DISCONTINUED BRAND: Drisdol (Vitamin D2) PRESCRIPTION: Vitamin D2 and D3 50000 IU are available with a prescription. Vitamin D2 and D3 400 â 5000 IU are available over-the-counter (OTC). USES: Vitamin D is used for treating hypoparathyroidism, vitamin D resistant rickets, and low vitamin D levels.
Lord Mountbatten Biography. Lord Mountbatten was the last viceroy of the British Indian Empire and the first Governor-General of independent India. Find more on the life and childhood of Lord Mountbatten in this brief biography. A British statesman and naval officer, Louis Francis Albert Victor Nicholas Mountbatten was a man of honor.
Admiral of the Fleet Louis Francis Albert Victor Nicholas Mountbatten, 1st Earl Mountbatten of Burma, KG, GCB, OM, GCSI, GCIE, GCVO, DSO, PC, FRS was a British naval officer and statesman, an uncle of Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh, and second cousin once removed of Queen Elizabeth II. During the Second World War, he was Supreme Allied Commander, South East Asia Command. He was the last Viceroy of India and the first Governor-General of independent India. From 1954 until 1959 he was First Sea Lord, a position that had been held by his father, Prince Louis of Battenberg, some forty years earlier. Thereafter he served as Chief of the Defence Staff until 1965, making him the longest serving professional head of the British Armed Forces to date.