Multiple choice

Who was the British Prime Minister at the time of India's Independence?

  1. Winston Churchill

  2. Clement Attlee

  3. Anthony Eden

  4. Harold Macmillan
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B Correct answer
Explanation

Clement Attlee was the British Prime Minister when India gained independence in August 1947, leading the Labour Party government that oversaw the end of British rule in India. Churchill had been PM earlier during WWII but lost the 1945 election. Eden and Macmillan were post-independence Conservative PMs in the 1950s.

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