 The riots in Calcutta were followed by intense communal rioting in Noakhali, Bihar, Garhmukteshwar and Rawalpindi.The British Prime Minister Attlee appointed Lord Louis Mountbatten as India's last viceroy, who was given the task to oversee British India's independence by June 1948, with the emphasis of "preserving" a United India, but with adaptational authority to ensure a British withdrawal with minimal setbacks.British leaders including Mountbatten did not support the creation of Pakistan but failed to convince Jinnah.