W. C. Wyllie was shot dead by

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The correct option is 4:
The correct answer is Madan Lal Dhingra. William Hutt Curzon Wyllie (W. C. Wyllie) was a British Indian Army officer and a political aide-de-camp to the Secretary of State for India. His assassination took place on July 1, 1909, at the Imperial Institute in London. Madan Lal Dhingra, an Indian revolutionary and student of engineering who was connected with the India House, carried out the act. Dhingra was a fervent nationalist who believed that the British oppression in India could only be challenged through revolutionary violence. He executed the assassination as an act of resistance against the British rule and its harsh policies, which he famously declared was to strike a blow for the independence of his country. This incident, occurring in the heart of the British Empire, sent shockwaves across the political establishment and highlighted the rise of revolutionary nationalism among Indian youth abroad. Dhingra was subsequently tried and hanged for the murder, becoming a symbol of martyrdom for many Indian nationalists.

The incorrect option is 1 (Bhagat Singh): Bhagat Singh was a prominent revolutionary involved in the Hindustan Socialist Republican Association (HSRA). He is famous for the assassination of John Saunders (mistakenly believed to be James A. Scott) in 1928 and the bombing of the Central Legislative Assembly in 1929, events that took place significantly later than the Wyllie assassination and in India.

The incorrect option is 2 (Chandra Shekhar Azad): Chandra Shekhar Azad was a leading figure of the HSRA and a close associate of Bhagat Singh. His revolutionary activities were focused in India, and he was not involved in the assassination of Curzon Wyllie in London in 1909. He died in a shootout with police in 1931.

The incorrect option is 3 (Ashfaqullah): Ashfaqullah Khan was another revolutionary, best known for his involvement in the Kakori Conspiracy of 1925, an event focused on disrupting the British government's administration in India by robbing a train carrying railway funds. He was not associated with the 1909 assassination in London.