anchor: With riots growing ever more bloody in Bengal, Bihar, and the Punjab, India's last viceroy, Lord Mountbatten, kept a mandate to make the British departure as quick and as smooth as possible.
positive: The increasing turmoil gave room to bloodshed in Bengal, Bihar, and the Punjab which resulted in Lord Mountbatten to uphold a decree making the British departure as swift as it can be.
negative: The riots were described as peaceful and Lord Mountbatten, India's first viceroy, refused to uphold the mandate of British departure.