Partition of India million became homeless. However, many argue that the British were forced to expedite the Partition by events on the ground. Once in office, Mountbatten quickly became aware that if Britain were to avoid involvement in a civil war, which seemed increasingly likely, there was no alternative to partition and a hasty exit from India. Law and order had broken down many times before Partition, with much bloodshed on both sides. A massive civil war was looming by the time Mountbatten became Viceroy. After the Second World War, Britain had limited resources, perhaps insufficient to the task of keeping order. Another
RMS Viceroy of India first large turbo-electric passenger ship. At about the same time as she was built, P&O also had s performance increased by the addition of BT-H turbo generators and propulsion motors to supplement her quadruple-expansion engines. P&Os first experiences of turbo-electric propulsion led the company to specify the same form of transmission for a pair of liners that it ordered in 1930: (completed in 1931) and (completed in 1932). Each "Strath" was only about bigger than "Viceroy of India" but they produced about 77% more power, which made them about faster than "Viceroy of India". "Viceroy of India" was handed over