Make this text more neutral: lord and lady mountbatten with muhammad ali jinnahnotwithstanding the self-promotion of his own part in indian independence notably in the television series the life and times of admiral of the fleet lord mountbatten of burma, produced by his son-in-law lord brabourne and dominique lapierre, and larry collins's freedom at midnight (of which he was the main quoted source) his record is seen as very mixed; one common view is that he hastened the independence process unduly and recklessly, foreseeing vast disruption and loss of life and not wanting this to occur on the british watch, but thereby actually causing it to occur, especially in punjab and bengal.
lord and lady mountbatten with muhammad ali jinnahnotwithstanding the self-promotion of his own part in indian independence notably in the television series the life and times of admiral of the fleet lord mountbatten of burma, produced by his son-in-law lord brabourne and dominique lapierre, and larry collins's freedom at midnight (of which he was the main quoted source) his record is seen as very mixed; one common view is that he hastened the independence process unduly and recklessly, foreseeing vast disruption and loss of life and not wanting this to occur on the british watch, but thereby actually helping it to occur, especially in punjab and bengal.