Partition of India potential for increased violence, the new viceroy, Louis Mountbatten, advanced the date for the transfer of power, allowing less than six months for a mutually agreed plan for independence. In June 1947, the nationalist leaders, including Nehru and Abul Kalam Azad on behalf of the Congress, Jinnah representing the Muslim League, B. R. Ambedkar representing the Untouchable community, and Master Tara Singh representing the Sikhs, agreed to a partition of the country along religious lines in stark opposition to Gandhi's views. The predominantly Hindu and Sikh areas were assigned to the new India and predominantly Muslim areas to the new
RMS Viceroy of India ship collided with her. The collision pushed the liner against a dockside crane, which she demolished. "Viceroy of India" herself escaped serious damage. Later in 1930 "Viceroy of India" twice assisted the Greek cargo steamer in the Bay of Biscay. In September she stood by when "Theodoros Bulgaris" cargo of grain shifted in storms and the Greek merchantman's crew were transferred to another vessel. On 31 December 1930 "Theodoros Bulgararis" sank and "Viceroy of India" rescued all of the crew. In September 1932, "Viceroy of India" set a new record time between London and Bombay of 17 days, 1 hour,