Q. "India after the war will become a running sore which will sap the strength of British Empire." Who among the following had expressed this thought?
Answer: Lord Wavell
Notes: Lord wavell served as the Viceroy of India from the year 1943 to 1947. On 24th October 1944, he wrote a letter to the then prime minister of Britain Winston Churchill and said "We cannot move without taking serious risks, but the most serious risk of all is that India, after the war, will become a running sore which will sap the strength of the British Empire".

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