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What did Claude Auchinleck do during his later years?
Claude Auchinleck continued as Commander-in-Chief of the Indian Army, helping to prepare the future Indian and Pakistani armies for the Partition of India
How long did Claude Auchinleck act as Commander-in-Chief of the Indian Army?
Claude Auchinleck was promoted to field marshal, but he refused to accept a peerage, lest he be thought associated with a policy that he thought fundamentally dishonourable.
What else did Claude Auchinleck do besides being Commander-in-Chief of the Indian Army and later promoted to field marshal?
When partition was effected in August 1947, Claude Auchinleck was appointed Supreme Commander of all British forces remaining in India and Pakistan and remained in this role until 1948

Question: What else is significant about the partition of india?
Self-contained rewrite: What else is significant about the partition of india for Claude Auchinleck besides being appointed Supreme Commander of all British forces remaining in India and Pakistan and remaining in the role until 1948?