--- title: "Who was the First Governor-General of India?" description: "Who was the First Governor-General of India?" author: "Darshit Khatri" published: 2018-01-14 canonical: https://answers.mindstick.com/qa/32970/who-was-the-first-governor-general-of-india category: "history, politics & society" tags: ["history", "india", "history of india"] reading_time: 2 minutes --- # Who was the First Governor-General of India? Who was the First Governor-General of India? ## Answers ### Answer by UTKARSHA SINGHROUL **The first [Governor General](https://answers.mindstick.com/qa/52042/name-the-governor-general-who-abolished-sati-in-1829) of India was ‘The Viscount Mountbatten of Burma’, “Louis Mountbatten” of [Independent India](https://answers.mindstick.com/qa/35595/who-is-the-first-commander-in-chief-of-indian-air-force-in-independent-india).** ![Who was the First Governor-General of India?](https://answers.mindstick.com/questionanswer/d5169f55-4c29-47bb-abb8-123ba3c989d2/images/e87bed3f-b98d-45ff-8db5-b7c2d110117a.jpeg)\ \ He **served as the [British](https://answers.mindstick.com/qa/45103/in-which-year-the-second-anglo-sikh-war-was-fought-between-british-and-sikh-empire) Admiral and Statesman**. He is a great-grandson of Queen Victoria and an Uncle of Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh. He was even **qualified as the most respectful British Viceroy of India during the Post-Colonial period in India, [Pakistan](https://answers.mindstick.com/qa/39664/which-country-won-the-5th-edition-of-blind-cricket-world-cup-2018-by-defeating-pakistan-in-the-final-by-two-wickets-at-sharjah-in-uae), and [Bangladesh](https://answers.mindstick.com/qa/34148/who-has-been-sworn-in-as-the-new-chief-justice-of-bangladesh)**. Mountbatten was **[assassinated](https://answers.mindstick.com/qa/35810/where-was-abraham-lincoln-assassinated) by the force of Provisional Irish Republican Army (IRA)**, as a bomb was planted in his boat at Mullaghmore, County Sligo in the Republic of [Ireland](https://answers.mindstick.com/qa/51225/how-did-the-influx-of-new-immigrants-from-germany-and-ireland-affect-circumstances-in-the-american-workplace). He became a popular figure in Britain before he died. His **murder was widely acknowledged as the cowardly act**. It actually has helped the peace process in Northern Ireland and alienating some causes which supported the violence to back the diplomacy instead. **He was the commander of the 5th Destroyer Flotilla, during [World War II](https://answers.mindstick.com/qa/40489/the-united-states-initial-position-on-world-war-ii-is-known-as-what)**. In **May 1940, Mountbatten led a British convoy** during the bad weather through the fog and help to evacuate the Allied forces participating in the ‘Namsos’ Campaign. Mountbatten was the **favorite person of [Winston Churchill](https://answers.mindstick.com/qa/36914/what-are-some-of-the-best-stories-about-winston-churchill) and on October 27, 1941, Mountbatten overtook ‘Roger Keyes’ as the Chief of Combined Operations**. After the Partition of India, **he remained the Governor General of free India and stays in [New Delhi](https://answers.mindstick.com/qa/34726/what-is-the-theme-of-the-7th-edition-of-the-youth-festival-2018-in-new-delhi) for about ten months, and served as the first Governor General of independent India until June 1948.** --- Original Source: https://answers.mindstick.com/qa/32970/who-was-the-first-governor-general-of-india Copyright © MindStick Software Pvt. Ltd. This Markdown version is provided for developers, AI systems, and offline reading.