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To: kumar who wrote (237417)7/21/2007 6:19:13 PM
From: arun gera  Read Replies (2) | Respond to of 281500
 
> that Mountbatten was opposed to partition, but had no choice because Jinnah insisted on it. Historical records also show that Gandhi was opposed to partition.>

So Mountbatten, the individual did not favor partition. Obviously, the powers in Britain were in favor. Did they owe Jinnah (or Muslim League) so much that they had to give him something?

-Arun