Sir Winston Churchill as prime minister and head of war cabinet proposed Field Marshal Wavell 's name to his cabinet in mid-June 1943, as India 's next viceroy. General Sir Claude Auchinleck who had followed Wavell in his middle eastern command was to be the next commander in chief of Indian army after Lord Wavell. In October 1943 the British Government decided to replace Lord Linlithgow with Lord Wavell as the Viceroy of India. Before assuming the viceroyalty, Lord Wavell had been head of the Indian army and thus had an understanding of the Indian situation. On becoming Viceroy, Wavell 's most important task was to present a formula for the future government of India which would be acceptable to both Congress and the Muslim League.
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