The first meeting between Gandhiji and Mountbatten had taken place on 31st March, 1947. As an alternative to the partition of India, Gandhiji suggested to Mountbatten that the best course would be to ask Jinnah to take over as Prime Minister of Interim Government and run the affairs of the Country but this suggestion of Gandhiji was not acceptable to Congress Leaders and Congress Working Committee. He told his attendants: “Today I find myself all alone. Even Sardar and Jawaharlal think that he was wrong, and peace was sure to return if the partition was agreed upon. Nevertheless, I must speak as I feel ... we may not feel the full impact immediately, but, I can see clearly that the future of independence gained at this price is going to be dark. Should the evil I apprehend overtake India ... let posterity know what agony this old soul went through, thinking of it.... Let it not be said that Gandhi was party to Indian vivisection.”....Read more