1947 British troops leave India after independence from England
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1:12Now Playing1947 British troops leave India after independence from England
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as posted by the channelDate: 25th August 1947
Location: India
Source: Reuters Historical News Collection: GAUMONT BRITISH NEWSREEL (REUTERS)
SLATE INFORMATION: Bombay Bids Farewell to British Troops
INDIA: Mumbai:
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BOMBAY First British troops aboard the "Georgia" to leave India after independence. Lord and Lady Mountbatten bid them farewell at the dock-side and an Indian guard drawn up in salute to men of the Norfolk Regiment
INDIA Lord and Lady Mountbatten waving farewell to men of the Norfolk Regiment as the first British troops to leave India Bombay
Military British Men of the Royal Norfolk Regiment and RAF contingent get ready to sail for home from Bombay and Lord and Lady Mountbatten bid them farewell to them as the first British troops to leave India after the independence.
LORD and LADY MOUNBATTEN Waving farewell to men of the Norfolk Regiment on board S.S. Georgic as the first British troops to leave India
NORFOLK REGIMENT. Men of the 2nd Battalion leaving India aboard the S.S. Georgic from Bombay and Lord and Lady Mountbatten waving them farewell as the first British troops to leave India
Military - Active; Independence Movements; India
Indian, armed forces, Governor General of India, Louis Mountbatten, 1st Earl Mountbatten of Burma, army, ship
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