bengal

On the morning of January 14, 1761, palpable tension enveloped the Maratha camp at Panipat. The Marathas were aware of the dire stakes, and had prepared themselves for the impending clash with their Afghan adversaries. Victory was not merely an option but an imperative for their survival. As...

In the midst of January 14, 1761, an air of tension and desperation grips the Marathas as they muster their forces to break the siege at Panipat. They understand the immense stakes at play, realizing that victory is their only path to survival. The battle commences with a fierce clash between...

Since lately I've been pretty fascinated by the Bengal Sultanate, and in one of my new TL projects I'd love to try and keep it alive. The effects on the region could be very interesting, especially if the Sultanate expands into Assam and develops closer ties with Burma (which might even go...

The assassination of one of Aurangzeb’s grandson, Azim-us-shan in the camp of the Afghan troublemaker Rahim Khan in Bengal had the emperor personally send Zabardast Khan again to bring the bandit to heel [1]. Just like what he did with Azim-us-shan, Rahim Khan tried to treacherously invite him...

The United Bengal plan was a last-ditch attempt to prevent the division of the rich but religiously divided Bengal region by creating a third dominion as part of the partition of British India - India and (West) Pakistan as OTL, but with Bengalis remaining united as part of the 'Free State of...

I'm quite aware that this is a very, very tall order. By the mid 18th century the glory days of Akbar and his successors were a distant memory. The Marathas were expanding in the south after decades of costly war, Delhi was sacked by Nader Shah in 1739 and the British would soon take over...

Through some POD Let's assume that the British use their age old tactic of divide and conquer and leave a good amount of successor states to the Raj in 1947. Now I will not be a total ignoramus and give the entirety of India independence but let's say the following are independent nations:- 1...

What if, instead of Bengal, is Jammu and Kashmir the region that gets partitioned on religious lines? While Bangladesh remains the only muslim majority state in India? Here is a post from another similar thread : First I was thinking that the partition would be with more or less with the...

What happens if shortly after the Liberation War the former province of East Pakistan decides to apply to join the Union of India in gratitude for India's help? And India agrees? How is India effected?

There were talks of an independent Bengal, comprising of OTL Bangladesh and the Indian provinces of Assam and West Bengal (the former would most likely breakaway and form their own country). I can't see the OTL Bangladeshi flag being used so what would an independent Bengal flag look like?

In my standards, one interesting AH scenario i have heard of is Japan's planned invasion of India in WW2, in 1944. The japanese and their allies were making inroads into Assam, the Burma Road had already been abandoned in panic. Fortunately for the Allies, the IJA and the Indian National Army...

Assuming a united Bengal seeks independence in 1947, what excatly would its borders look like? I assume this would be all of Bangladesh plus West Bengal. Do they get other parts of India? I believe Tripura has a Bengal majority. What happens to Northeastern India? They would be cut off from the...

Following World War II, independence in the Indian subcontinent was inevitable. However, some Bengali leaders, such as Huseyn Shaheed Suhrawardy and Sarat Chandra Bose called for a United Bengal, which was to encompass Bengal and Assam. Jinnah and the Muslim League supported it, while the INC...

In the British Raj, Britian forced farmers grow and extract cotton and other natural resources to support their industries back in Britain. So let’s say that British companies decide to offshore their steel and textile mills to India and use Indian labour to manufacture products and export them...

How could Bangladesh (probably would be called ITTL East Bengal or just Bengal) be independent from the start in 1947, and be an Islamic Republic like Pakistan?

Tibet is a region very much confined to inner Asia for most of its history, but given that incarnations of the Tibetan state have ad sea access, what's the latest POD for an independent Tibet with sea access, presumably via the Brahmaputra River/Bay of Bengal?

Your challenge, if you accept it, is to have at least five completely westernised countries (excluding Japan) in Asia by year 1900. They must have modern administration, military and must be industrialised at least to Japan's level by 1900. Rules: 1) They should be fully sovereign I.e. not...