Who among the following was the penultimate Viceroy of British India?
Who among the following was the penultimate Viceroy of British India?
(a) Lord Mountbatten
(b) Lord Wavell
(c) Lord Linlithgow
(d) Lord Canning
Lord Archibald Wavell ruled British India from 1943 to 1947 as the second to last Viceroy. This means that he was the penultimate Viceroy, the last Viceroy before the last. This Viceroy, Lord Wavell, was instrumental in managing the hugely complex process of winding down the British rule in India.