Your challenge, should you choose to accept it: rather than having British India develop "Indian" and "Pakistani" nationalisms, have each ethnicity develop its own nationalism, so that "India" gains independence as a dozen or so seperate countries with seperate official langauges. Ethnic nationalism must transcend religion-ie, Bengal and Punjab have to both be united.
Posted in pre-1900 because, as I understand it, pan-Indian nationalism had already been formulated and become dominant by 1990.
Posted in pre-1900 because, as I understand it, pan-Indian nationalism had already been formulated and become dominant by 1990.