Identify the Viceroy who made the ‘ August Offer’ in 1940?

A. Lord Linlithgow
B. Lord Wavell
C. Lord Ripon
D. Lord Mountbatten

The Viceroy of India, Lord Linlithgow, issued a statement from Simla on 8 August 1940 known as the August Offer. It was an attemt to secure the cooperation of the Indians in WW II. Winston Churchill was the Prime Minister of England at the time.