Multiple choice general knowledge history

Who among the following made the ‘August offer’ of 1940 rejected by the Congress?

  1. Lord Linlithgow

  2. Sir George Stanley

  3. Lord Willington

  4. Lord Wavell
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Lord Linlithgow, the Viceroy of India from 1936-1943, made the August Offer in 1940 to secure Indian cooperation during World War II. The Congress rejected it because it didn't promise immediate independence after the war and had vague guarantees.

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