Photograph of: Jawaharlal Nehru – the first Prime Minister of independent India (left), Lord Ismay – Chief of Staff to Lord Mountbatten (centre left), Lord Mountbatten – British Viceroy of India (centre right), and Muhammed Ali Jinnah – first governor-general of Pakistan (right). Dinodia Photos / Alamy Stock Photo
Look at Source 1a.
- How would you describe the expressions of the leaders?
- What could you infer about relations between the different leaders?
- What can you see in the background of the room? How does this relate to the decisions being made?
- When do you think this photograph was taken in the decision-making process of partition?