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    AHC/WI: Independent Goa

    Goa still has an over 60% hindu population. For this to happen, first requirement would be that the portuguese forcibly convert the hindus living there. Not that they didn't try with the Goa Inquisition.... Both Soviets and USA were on an anti-colonial stint when India reconquered Goa. There's...
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    POD for the United States of India to be a superpower in 2023

    A few PODs from the 1960s post-partition would be enough. For racism against western characters, colonialism is enough. For racism against east asian characters, a much more drawn-out conflict with the Chinese - ideally in the early years of the Indian republic. A worse cold war for western...
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    Which colonial power "improved" their colonies the most?

    Any "improvements" the colonials made were done to extract further resources from the colony. I'm not even going to bring up settler colonies which required stealing homes and land from the previous inhabitants.
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    What if India was never colonized?

    It was their instability which caused the maratha nobles and kings to become rowdy/independence-minded, not the other way around. They would have stayed loyal as long as they Peshwa/Chhatrapati was strong enough to protect them. Also, if by chance one of the kings became more powerful than the...
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    What if India was never colonized?

    A mughal-united "Hindustan" or maratha-(dis)united "Bharat" would influence geopolitics in south Asia. However, it is unlikely that these states will own the same territories as modern-day India. Take for example, the north-eastern states, which would either fall under the influence of whoever...
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    The Mughals as a Buddhist or Christian dynasty

    Hinduism consists of wide-ranging set of beliefs. Some sects of hinduism try in converting people to their beliefs, while others don't bother. Arya Samaj is an example of the former, while Brahmo Samaj is an example of the latter. And these are just two sects out of many.
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    How impactful was Christopher Columbus on the treatment of Native Americans?

    I don't know what this fallacy is called but the whole "if they didn't do it then someone else would" argument is often used to defend some terrible atrocities. I don't agree with it.
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    WI No Mughal Maratha wars

    Most likely, Shivaji's Bhonsle clan will usurp the role that the Nizam of Hyderabad played in Deccan politics - an independent polity that pays lip service to the rulers in Delhi. As an aside though - Aurangzeb was more likely to poison Shivaji than to retain him as a vassal. I think by that...
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    The Fascist Republic of India: An alternate history of Independent India

    Maybe not as much as she was OTL but people would definitely try to use her as a pawn. They tried that OTL, but then she turned the tables on them.
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    Would a United Bengal fall into civil war ?

    it wouldn't be decolonizing without keeping the european monarch?? Also, the issue with indian nawabs and prices is that they were the ones who gave up their country to the british. People would always have this though that the back of their heads that the nawabs would give up the country again.
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    The Jaguar's Roar - An Aztec Timeline

    The Spanish Inquisition is going to be expected this time....
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    Challenge: Find a way for the Islamic world to be as dominant as their Christian rivals

    Baghdad was a (comparatively) liberal centre of learning in the muslim world. It had one of the largest public libraries in the world which was subsequently destroyed by the mongols who proceeded to depopulate the city. Islam never recovered.
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    Challenge: Find a way for the Islamic world to be as dominant as their Christian rivals

    I'd say it starts with preventing the Mongols from destroying Baghdad
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    What if America became a colonial empire?

    Settler colonies are still colonies. What you are thinking of are extractive colonies which the USA did IRL - I won't bother giving examples since others have covered the major ones already.
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    Which cities could have been much, much bigger?

    Delhi would be larger still if it had better luck (and sensible rulers throughout history). Seven different cities have been excavated under Delhi. And then there's idiots like Muhammad bin Tughluq who forced his people to move away from Delhi to southern India. Later Timur, then Babur and...
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    Indian History PODs, 1300-1800

    I have been intermittently researching about a story where either someone gets inserted into Narayanrao Peshwa or Madhavrao Peshwa recovers from his diseases. Then they go on to rebuild after the losses after 3rd panipat battle and reform Maratha society. It wasn't even that much of a surprise...
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    PC: United Kingdom of France and Spain

    Perhaps it might be easier to do this earlier with Charles 2 of Spain giving the crown to his nephew Louis dauphin of France? This way Louis's grandson inherits both Spain and France (assuming most things play out as irl)
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    WI Indian Buddhism survived?

    The Dalit buddhist movement is different from the older schools of buddhist thoughts. Navayana (New vehicle) was developed by Dr. Ambedkar specifically as a rejection of the caste system which was pervasive in other Indian religions. Many other countries/societies have unofficial caste systems...
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    Longest Britain can keep India?

    But there's counter arguments as well - - Muhammad Tughlaq preferred to hire a foreigner who had just come from Bukhara and Samarkhand as qadi rather than hiring an indigenous muslim scholar. - Qutb Shahi dynasty gave higher wages to persian-origin muslims than to indian-origin muslims. Also...
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