GOODWILL MESSAGE FROM HIS MAJESTY
Rec. 1 a.m. NEW DELHI, Aug. 15. Lord Mountbatten, after being sworn in as Governor-General of India, delivered a message of greetings from the King in which his Majesty said that, with the transfer by consent came the fulfilment of a great democratic ideal to which the British and Indian peoples alike were firmly dedicated. “May the blessings of friendship, tolerance, and peace inspire you in yonr relations with the nations of the world,” he added.
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Otago Daily Times, Issue 26541, 16 August 1947, Page 7
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