<P> A change of government took place in Britain on May 1940 when Winston Churchill became the prime minister ( 1940 -- 45 ) . In addition , the fall of France saw the softening of the attitude of the Indian National Congress in India regarding its demands . Britain was in immediate danger of Nazi occupation , and as the war was taking a menacing turn from the allied point of view , congress offered to cooperate in the war if a transfer of authority in India was made to an interim government . The British government 's response to these demands was a statement delivered by the then Viceroy , Lord Linlithgow , known as the August Offer . </P>
<P> A change of government took place in Britain on May 1940 when Winston Churchill became the prime minister ( 1940 -- 45 ) . In addition , the fall of France saw the softening of the attitude of the Indian National Congress in India regarding its demands . Britain was in immediate danger of Nazi occupation , and as the war was taking a menacing turn from the allied point of view , congress offered to cooperate in the war if a transfer of authority in India was made to an interim government . The British government 's response to these demands was a statement delivered by the then Viceroy , Lord Linlithgow , known as the August Offer . </P>
who was the associated with the august offer
who was the associated with the august offer
Viceroy , Lord Linlithgow
Viceroy , Lord Linlithgow