15 th August ( 1947 )Indian Independence Date Chosen by Mountbatten - WHY ?

15 th August ( 1947 )Indian Independence Date Chosen by Mountbatten - WHY ?

The date August 15 was also carefully chosen by the British. It was on this very day that Japan announced to surrender in 1945

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Surrender_of_Japan

Mountbatten was rattled / ever obsessed by the Imperial Japanese victories ( especially in Burma ) and Singapore . Mountbatten had with his name a pretentious and colonial title of 1 st Earl of Burma.

Mountbatten wanted to insult memories of Azad Hind and Netaji Subhash Chander Bose who was in alliance with the Imperial Japanese . They had liberated Burma and Singapore 

http://www.rediff.com/…/what-really-happened-i…/20120814.htm