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When the Congress Ministries were formed in the provinces in June 1937, the Viceroy of India was __________________.

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Lord Willingdon
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Lord Irwin
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Lord Linlithgow
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Viscount Wavell
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Solution

The correct option is C Lord Linlithgow
In the 1937 elections, the Indian National Congress emerged in power in eight of the provinces - the three exceptions being Bengal, Punjab, and Sindh. It formed MInistries in 8 out of the 11 provinces. The Viceroy at the time was Lord Linlithgow. He had issued a statement expressing the British government's desire to work with the Congress in implementing the Government of India Act, 1935.

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