INDIAN HISTORY

HISTORY

MODERN INDIA

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
When the August Offer 1940 was offered to India the Prime Minister of England was
A
Chamberlain
B
Baldwin
C
Chruchill
D
Asquith
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -Chruchill: Winston Churchill was the prime minister of the United Kingdom during the August Offer. Therefore, this is the correct option.

Detailed explanation-2: -The Congress rejected the August Offer of 1940 issued by Viceroy Lord Linlithgow.

Detailed explanation-3: -In 1940, Viceroy of India, Lord Linlithgow on 8 August promised that a constituent Assembly would be set up after the war which would determine India’s constitutional future and this came to be referred as “ August offer”.

Detailed explanation-4: -He served as Conservative Prime Minister twice-from 1940 to 1945 (before being defeated in the 1945 general election by the Labour leader Clement Attlee) and from 1951 to 1955.

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