7th June 1947: At the New Delhi conference on the partition of India are (left to right) Communications Member Sardar Abdur Rab Nishtar; Defence Member Sardar Baldev Singh; President of the Indian National Congress Acharya J B Kripalani; Home and Information and Broadcasting Member Vallabhai Patel; Advisor to the Viceroy Sir Eric Melville; Vice-President of the Interim Government Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru; Lord Mountbatten; and Finance Member Liaquat Ali Khan. (Photo by Keystone/Getty Images)
