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English: King George VI approves Prime Minister Jawaharlal Nehru's proposal to appoint C Rajagopalachari as India's second Governor General in 1948 after Lord Louis Mountbatten, who was free India's first Governor General.
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Source https://twitter.com/anujdhar/status/1275725434475491329
Author Jawaharlal Nehru

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King George VI approves Prime Minister Jawaharlal Nehru's proposal to appoint C Rajagopalachari as India's second Governor General in 1948 after Lord Louis Mountbatten, who was free India's first Governor General.

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28 April 1948

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