The mission, led by Colonel Francis Younghusband, was a military expedition sent to Tibet in 1903-1904 during the tenure of Lord Curzon as the Viceroy of India (1899-1905).
At that time, the Viceroy of India was Lord Linlithgow. He held the office from 1936 to 1943, covering the critical period of the Second World War and major nationalist movements including Quit India. 207. The Younghushand Mission to Tibet was sent by which Viceroy?
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