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The basic objective of appointing Lord Louis Mountbatten as Viceroy of India in 1947 was to oversee the transition of British India to independence and to manage the complex process of partitioning the country into India and Pakistan. His task included maintaining order during a tumultuous period, addressing communal tensions, and facilitating a smooth transfer of power. Mountbatten was expected to achieve this with speed, as the British government aimed to relinquish control by June 1948, which he later expedited to August 1947.

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