I mean as in you can compare OTL Ghanan politicians to have an Idea of what Radisha is like. Like in my mind she could be like Shirley Botchway or Catharine Afeku.
I didn't even know those two existed. I'm probably going to go back and amend Accra to include Catherine Afeku as the incumbent Prime Minister and Liberal party leader. Thanks
So to tide you all over whilst I finish work on the Australian update, and prepare a pre-election news piece (as well as prep for next weeks imperial election), here's a redone version of the
previous infobox on Indian subcontinent. Plus some lists of the heads of state (credit to
@Wayside) and heads of government of the
Federation of India:
The
Federation of India, also known as the
Indian Empire or
Hindustan, is a sovereign state located on the Indian subcontinent in South Asia, bounded by the Indian Ocean to the south, the Arabian Sea to the south-west, and the Bay of Bengal to the south-east. The fifth-largest country by area, India shares land borders with the Imperial State of Iran and the Kingdom of Afghanistan to the west, the Union of Soviet Sovereign Republics, the State of Tibet, and the kingdoms of Nepal and Bhutan to the north, and the Union of Burma to the east. India also claims the Aksai Chin region, which is currently administered as part of the Soviet republic of Uyghuristan. In the Indian Ocean, India is in the vicinity of Sri Lanka and the British Andaman and Nicobar Islands, whilst the Maldives share a maritime border with British Mauritius.
The Indian subcontinent was home to the urban Indus Valley Civilisation of the 3rd millennium BCE — one of the world's earliest civilisations. In the following millennium, the oldest scriptures associated with Hinduism began to be composed. Large-scale urbanisation occurred on the Ganges in the first millennium BCE leading to the Mahajanapadas, and Buddhism and Jainism arose. Early political consolidations took place under the Maurya, Satavahana and Gupta empires; the later peninsular Middle Kingdoms influenced cultures as far as Southeast Asia. In the medieval era, Judaism, Zoroastrianism, Christianity, and Islam arrived, and Sikhism emerged, all adding to the region's diverse culture. Much of the north fell to the Delhi sultanate; the south was united under the Vijayanagara Empire. The country was first unified in the 17th century by the Mughal Empire, but throughout the 18th and 19th centuries came under the control of first the Maratha Empire and then the British East India Company, which began in 1757. The 1857 Indian Rebellion led to end of company rule in India, with the British Crown assuming direct control of the company's Indian territories as the British Raj, with Queen-Empress Victoria was proclaimed Empress of India, and the political amalgamation was
de facto called the Indian Empire.
A nationalist movement emerged in the late 19th century, which later, under Mahatma Gandhi, was noted for nonviolent resistance to British colonial rule. In 1905, Viceroy Curzon attempted to partition the province of Bengal in the hopes of weakening the nationalist movement. The first steps were taken toward self-government in India in the late 19th century with the establishment of provincial councils with Indian members, and the 1909 Morley-Minto Reforms gave Indians limited roles in the central and provincial legislatures. In 1911, King George V became the first monarch to be crowned Emperor of India in person at their own Delhi Durbar, where he announced the capital would be moved from Calcutta to Delhi, a Muslim stronghold. During the First World War, some 1.4 million Indian and British soldiers of the British Indian Army took part in the conflict, primarily in the Middle East, and their participation had a wider cultural fallout as news spread how bravely soldiers fought and died alongside British soldiers. The war would prove to be a watershed in the imperial relationship between the British Empire and the Raj, with India being a founding member of the League of Nations in 1920, and leaders of the Indian National Congress led calls for greater self-government.
In 1935, the Indian Empire gained
de facto independence from the British Empire with the passage of the Government of India Act, which created an Indian-led central government and established the country as a self-governing non-integrated dominion, similar in status to the Union of the Cape. Burma was separated from India at the same time, and remained a British crown colony until 1948. The First Indian Constitution, as the act is now known in India, would mark the beginning of the nearly twenty-year long process of "Indian Integration", where the rulers of the princely states ceded their sovereignty to the new central government and the territories of other colonial powers were acquired diplomatically. During the Second World War, over two million Indians volunteered for service in the British Army, and they saw service in numerous campaigns, especially the Middle East and Southeast Asia. On the subcontinent, the nationalist leader Subhas Chandra Bose gained support from the Axis Powers for Indian independence, organising the Indian National Army and establishing the Provisional Government of Azad Hind, which controlled parts of modern Northeast India. Chinese forces established a presence on Indian territory, also occupying neighbouring Burma, and would only surrender after the atomic bombings of Shanghai and Tianjin in 1946.
