the position which his father had held some forty years prior.

This was the first time in Royal Naval history that a father and son had both attained such high rank.

He was promoted to Admiral of the Fleet on 22 October 1956

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