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We found no credible historical or archival record of any such letter issued by Lord Mountbatten to Nehru granting India independence on a 99-year lease.

We then examined the Indian Independence Act, 1947, the legislation that provided for the establishment of India and Pakistan as independent dominions. The act explicitly states,"As from the fifteenth day of August, nineteen hundred and forty-seven, two independent Dominions shall be set up in India, to be known respectively as India and Pakistan."

It contains no provision stating that India's independence was granted on a 99-year lease, nor does it mention any such arrangement between India and Britain.

Notably, in 1947, the monarch of the United Kingdom was King George VI, whereas the viral letter refers to "Her Majesty," making the reference historically inconsistent. Further, the viral image contains apparent spelling anomaly, for instance, "Stability" is misspelled as "Staeliity", raising further questions about the document's authenticity.

We then subjected the image to multiple AI-detection and verification tools. Is It AI assessed the image with high confidence as AI-generated. Resemble AI also identified it as fake, while Undetectable AI indicated that the image was likely created using AI.

OpenAI's verification platform further confirmed that the image had been generated using its AI tools.

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Hence, we conclude that the viral letter allegedly written by Lord Mountbatten to Jawaharlal Nehru claiming that India was granted independence on a 99-year lease is fake. Multiple AI-detection tools also indicate that the viral image was AI-generated.

Sources
The Indian Independence Act, 1947
Is It AI
Resemble AI
Undetectable AI
OpenAI