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Event: Impact of Kargil War
The aftermath of the Kargil War has greater ramifications for modern history than the actual war itself. While millions of Pakistanis and Indians died in the resultant war; the post-war effects spread beyond the region the bombs fell.
Due to the terrain of the Indian subcontinent, most of the radioactive fallout of the war was unable to carry outside of certain regions; creating heavy pockets of radioactivity in certain mountainous areas, and little radiation in some other areas as well. The city of New Delhi, at least, what remained after the detonation of a Pakistani warhead which resulted in the decapitation of India's government; quickly degenerated into pitiful slums by the end of 2000.
In the relatively undamaged South and East; new forces rose that ensured the complete breakage of continuity from the old regime. The People's Republic of Bangladesh, an ally of China, occupied the majority of Bengal, which primarily had populations similar to that in Bangladesh proper. The Bangladeshi government renamed itself to proper "Bengal" the following month, establishing a new "state", marking a new age.
China's annexation of Arunachal Pradesh was a silent one; with little knock-on effect as the UN ignored it and no objections were raised.
Just prior to the Kargil War, India's population had reached 1 billion lives; making it the most populous nation on Earth. China was in a close second with approx. 750 million lives. As of the last censuses conducted by the various governments in the former Indian territories; this population has dramatically collapsed; primarily due to the dramatic failure of developing technologies, new agricultural standards and medical facilities in the hard-hit territories. The South Indian states rode out the war in the best; retaining most of their pre-war populations; but in the ensuing years, faced the growing refugee crisis that engulfed the entire world.
The radioactive pollutants poisoned significant amounts of drinkable water in the subcontinent, and killed thousands due to radiation poisoning over the early 2000s. Refugees, fleeing, hoping to find new life elsewhere; took en-masse to other nations, with Bangladesh, the South Indian states, as well as Europe and the Americas receiving the brunt of the refugees. Bangladesh suffered immensely from this refugee crisis; which only exacerbated their own issues with the pollutants and radiation poisoning on the increase.
In 2001, Bangladesh and the Beijing Pact powers implemented serious restrictions on immigration from "war-zones", which drew condemnation from many European nations as "irresponsible". Beijing defended the policy as saying that "China and her allies cannot be expected to support these people as we build ourselves up through cooperative democratic principles." The only refugees that were permitted within the Beijing Pact typically originated from Bangladesh.
The United States, as well, implemented quotas on refugee admissions from the Indian subcontinent in 2002 after concerns rose that the various immigrants coming into the nation from the subcontinent increased crime rates, and typically became reliant on the state as the cancer and other maladies of radiation and nuclear war kicked in on them. It was an unpopular move, but it wasn't criticized wholesale.
From December 1999 to April 2000; a terrible famine struck the subcontinent, and the effects were felt almost universally. The framework of democracy in the South of India, and the Beijing Pact's investments into their new puppet regimes were threatened as foot riots began to breakout in survivor communities.
Relief from the famine's devastation came through the United Nations and general agreements on providing food aid to the impoverished and devastated peoples of the subcontinent. After the passage of restrictions by the US and China in the early 2000s; immigration from the subcontinent shifted primarily to Africa and Europe; causing significant trouble for these nations in dealing with the large scale migrations.
Other major geopolitical effects of the Kargil War had yet to be felt, but in a matter of a few years; they would be felt as well.
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The aftermath of the Kargil War has greater ramifications for modern history than the actual war itself. While millions of Pakistanis and Indians died in the resultant war; the post-war effects spread beyond the region the bombs fell.
Due to the terrain of the Indian subcontinent, most of the radioactive fallout of the war was unable to carry outside of certain regions; creating heavy pockets of radioactivity in certain mountainous areas, and little radiation in some other areas as well. The city of New Delhi, at least, what remained after the detonation of a Pakistani warhead which resulted in the decapitation of India's government; quickly degenerated into pitiful slums by the end of 2000.
In the relatively undamaged South and East; new forces rose that ensured the complete breakage of continuity from the old regime. The People's Republic of Bangladesh, an ally of China, occupied the majority of Bengal, which primarily had populations similar to that in Bangladesh proper. The Bangladeshi government renamed itself to proper "Bengal" the following month, establishing a new "state", marking a new age.
China's annexation of Arunachal Pradesh was a silent one; with little knock-on effect as the UN ignored it and no objections were raised.
Just prior to the Kargil War, India's population had reached 1 billion lives; making it the most populous nation on Earth. China was in a close second with approx. 750 million lives. As of the last censuses conducted by the various governments in the former Indian territories; this population has dramatically collapsed; primarily due to the dramatic failure of developing technologies, new agricultural standards and medical facilities in the hard-hit territories. The South Indian states rode out the war in the best; retaining most of their pre-war populations; but in the ensuing years, faced the growing refugee crisis that engulfed the entire world.
The radioactive pollutants poisoned significant amounts of drinkable water in the subcontinent, and killed thousands due to radiation poisoning over the early 2000s. Refugees, fleeing, hoping to find new life elsewhere; took en-masse to other nations, with Bangladesh, the South Indian states, as well as Europe and the Americas receiving the brunt of the refugees. Bangladesh suffered immensely from this refugee crisis; which only exacerbated their own issues with the pollutants and radiation poisoning on the increase.
In 2001, Bangladesh and the Beijing Pact powers implemented serious restrictions on immigration from "war-zones", which drew condemnation from many European nations as "irresponsible". Beijing defended the policy as saying that "China and her allies cannot be expected to support these people as we build ourselves up through cooperative democratic principles." The only refugees that were permitted within the Beijing Pact typically originated from Bangladesh.
The United States, as well, implemented quotas on refugee admissions from the Indian subcontinent in 2002 after concerns rose that the various immigrants coming into the nation from the subcontinent increased crime rates, and typically became reliant on the state as the cancer and other maladies of radiation and nuclear war kicked in on them. It was an unpopular move, but it wasn't criticized wholesale.
From December 1999 to April 2000; a terrible famine struck the subcontinent, and the effects were felt almost universally. The framework of democracy in the South of India, and the Beijing Pact's investments into their new puppet regimes were threatened as foot riots began to breakout in survivor communities.
Relief from the famine's devastation came through the United Nations and general agreements on providing food aid to the impoverished and devastated peoples of the subcontinent. After the passage of restrictions by the US and China in the early 2000s; immigration from the subcontinent shifted primarily to Africa and Europe; causing significant trouble for these nations in dealing with the large scale migrations.
Other major geopolitical effects of the Kargil War had yet to be felt, but in a matter of a few years; they would be felt as well.
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