india

With a POD after 1945, create a scenario where China and India reverse economic situations with an Indian "economic miracle" starting in the 1970s with India as the world's second largest economy and the "superpower of tomorrow" while China is relatively poor but catching up to India with rapid...

WI: What if an independant Kashmiri state was created in 1947, along India and Pakistan? Information: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kashmir_conflict http://www.nytimes.com/2002/01/07/opinion/independence-for-kashmir-could-have-advantages-for-india.html...

What if the French took India? How would they have acquired it? Depending on that would the relationship between Britain and France not grow close and so the entente might never have been formed leading to settled agreement with Germany after they invade Belgium? Perhaps Britain sides with the...

Point of Divergence ... One of the greatest love stories in the world is that of Shah Jahan and Mumtaz Mahal. Born in Agra, India, Mumtaz was betrothed to Shah when she was thirteen and five years later they were married. When Shah met Mumtaz, it was a love match, which is rare in any royal...

This is something I have thought about for some time. What would had happen that instead of an Indian Independence Movement or a Pakistani Independence Movement in the British Raj, they had been Sindhi, Baloch, Punjabi, Gujarati, Marathi, Rajput, Bengali etc. independence movements in the Indian...

It all began with one citizen in India. The bloody cough, the ruptured vessels in the eyes. Within a day this person was dead. But not before it spread to the members of the person's family. Within a week, the city of Bombay is under quarantine as most of the city falls underneath the...

Apparently this was found in a Iowa school planner, this is obviously incorrect, however how would history have to change for this to be correct? It looks like the Ottoman Empire survived or perhaps Turkey created their own empire after the Ottoman one fell, or perhaps the Middle East united...

I've been thinking about how music notation could develop in an alternate world. I'm really interested in evolving something from Ancient Persia, particularly the Achaemenid Empire. So, my questions for you are: How would a talented singer/songwriter in an alternate world write their music...

Say that the Maharaja acts decisively and decides to join India instead of prevaricating. So that by August Kashmir joins with India instead of waiting till the rebellion in October. How does this affect Indo-Pak relations? India’s development? Do India and Pakistan still go to war perhaps over...

There is a separatist movement in Indian Punjab that wants a separate state for Sikhs, proponents want a country called "Khalistan", which means land of the pure in Indian Punjabi. However, could a secular independent Punjab movement ever arise? If so, how? Doesn't have to succeed.

As it is says, Humayun gets killed at the Battle of Chausa (Or later in 1540), and Sher Shah Suri lives longer, allowing his son Firuz Shah Suri to be older when he becomes Sultan and becomes a strong leader like his father. So what next? Effects of a Sur Empire and the ealry end of the...

“...You must not, best of men, abdicate the kingship of your fathers and embark upon this unwise course, painful, rocky and full of thorns. Consecrate yourself in prosperous Ayodhyā; the city is waiting for you, wearing her single braid of hair. Indulge in priceless royal pleasures and enjoy...

When India was partitioned they were three provinces which were split based on religion: Punjab, Assam and Bengal. However, there were other provinces/states which could have been split based on religion, one of them being Sindh. Sindh, being a Muslim Majority province, it was going to become a...

OOC: The Partition of India is just OTL IC: The Partition of India is a book by Larry Oswald where it details a world in which Jinnah didn't die in 1936, paving the way for a India partitioned on religious lines. It was published in May of last year. What do you guys think?

B. R. Ambedkar was a Dalit (Untouchable) rights activist, who in the 1930s was convinced that Hinduism was not the right religion for Dalits and it was one of the main reasons Dalits were put in deplorable conditions. In 1935 he met with Christian, Muslim (Ambedkar would later speak out against...

Your challenge, with a POD after 500 BC, is for a China-esque "eternal empire" (where dynasties might rise and fall, but the concept of said empire being a permanent entity is part of the mindset of the people) to arise in the Indian subcontinent. Bonus points if the south of India is considered...

(This is my first post on the forum by the way, though I've been reading posts on here long before; hope I'm not breaking any rules, sorry if I am) The Byzantine-Seljuk Wars, the Seljuk invasion of Anatolia, and the Battle of Manzikert were all major points in the downfall of the Byzantine...

Everyone talks of a Indo-Pakistan nuclear war but what about India's other rival, China? They both have nukes and have territorial disputes, so a nuclear war between the two could happen.

The British colonization and occupation of India is taken as a given in many TLs. Many other timelines show India divided by European nations. But in truth, India had many powerful, rich nations with cultural roots stretching thousands of years. It was a snowballing series of events that...

Sanjay Gandhi becoming PM is fun but I wonder if there could be other people like him (potential dictators had they become PM).