The late 1940s and 50s saw India undergoing profound political change, beginning with the adoption of Statute of Westminster in 1947, which severed most of the remaining political and legislative links with the British Empire, and the gradually transformation of the British colonial empire into the modern Commonwealth. Vital to India's growing self-image as an independent nation was its constitution, completed in 1951, which transformed the country into secular and democratic state. Under this constitution, after the death of George VI in 1952, the position of Emperor was renamed as "Badishah" and made an elective monarchy, with the holder elected from amongst the heads of the princely states. India was neutral in the Cold War, maintaining close economic ties to both the British Commonwealth and the Soviet Union, although the country supported the democrats in the Chinese Civil War. India became a permanent member of the UN Security Council in 1971, and conducted its first nuclear test in 1974, having been a recognised nuclear power ever since. From the 1950s to the 1980s, India was characterised by socialist policies, with an economy influenced by protectionism and public ownership, leading to widespread corruption. An attempt by Prime Minister Indira Gandi to declare a state of emergency in the 1970s led to a rare political intervention by the Badishah, who removed her from office. Economic liberalisation and market-based economic reforms in the 1990s has led to India becoming one of the world's fastest-growing major economies and is considered a newly industrialised country, however India continues to face the challenges of poverty, corruption, religious tensions, and regional separatism.
As of 2017, India is a pluralistic, multilingual, and a multi-ethnic society, home to a diversity of wildlife in a variety of protected habitats. India is widely recognised for its wide cinema, rich cuisine and lush wildlife and vegetation. India has one of the fastest-growing economies in the world, the seventh-largest by nominal GDP and the third-largest by purchasing power parity. Today India is a nuclear-weapon state and a major world power, with a prominent voice in global affairs as a permanent member of the United Nations Security Council, a leading member of the Commonwealth of Nations and the Non-Aligned Movement, and is recognised as a potential future superpower.
Viceroys and Governors General of the Indian Empire (1899–1952)
11. 1899–1905 George Curzon, 1st Lord Curzon of Kedleston
11. 1905–1910 Gilbert Elliot-Murray-Kynynmound, 4th Earl of Minto
11. 1910–1916 Charles Hardinge, 1st Baron Hardinge of Penshurst
11. 1916–1921 William Howard Taft, 1st Viscount Taft of Mount Auburn
11. 1921–1926 Leonard Wood, 1st Lord Wood
11. 1926–1930 Rufus Isaacs, 1st Earl of Reading
11. 1930–1936 Cornelis Vanderbilt, 4th Earl Vanderbilt
11. 1936–1941 Theodore Roosevelt, 2nd Earl of Medora
11. 1941–1946 Victor Hope, 2nd Marquess of Linlithgow
11. 1946–1947 Archibald Wavell, 1st Viscount Wavell
11. 1947–1952 Bodhchandra, King of Manipur
Badishahs of the Federation of India (1952–)
11. 1952–1958 Bodhchandra of Manipur
[1]
12. 1958–1967 Mir Osman of Hyderabad
13. 1967–1978 Shatrusalyasinhji of Nawangar
[2]
14. 1978–1991 Bhim Singh of Rajasthan
15. 1991–2000 Vibhuti Narayan Singh of Banares
16. 2000–2015 Tukoji Rao Pawar of Dewas
[3]
17. 2015–
2018 Karan Singh of Kashmir
[4]
Designate: Duleep Singh of Punjab
[1] - Since he didn't have to abandon his title, Bodhchandra lives several years longer than in OTL, and is remembered as "Pitaji Bharat" - the Father of India.
[2] - Voluntarily abdicated in order to "pursue other means that may benefit the people of India", to this day, he's a noted humanitarian, particularly in the field of wildlife conservation.
[3] - Tukoji was the first Badishah to have been born after the adoption of the new constitution, and led the country through a time of geopolitical uncertainty and sweeping modernisation. His death in 2015 came as a shock to many, with his funeral drawing millions from around the nation.
[4] - Maharaja of Jammu and Kashmir.
Prime Ministers of India (1935–)
11. 1935–1938 Motilal Nehru† (National Congress)
12. 1938–1947 Muhammad Ali Jinnah (National Congress)
13. 1947–1950 Vallabhbhai Patel† (Bharatiya Janata)
14. 1950–1955 Morarji Desai (Bharatiya Janata)
15. 1955–1962 Jawaharlal Nehru (National Congress)
16. 1962–1965 Charan Singh (Bharatiya Janata)
17. 1965–1973 Indira Gandi (National Congress)
18. 1973–1980 Zulfikar Ali Bhutto (National Congress)
19. 1980–1984 Vishwanath Pratap Singh (Janata Dal)
10. 1984–1989 Rajiv Gandi (National Congress)
11. 1989–1994 Atal Bihari Vajpayee (Bharatiya Janata)
12. 1994–1997 H. D. Deve Gowda (Janata Dal)
13. 1997–1999 Shaukat Aziz (Janata Dal)
14. 1999–2002 Nawaz Sharif (Bharatiya Janata)
15. 2002–2003 L. K. Advani (Bharatiya Janata)
16. 2003–2011 Manmohan Singh (National Congress)
17. 2011–2016 Narendra Modi (Bharatiya Janata)
18. 2016–2022 Benazir Bhutto (National Congress)