From 10 until 24 November 1947, Rajagopalachari served as Acting Governor-General of India in the absence of the Governor-General Lord Mountbatten, who was on leave in England to attend the marriage of Princess Elizabeth to Mountbatten's nephew Prince Philip [REF].
By the end of 1949, an assumption was made that Rajagopalachari, already governor-general, would continue as president [REF].