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The Younghusband Mission to Tibet was sent by which Viceroy?

  1. A
    Ripon
  2. B
    Lytton
  3. C
    Mayo
  4. D
    Curzon

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The British expeditionary mission to Tibet, led by Colonel Francis Younghusband, was authorized and sent in 1903–1904 by the Viceroy Lord Curzon, primarily due to imperial anxieties concerning Russian strategic influence expanding into Central Asia.

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The Younghusband Mission to Tibet was sent by which Viceroy?
A
Ripon
B
Lytton
C
Mayo
D
Curzon

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