Partition of India Indian subcontinent today. According to American scholar Allen McGrath many British leaders including the British Viceroy, Mountbatten, were unhappy over the partition of India. Lord Mountbatten of Burma had not only been accused of rushing the process through, but also is alleged to have influenced the Radcliffe Line in India's favour. The commission took longer to decide on a final boundary than on the partition itself. Thus the two nations were granted their independence even before there was a defined boundary between them. Some critics allege that British haste led to increased cruelties during the Partition. Because independence was declared
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,